TO: Ballad Health All
FROM: Ballad Health Corporate Emergency Operations Center (CEOC)
DATE: Dec. 30, 2020 (schedule updated Jan. 5, 2021)
TITLE: Ballad Health COVID vaccine available to all team members, POD schedule for January 2021
ACTION: Please read this schedule and post in team member areas. Dates/times are subject to change.
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While highest priority for the COVID-19 vaccine was initially given to hospital-based frontline healthcare workers with direct patient exposure, it has been recognized that due to the importance of continuation of operations at hospitals and other care sites, and with the amount of repurposing of staff which has had to be done, all Ballad Health team members are eligible for the vaccine. This includes all medical staff members, team members, volunteers who are working in the hospitals (especially if they are over the age of 75), members of critical governance structures and our outsourced services including Ensemble and Morrison Healthcare.
Important reminders:
- Check with your designated POD facility to view their weekly vaccination schedule.
- Drop-in for vaccination is at your convenience; no appointment is necessary.
- Vaccine PODs will only be available until Saturday, Jan. 9. Any team members who would like to receive their first COVID-19 vaccines after that date should refer to the community vaccination center schedules.
- Please bring your Ballad Health badge, wear a mask and plan to wait for at least 15 minutes following your vaccine to be observed.
- You will have to return to that same POD 21 days later (Pfizer) and 28 days later (Moderna) for your second dose of the vaccine so plan accordingly.
Facility POD locations (Ballad Health team members and community healthcare workers only)
JCMC – 7th floor auditoriums
BRMC – Lower level conference center
HVMC – B Building; Take the B elevators to the 3rd floor
JMH – Medical Office Building, 1st Floor
NCH – Urgent Care beside the Emergency Department
REMEMBER: Vaccine PODs will only be available until Saturday, Jan. 9. Any team members who would like to receive their first COVID-19 vaccines after that date should refer to the community vaccination center schedules.
POD hours of operation (Ballad Health team members and community healthcare workers only)
If you or a team member has additional vaccine-related questions, please contact 423-302-6999 or BalladHealthCorporateEOC@balladhealth.org.
