Personnel Policies, Qualifications, Orientation, and Performance Evaluation
Sets the Agency's personnel standards: written job descriptions and the qualifications in 42 CFR §484.115 for every discipline, the hiring steps that must be finished before patient contact, orientation content (including Missouri dementia-specific training, emergency preparedness, infection control and abuse reporting), in-service training, identification, annual performance evaluation, conduct, and employee health, for every Missouri-licensed agency under 19 CSR 30-26.010(1)(A).
About this policy
- Policy number
- MO-HH-HR-01
- Version
- 1.0
- Main rule
- 42 CFR §484.115 (adopted by 19 CSR 30-26.010(1)(A))
- Library
- Missouri home health · 57 policies
- Category
- Human resources
- Sections
- 22
In short
- You must meet the qualifications for your job and keep any license current.
- Your background check, license check and orientation must be finished before you see patients.
- Orientation covers patient rights, dementia care, abuse reporting, infection control and emergencies.
- Home health aides need at least 12 hours of in-service training every 12 months.
- You will have a written performance evaluation every year.
- Do not visit patients if you have an illness that could spread; tell the clinical manager.
What's inside
22 sections. The full text comes with the One-time Policy Pack.
- Terms of Reference
- 1. Purpose
- 2. Scope
- 3. Definitions
- 4. Policy Statement (42 CFR §484.115 (adopted by 19 CSR 30-26.010(1)(A)))
- 5. Job Descriptions and Qualifications
- 6. Hiring Steps
- 7. Orientation
- 8. Competency and Supervision of New Staff
- 9. In-Service Training
- 10. Identification
- 11. Performance Evaluation
- 12. Conduct and Discipline
- 13. Employee Health
- 14. Volunteers
- 15. Responsibilities
- 16. Records and Compliance Monitoring
- 17. Staff Training
- 18. References
- 19. Related Policies and Forms
- 20. Approval
- 21. Revision History
An inspector may ask
- Show me the job description and qualifications for the nurse, therapist, social worker and aide you hired most recently.
- What does orientation cover, and where is the record that this employee completed it before seeing patients?
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