{"ref":"DC-HSP-HR-01","title":"Orientation, In-Service Training and Competency","category":"Human resources","summary":"Sets the hospice philosophy orientation for everyone with patient and family contact, job-specific orientation for each employee, how the Agency assesses the competence of everyone who furnishes care (including volunteers), and the in-service training plan, including the federal minimums for hospice aides, bloodborne pathogens, emergency preparedness, privacy and civil rights, and the District topics every staff member must know.","inShort":["Finish your orientation before you work alone with patients.","A supervisor checks that you can do each task safely before you do it alone, and again each year.","Hospice aides need at least 12 hours of in-service training every 12 months.","Bloodborne pathogens training is every year. Emergency preparedness training is every year here.","If you are not sure how to do something, stop and ask your supervisor."],"primaryCitation":"42 CFR §418.100(g)","citations":["D.C. Code §7-161","D.C. Code §7-1903","D.C. Code §4-1321.02","D.C. Code §7-661.10","D.C. Code §21-2210","D.C. Code §21-2221.07","29 DCMR §939.5"],"federalCitations":["42 CFR §418.100(g)","42 CFR §418.76(c)-(d), (h)","42 CFR §418.78(a)","42 CFR §418.60(c)","42 CFR §418.62(c)","42 CFR §418.112(f)","42 CFR §418.113(d)(1)","29 CFR §1910.1030(g)(2)","45 CFR §164.530(b)","45 CFR §92.9","42 U.S.C. §1396a(a)(68)"],"surveyorAsks":["Show me how you assess the competence of a nurse, an aide and a volunteer before they work alone.","Show me the written description of in-service training you provided in the last 12 months."],"forms":[{"ref":"DC-HSP-HR-01-A","title":"Orientation and Competency Checklist"}],"headings":["Terms of Reference","1. Purpose","2. Scope","3. Definitions","4. Policy Statement (42 CFR §418.100(g))","5. Hospice Philosophy Orientation","6. Job-Specific Orientation","7. Competency Assessment","7.1 Methods","7.2 When competence is assessed","7.3 When a person does not pass","8. In-Service Training","9. Orientation of Facility Staff","10. Responsibilities","11. Records and Compliance Monitoring","12. References","13. Related Policies and Forms","14. Approval","15. Revision History"],"version":"1.0","sample":false,"pack":"dc-hospice","state":"Washington, DC","service":"Hospice","guides":[{"path":"/guides/staff-policy-acknowledgment/","h1":"Staff policy acknowledgment: how read-and-sign works in home care"},{"path":"/guides/hospice-policies/","h1":"What policies are required for hospice?"},{"path":"/guides/hospice-conditions-of-participation/","h1":"Hospice Conditions of Participation: which policies each one needs"}],"agency":{"name":"Sample Agency","legalName":"Sample Agency, LLC","logo":null}}