We are proud and grateful to our St. Joseph’s team for their willingness to comply with COVID-19 vaccination, with our employees recognizing that the vaccines are safe and the most effective way to prevent serious illness. To date, 98 percent of our employees are fully vaccinated or have been complying with weekly testing – a tremendous accomplishment in fighting this virus. However, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have issued new guidelines for participating healthcare organizations that require all employees to either receive the COVID-19 vaccine or obtain a medical or religious exemption and comply with weekly testing.
The remaining group of unvaccinated/non-exempted St. Joseph’s employees will be contacted directly and provided the opportunity to receive vaccination, as a condition of continued employment. Their supervisors/managers will be communicating with them, in addition to a letter provided to each employee’s home.
For those employees who are unvaccinated, we encourage you to receive the vaccine or submit a religious or medical exemption by Friday, December 3rd. All exemption requests are reviewed by separate panels. If exempted, weekly testing is required.
Deadlines
To comply with CMS requirements, all employees must receive their first COVID-19 vaccine dose (Pfizer/Moderna) by December 5, 2021, with the second dose provided no later than January 4, 2022.
If the employee has not been fully vaccinated, by January 5, 2022 the employee will be placed on a seven day unpaid administrative leave. If the employee does not comply by the end of the seven day administrative leave the employee will be considered to have voluntarily resigned his/her position and will be separated from employment.
COVID Vaccines are Available in the Following Locations:
- SJUMC Madison Room, COVID Vaccine, Monday – Friday
7:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
- SJUMC Barclay Room, Flu Vaccine, Monday – Friday
7:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
- SJWMC Employee Health Office, Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays
COVID and Flu Vaccines
7:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
- SJHRC – On Site for Both Vaccinations, Monday – Friday
- Daily in the Employee Health Office, Clifton, Monday – Friday
8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
If you have received a COVID-19 vaccination outside of our internal Employee Health process, please submit your documentation of vaccination to ehdocs@sjhmc.org as soon as you receive the vaccine. If you have any questions, please contact Employee Health at 973-754-2265.