NORTH AUGUSTA, SC (WRDW / WAGT) – The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control is publicizing the call for health professionals amid the push for the coronavirus vaccine.
The agency says, “If you are able and willing, your state needs you urgently.”
If you are interested, call the agency at 803-898-1169 or 803-898-9095.
It plans to hire 150 people to work in vaccine clinics.
These roles include nurses, pharmacists, paramedics and administrative support, among others.
The positions are full-time and part-time.
In addition, DHEC and the state Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation issued a joint order expanding the number of medical professionals who can administer the COVID-19 vaccine.
Now allowed to administer pre-measured doses are:
- Personnel with current certifications by certain certification bodies
- Students from an accredited medical school with appropriate instruction and documented training
- registered nurses and nursing assistants who retired, became inactive or whose licenses expired in the past five years, but were up to date
These newly qualified people will need to enroll in the federal program that all providers must successfully complete to administer the COVID-19 vaccine.
There are currently 924 vaccine supplier locations enrolled in the federal program for the administration of the COVID-19 vaccine and 286 of these supplier locations are activated and capable of administering the vaccine. The number of activated sites will increase as the vaccine becomes more widely available.
For more information, contact Labor, Licensing and Regulation’s Medical Board at 803-896-4500 or [email protected], or contact the Nursing Board at 803-896-4550 or [email protected] .gov.
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