Outpatient Surgery Magazine

Watch Your Step - May 2014 - Subscribe to Outpatient Surgery Magazine

Outpatient Surgery Magazine, providing current information on Surgical Services, Surgical Facility Administration, Outpatient Surgery News and Trends, OR Excellence and more.

Issue link: http://outpatientsurgery.uberflip.com/i/310593

Contents of this Issue

Navigation

Page 28 of 126

Page 29 STAFFING contains an organizational chart, job descriptions and expected outcomes. Try to have new employees' e-mails and temporary passwords set up, tested and ready to go on day one. Ensure all documents that are needed for orientation are up to date. On the first day of employment, the preceptor or surgical unit educator should review weekly assignments and expected milestones. Clearly communicate your expectations for the first day and the first 6 weeks of employment. Use the first weeks of initial orientation to explain how each position in the surgical arena is related to the other roles in the department. Also review HR and administration procedures. 2. Make learning manageable Conveying a substantial amount of information in a limited ************************* VETERAN VOICE Assign Mentors From the Start Encourage new hires to have mentors as well as preceptors. Mentoring is an excellent way to involve several staff members in the orientation process. Mentors can interact in more informal ways, educating new hires about your facility's values, unwritten expectations and norms. They should be senior members of your team who proactively seek out opportunities to share information and gauge the progress of new staff members. They should help foster relationships with the current staff to increase the number of individuals from whom new hires can glean information or guidance during their first weeks on the job. — JM and MM BEEN THERE, DONE THAT Mentors share the insider's information that isn't found in employee handbooks. *************************

Articles in this issue

Archives of this issue

view archives of Outpatient Surgery Magazine - Watch Your Step - May 2014 - Subscribe to Outpatient Surgery Magazine