Bringing on Temporary Staff: Orientation Best Practices
April 12th, 2011Do you need to bring on temporary staff to help your regular medical staff when patient loads become too high, or to cover for vacations and illness?
If so, you may rely on Med-Scribe, Inc. to help you find qualified and skilled professionals who will be able to be of service to your patients the minute they arrive at your medical facility.
Even though these workers may be temporary, we’ve found that our most successful clients take the time to make sure they orient temporary staff thoroughly when a worker arrives.
This helps the worker succeed on the assignment. It also helps ensure that you will receive the worker’s best effort. Also, since safety is so critical in a medical facility or hospital, skimping on safety orientation could put your patients, your employees, your equipment, as well as the worker at risk of harm.
As you decide to bring in a temporary worker, be sure to let the managers, supervisors and other employees who will be working with the individual know that a temporary staffer will be joining the department.
As for working with us, the more detail you can give us regarding what the position entails on a day-to-day basis, what kind of skills and even what type of personality works best in your organization or department will help us in making a great match between your needs and our employees’ skill sets, backgrounds and work styles.
Once the Med-Scribe, Inc. employee has reported for his or her assignment, it’s a good idea to give as much information to the person as possible. Tell your temporary worker about as much information as you would give a “regular” employee. Be sure to let the individual know about company rules, safety regulations, lunch and rest breaks, etc. Take the individual on a tour of your facility or department.
As part of his or her orientation, be sure to let the worker know as much as possible regarding what you expect of him or her. Encourage the individual to ask questions and be sure to indicate who on your staff to contact when questions or challenges come up.
Stop in and see the worker every now and then to see if there’s anything you can do to help with any problems that have appeared.
If, by chance, you find that the individual isn’t working as well as you would like or need, don’t hesitate to contact us. We’ll work quickly to find you a replacement.
Are you in need of reliable and skilled registered nurses and other healthcare professionals (and medical administration personnel)? Then contact Med-Scribe, Inc. We have a large database of talented medical professionals available to work immediately. We look forward to hearing from you!
