Staff Qualification and Education



Target audience is hospital administrators, senior leaders, managers, Medical Directors, Human Resources managers, quality directors.


At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  • • Develop staffing plan by using a recognized method
  • • Learn the tactics to monitors the effectiveness of staffing plan
  • • To understand the best practices for the development of Job descriptions
  • • Design orientation programs (Hospital wide, departmental and orientation to the job)
  • • Design evaluation mechanisms prior starting to work independently
  • • Develop Occupational health and safety programs
  • • Understand the importance of Primary Source verification process
  • • Develop a framework for delineation of privileges of medical staff
  • • Understand the importance and various mechanisms for Primary Source Verification for Medical, Nursing and Allied health





The course content will include:

  • • Planning related to Staff Qualification and Education including identification of desired education level, skills, knowledge and other requirements.
  • • Recruitment process and how to ensure that staff knowledge and skills is consistent with patient needs, hospital needs and requirements of the position.
  • • Development of Staffing strategy based on recognized methods and define the review process of the staffing plan
  • • Probation evaluation process and build competency – based orientation program
  • • Annual performance evaluation of staff
  • • Best practices for the development of Job descriptions including roles and responsibilities.
  • • Development of Credentialing process for clinical staff including the methods for Primary Source Verification
  • • Development of the privileging process and assignment of privileges per specialty
  • • Medical staff appointment, reappointment and renewal of clinical privileges
  • • Development of occupational health and safety program from pre-employment screening, immunization, ongoing monitoring of employees’ health and safety
  • • Ongoing Professional practice evaluation of Medical Staff
  • • Medical Staff reappointment and renewal of Clinical Privileges




 





45 HOURS PER COURSE


30 hrs face time with JCI Faculty,
12 hrs self-paced learning,
3 hrs final exam


 



INSTRUCTOR

 



FRANCINE WESTERGAARD
MSN, MBA, RN
PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT

JOINT COMMISION INTERNATIONAL

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