Welcome to Lehigh Valley Health Network

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Welcome to Lehigh Valley Health Network
The files included are orientation materials that
must be read and completed prior to any
experience at Lehigh Valley Health Network. You
will need Adobe Acrobat or Reader, and Adobe
Flash Player to access the files.
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Who We Are

• Largest academic community hospital in PA
• Largest Level 1 Trauma Center in PA
• Certified Stroke Center
• Employees 9,656
• Medical Staff 1,100
• Nurses 2,334

• Magnet Hospital
• 154,792 ED visits / 63,743 admissions
• 988 acute care beds
• 3 hospital campuses
• Revenues over
• 1 Billion

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• New Instructors - All of the documents must be
  completed and sent to the Office of Student
  Affairs at least two weeks prior to you arriving
  at Lehigh Valley Health Network for your
  experience.
• Recurring Instructors The Documentation of
  Orientation form must be completed and submitted
  to the Office of Student Affairs annually.

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Current Employee Requirements

• If the instructor is a current LVHN employee,
  please complete an Orientation Exemption Form
  Only.

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Orientation Requirements

• Please start with the Documentation of
  Orientation file. Open and immediately print
  this file. This file contains
• Documentation of Education form
• General Safety Quiz
• HIPAA Quiz
• Acknowledgment of Confidentiality

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New Instructors to LVHN

• New instructors at LVHN are required to complete
  all required Health and Criminal Clearances.
• If your school has completed your health and
  criminal clearance please have your school
  complete the School Documentation Form in lieu of
  criminal and health report submission.
• If your school has NOT completed your health and
  criminal clearances please submit the Health
  Certificate Form and All Required Criminal
  Clearances to The Office of Student Affairs.

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Unit Specific Orientation

• Contact with the unit Director, PCC or PCS must
  be made at least 2 weeks prior to each clinical
  session to discuss course objectives, unit
  requirements, unit initiatives, unit orientation
  etc.
• If required orientation documentation is not
  submitted and arrangements with the unit
  Director, PCC, or PCS have not been made at least
  two weeks prior, the clinical start date will be
  delayed until all requirements are complete.  

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• During your clinical experience at Lehigh Valley
  Health Network, you must wear your Identification
  Badge at all times!
• If you do not have an ID badge, please contact
  LVHN Office of Student Affairs at 610-402-2482
  immediately.