Health Technician Roles and Responsibilities

Clinical/Assistance under the Direction of a Certificated School Nurse

• Provides first aid treatment including emergency care.
• Assists with vision and hearing screening and other screenings as directed.
• Promotes sound health practices.
• Reports communicable diseases in school population.
• Reports suspected child abuse to supervising nurse.
• Carries out technical procedures for students with special health care needs within scope of first aid and inservice training.
• Oversees students self-administering medication in health office.
• Reports concerns regarding student’s medications to supervising nurse.
• Assists with collection and maintenance of health records and data, including data entry.
• Assists with preparing weekly, monthly, and annual reports.
• Initiates accident/incident reports.
• Follows building and District procedure for daily absence reporting.
• Inventories and maintains health office supplies.
• Appropriately refers questions regarding Health Services procedures to the supervising school nurse.
• Refers staff concerns and inquiries regarding student health to supervising school nurse.
• Maintains confidentiality regarding all school and health related issues.
• Assists the supervising nurse in clinics and other school programs such as Kindergarten Preview and Puberty programs.
• Health technicians are certified in first aid, CPR and AED usage.
• Health technicians may also be certified in vision and hearing screening.