Responsibilities:
Performs clinical activities which include administering vaccinations.
Coordinates and tracks compliance programs to meet standards of regulatory agencies for the health and safety of employees.
Education:
Graduate of an accredited school of professional nursing.
Certifications:
Current state licensure as a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)
Basic Life Support (BLS) through American Heart Association (AHA) required.
Complexity of Work:
Requires excellent interpersonal, organizational and project management skills.
Substantial nursing and medical knowledge across relevant therapeutic areas.
Must work effectively with all health care disciplines.
Work Experience:
Two years of recent clinical experience with IM injections required.
Physical Requirements:
Requires full range of motion, manual and finger dexterity and eye-hand coordination.
Requires standing and walking for extensive periods of time.
Requires normal or corrected hearing and vision to normal range.
Sedentary work exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally (Occasionally: active or condition exists up to 1/3 of the time) and /or a negligible amount of force frequently (Frequently: activity or condition exists from 1/3 to 2/3 of the time) to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body.
Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.
Personal Protective Equipment:
Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.
The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.
Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.
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