Allergy Injection Specialist

Job Title: Allergy Injection Specialist

Department: Allergy

Reports To: Office Manager and Allergy Department Lead

Hours of Availability: 7:15am-6:45pm Monday through Friday

SUMMARY

Administers allergy injections to allergy patients

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

1. Great patients in a prompt, courteous, and helpful manner.
2. Perform allergy shots according to protocol & record into the allergy documenting sofetware.
3. Inform supervisor thru clinical module as a patient message if patients are having problems (2 or more local reactions) with their shots.
4. Restock shot room supplies at the end of each day.
5. Change out red bag and sharps container as needed.
6. Inform supervisor when supplies are needed (syringes, sharps containers, alcohol, etc.)
7. When patients reorder serum, check in inquiry and document last appt. with doctor and type of insurance in managed care. If referral is needed, inform Lead.
8. Check new serum by activating vials in the allergy documenting software.
9. Go through patient serum in use to check for and remove expired bottles. Go through patient serum that have been made but have not been vial tested make a list for supervisor and remove expired bottles. Fill out expired serum form and call patients to reorder.
10. Answer allergy clinic phone and check messages from voice mail each day.

Extra Duties:

• Xolair (if trained and assigned a schedule)
• Allergy Testing (if trained and assigned a schedule)
• Following documentation for Meaningful Use
• Scheduling
• Any other duties assigned by management.