{"ref":"PA-HSP-HR-01","title":"Orientation, Competency and In-Service Training","category":"Human resources","summary":"Explains how every person who works for the Agency, including contracted staff and volunteers, is oriented to the hospice philosophy and to their own job, how the Agency assesses and documents each person's competence before and during their work, and how it plans and records in-service training, including the training Pennsylvania requires before a licensed practical nurse may pronounce death.","inShort":["Complete your orientation, including the hospice philosophy and abuse reporting, before your first patient visit.","Do not do any task alone until someone has checked that you can do it safely.","Your skills are checked at least once a year, and again when something new is introduced.","LPNs may pronounce death only after the required training (at least 3 hours) and a yearly skills check.","If you are unsure how to do something, stop and ask your supervisor."],"primaryCitation":"42 CFR §418.100(g)","citations":["35 P.S. §450.508(e)","6 Pa. Code §15.146(a)(4)","6 Pa. Code §15.22(d)","28 Pa. Code §53.5"],"federalCitations":["42 CFR §418.100(g)","42 CFR §418.62","42 CFR §418.76(c)-(d)","42 CFR §418.78(a)","42 CFR §418.113(d)","29 CFR §1910.1030(g)(2)"],"surveyorAsks":["Show me your written policy on how you assess competency.","Show me the written description of the in-service training you provided during the last 12 months."],"forms":[{"ref":"PA-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. Orientation","6. Competency Assessment","6.1 Methods","6.2 When competency is assessed","6.3 When a person does not pass","6.4 Pediatric patients","7. Licensed Practical Nurses Who Pronounce Death","8. In-Service Training","9. Posting OAPSA Notices","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":"pa-hospice","state":"Pennsylvania","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}}