Staffing, Orientation, Competency and In-Service Training
The Agency’s written staffing policy: how it keeps enough qualified staff, the job descriptions it keeps, the hospice orientation everyone receives, how it checks the competence of everyone who gives care including volunteers, yearly evaluations and discipline, pediatric competency, and the in-service training record it must keep for the last 12 months.
About this policy
- Policy number
- TX-HSP-HR-01
- Version
- 1.0
- Main rule
- 26 TAC §558.245
- Library
- Texas hospice · 59 policies
- Category
- Human resources
- Sections
- 19
In short
- Finish your orientation, including hospice philosophy and comfort care, before you work alone with any patient.
- Do only the tasks your supervisor has checked you can do safely. If you are not sure how to do something, stop and ask.
- Sign the statement that you have read and will follow our policies.
- Go to the in-service trainings on the calendar. Your attendance is recorded.
- Your work is reviewed in writing at least once a year.
What's inside
19 sections. The full text comes with the One-time Policy Pack.
- Terms of Reference
- 1. Purpose
- 2. Scope
- 3. Definitions
- 4. Policy Statement (26 TAC §558.245)
- 5. Orientation
- 6. Competency Assessment
- 6.1 Methods
- 6.2 When competency is assessed
- 6.3 Pediatric patients
- 7. In-Service and Continuing Training
- 8. Job Descriptions and Staffing Levels
- 9. Evaluation and Discipline
- 10. Responsibilities
- 11. Records and Compliance Monitoring
- 12. References
- 13. Related Policies and Forms
- 14. Approval
- 15. Revision History
An inspector may ask
- Show me the orientation on hospice philosophy and palliative care for this nurse and this contracted therapist.
- Show me your written policy describing how you assess competency.
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