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Orientation, In-Service Training and Competency

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.

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About this policy
Policy number
DC-HSP-HR-01
Version
1.0
Main rule
42 CFR §418.100(g)
Library
Washington, DC hospice · 60 policies
Category
Human resources
Sections
19

In short

  • 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.

What's inside

19 sections. The full text comes with the One-time Policy Pack.

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  • 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

An inspector may ask

  • 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.

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