Certified Nursing Assistant

The Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA) is a health services specialist who assists pupils in attaining and /or maintaining optimum health and promotes good health habits and attitudes.

Candidate to have experience with students who are medically fragile. Experience with students who have feeding tubes, seizure disorders, require toileting and medical support and attention throughout the school day. 

Beach Cities Learning, a Learn It Family of Companies division, is a certified K -12 Private Day School approved by the California Department of Education to provide Special Education Services for the following disability categories:  Autism (A), Emotional Disability and Emotional Disability-Private (ED) (ED-P), Developmental Delay (DD), Mild Intellectual Disability (MIID), Moderate Intellectual Disability (MOID),Orthopedic Impairment (OI), Other Health Impaired (OHI), Specific Learning Disability (SLD), Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI),Visually Impaired (VI), and Speech-Language Impairment (SLI).

• Review immunization records for school age children
• Maintain student health records
• Administer medication and/or treatment when necessary for pupils to attend school
• Provide first aid and emergency care to all school age children
• Provide the following services as promulgated by individual State Law/Regulation:
  
  • Assist with Medical/Dental Screenings
  • Prepare and file state reports as required by law
  • Conduct audiometric screenings
  • Conduct scoliosis screenings
  • Conduct vision screenings
  • Conduct Height and Weight Screenings
  • Provide other optional screenings as needed, ex. Blood Pressure, Lice
• Notify parent/guardian if a screening defect is found upon screening and recommend appropriate follow-up 
• Observe and recommend to principal, exclusion of students who show evidence of communicable diseases and/or whose immunization records are not received from parent/guardian after numerous attempts
• Submit monthly report of health services and screenings performed to management
• Under the general supervision of a certificated supervisor, Site Administrator and company Registered Nurse our candidate would assist with providing specialized physical health care services to pupils with exceptional needs
• Job duties include administering medication, COVID testing, temperature checks, contacting parents in regard to any medically related concerns, toileting, first aid, seizure response, AED training & support. Overall scope is to perform related duties as required in effort to provide direct medical assistance to students with exceptional needs

• Must be able to provide proof of CNA certification
• Specialized Skills: ability to interact and communicate both verbally and in writing with adolescents, educational staff, families, and the public
• Knowledge of school-based/community resources, especially related to the mental health, social services, and education fields preferred
• Spanish speaking skills a plus
• Ability to work with people of diverse populations and socioeconomic backgrounds
• Demonstrated ability to exercise a high degree of independence, initiative, tact and good judgment
• Ability to handle highly sensitive and confidential information
• TB Test
• Computer literacy
• Organized and detailed oriented
• Professional appearance and attitude at all times
• Must be able to adhere to a consistent schedule
• Effective communication in both oral and written
• Must be able to work independently and effectively engage a diverse group of clients, community partners, and co-workers; must be dependable and trustworthy
• Must have excellent time-management skills and ability to juggle multiple projects at once and must maintain filing system as required by the company, and meet all company deadlines
• Excellent time managed and initiative
• Maintain a professional and clinical perspective at all times, able to not internalize or personalize (e.g. emotionally) in regards certain student behaviors or mannerisms that occur
• Must be able to lift 35 pounds
• Work location is in a school building where employee may need to be able to go up and down stairs
• Frequent standing
• Must have the strength and dexterity to safely and effectively use Crisis Management Interventions of all involved (e.g. self, student, other employees)

Beach Cities Learning /Learn It Systems offers a competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits plan, including 401(k), PTO, and paid holidays.

Beach Cities Learning /Learn It Systems is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  Applicants must be presently eligible to work in the United States.