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Job Detail
Job Title:Poison Information Specialist-CT Poison Center
Department:60003-Poison Control
Location:Farmington
FTE%:1
Shift1/2
Search #:2025-227
Closing Date:12/31/2024
Recruiter:Alexander, Donna
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Excellence, Teamwork, Leadership, and Innovation. These values define UConn Health. We are looking for team members that share these same values. Our top-rated organization is looking to add a Poison Information Specialist to our growing team. If you have a background in this field, as well as a passion for customer and patient experience, we want to hear from you.
At UConn Health, this class is accountable for independently performing multiple tasks for triage, assessment and management of poison exposures reported by health care professionals and the public. Responds to drug and toxicology inquiries. This is a full-time position working in the Connecticut Poison Control Center within the department of Emergency Medicine in Farmington, CT.
SUPERVISION RECEIVED:
Works under the general direction and reports to the CPCC Directors.
SUPERVISION EXERCISED:
May lead/supervise lower-level employees as assigned.
EXAMPLES OF DUTIES:
Triages exposure cases, gathers history, assesses risk, and recommends appropriate management such as referrals to ED and private physicians.
Advises health professionals in management of poison victims.
Integrates information resources to respond effectively to all poison/drug exposures and queries.
Performs timely patient follow-up consultations.
Documents patient data and updates electronic medical record for all poison exposures, keeps records/statistics.
Documents informational queries and response in database
Complies with HIPAA policies regarding patient/caller protected health information (PHI)
Participates in quality assurance and organizational improvement activities.
Contributes to CPCC newsletters/publications and presentations for scientific meetings.
Contributes to the upgrade and maintenance of information resources, guidelines, and protocols.
Assists in preparation of educational/promotional materials.
Precepts new personnel
Continues professional development through continuing education and APC activities.
Performs other duties as required.
Maintains flexibility in duties and availability to meet the needs of the center.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITY:
Knowledge of pharmacology/toxicology, human anatomy/physiology and principles of general/organic chemistry and general medicine.
Intermediate or better knowledge of desktop PC applications for informational data mining and data collection.
Considerable interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills.
Ability to work under stressful, fast paced conditions.
Ability to prioritize medical emergencies and use considerable judgment.
Ability to gain the interest, cooperation, trust and confidence of callers, patients, and health care professionals.
EXPERIENCE & TRAINING:
General Experience:
Graduation from an accredited Nursing Program and one (1) year nursing experience in adult critical care, emergency department, or hotline/crisis service
OR
Bachelor's degree in pharmacy (5-year program), PharmD
OR
Another relevant clinical provider (i.e., APRN, PA, MD).
SPECIAL REQUIREMETS:
Incumbents in this class must possess and maintain the relevant license to practice in the State of Connecticut.
Certification by APC as Poison Specialist within the second year of eligibility.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
PharmD, BSN or MD with one (1) year of poison center experience.
OR
Completion of a poison center clinical rotation.
WORKING CONDITIONS:
Office environment. Incumbents are exposed to significant mental stress caused by distressed patients/families in a crisis.
Incumbents may be subject to extended periods of sitting, using a telephone and working in an area of limited mobility.
SCHEDULE: Full time, 80 hours every two weeks, primarily days and evenings, rotating weekends and holidays, other mandated shifts including on call may be required to accommodate departmental needs.
Why UConn Health
UConn Health is a vibrant, integrated academic medical center that is entering an era of unprecedented growth in all three areas of its mission: academics, research, and clinical care. A commitment to human health and well-being has been of utmost importance to UConn Health since the founding of the University of Connecticut schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine in 1961. Based on a strong foundation of groundbreaking research, first-rate education, and quality clinical care, we have expanded our medical missions over the decades. In just over 50 years, UConn Health has evolved to encompass more research endeavors, to provide more ways to access our superior care, and to innovate both practical medicine and our methods of educating the practitioners of tomorrow.
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