Garretson, Pamela B.

Temporary Time & Attendance System Created – Timekeepers’ Webinars Begin Today!

To address the impact of this extended outage, St. Joseph’s has built our own temporary time tracking system that will be rolled out today, Wednesday, December 22, 2021, to allow remote office employees and those without access to a clock to punch in and out. The system also gives timekeepers/managers the ability to make changes and insert appropriate pay codes (BTB, etc.).

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Visitors Policy Returns to YELLOW — Effective Today, Friday, December 3, 2021

In keeping with the New Jersey statewide standardized visitation policy, the Northern New Jersey region, which includes St. Joseph’s Health, has been elevated to a “Level Yellow” status for all visitors, going into effect today, Friday, December 3, 2021. Although the St. Joseph’s Health COVID-19 positive patient volume continues to remain steady with slight upticks, the change in status is based on the coronavirus risk levels in surrounding communities.

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COVID-19 Screening for Patients & Visitors

Thank you for serving as our “front door” for so many patients and visitors coming in to St. Joseph’s Health each day. It is critically important that we follow one standard process to screen all patients and visitors for COVID-19 at our points of entry. For your convenience, we’ve assembled a toolkit to assist in the patient/visitor screening process, a key area of observation for DNV/OSHA surveyors. Please print and share this message and the PDF documents with staff who are stationed at patient and visitor access points.

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COVID Boosters Available for All St. Joseph’s Employees

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention approved and recommends a “booster” shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for healthcare workers to offer the best protection against serious illness. Effective immediately, St. Joseph’s will offer the booster to all employees. The CDC recommends that a booster dose is administered six months after completion of the

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St. Joseph’s Offers Options: Vaccinate or Comply with Weekly Testing

Since the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020, St. Joseph’s Health has closely monitored trends – in the COVID-19 variants, treatment, testing, and vaccination. What we’ve witnessed – both in our region and throughout the state – is a steady surge, caused by the Delta variant, that experts agree will continue as we head

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