Vaccine Coordinator - LPN

Job Description

Title : Vaccine Coordinator

Department : Operations

Status: Salary

Location: Customer Care Center - Gastonia, NC (Onsite)

Reports To: AVP of Medical Operations

Summary Of Position

The Vaccine Coordinator plays a crucial role in managing and coordinating our organization's entire vaccination program, which spans across multiple counties. They are tasked with the oversight of all aspects of vaccine handling, from storage to administration, ensuring smooth operation and adherence to all relevant guidelines and regulations.

Education: Graduate from Accredited LPN Program

Experience/Qualifications

• Experience in healthcare management, preferably in vaccine administration or infectious disease control
• Strong organizational and coordination skills
• Knowledge of state guidelines and regulations regarding vaccine handling and administration
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
  
  

Professional Licensure: Unrestricted North Carolina Licensed LPN Licensure

K Ey Responsibilities

• Monitor the receipt, storage, and administration of vaccines across all sites
• Monitor utilization, expenditures and wastage among all locations
• Ensure proper storage conditions and perform regular checks to maintain vaccine potency
• Develop and implement vaccine distribution plans from warehouse in line with state guidelines and organizational policies
• Monitor/transfer vaccine inventory throughout the organization to minimize vaccine wastage
• Provide training and updates to staff regarding vaccine protocols
• Ensure compliance with local, state, and federal regulations regarding vaccine handling and administration
• Ensure all vaccine units are monitored with approved data loggers and complete routine audits of temperature logs
• Ensure compliance with VFC and VFA requirements
• Ensure emergency plans are updated and followed for vaccine storage and handling
• Effectively work with other departments such as clinical education and purchasing to ensure key responsibilities are achieved.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
  
  

Benefits

• Monday through Friday
• Health Insurance
• 403B Retirement Plan / 403B Retirement Matching
• Paid Time Off
• Holiday Pay
• Long Term Disability
• Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
  
  

Kintegra Health is a is a community sponsored, family-centered provider of health care, health education and preventive care services without regard to the ability to pay. All potential employees are screened to ensure alignment with the core position requirements and the required position skills set. Kintegra Health is searching for employees who are: 1) committed to the Kintegra Health mission; 2) who demonstrate the characteristics of Kintegra Health core values (listed below) and 3) who strive to achieve improvements in a dynamic and changing health care environment.

Kintegra Health Core Requirements

• Patient First – An approach to care that holds primary, the well-being and desires of the patient
• Build not Blame – Focusing first on finding fault with the process rather than the person
• Integrity and Honesty – Fostering an acceptance of openness, honesty, and fairness in words, deeds and the use of organizational resources judiciously for both internal and external customers
• Cooperation and Flexibility – Related to an internal belief that we function as part of an interdependent team with only shared gains or losses thereby committed to assisting whenever possible beyond the prerequisite job description
• Culturally Sensitive – Always working toward increasing one’s ability to understand, communicate with, effectively interact and care for people across cultures, while having an acute awareness of one’s own culture.
  
  

Kintegra Health Goals

• To provide continuing comprehensive and accessible primary care services to individuals and families of all economic levels within Gaston County.
• To provide primary care services to meet the physical as well as social health needs of individuals and families, promoting health maintenance, providing timely diagnostics, treatment and referral services.
• To emphasize preventive care through patient and community education to help individuals become aware and responsible for their own health behaviors.
• To employ an interdisciplinary team approach in collaboration with other community providers to provide a continuum of appropriate patient centered care in a cost-effective manner.
  
  

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity.