Here’s a Sample Staff Orientation Checklist
The first step to improving new staff orientation and training is to make it more consistent using an employee orientation checklist. Reliable tools can make the difference between a poorly trained worker and one who has been thoroughly oriented to the new job, says Ann Geier, MS, RN, CNOR, CASC. Geier offers these sample checklist items from a three-page employee orientation checklist by the Ambulatory Surgical Centers of America:
• Tour of center and area of responsibility;
• Chemical hazard analysis form;
• Employee handbook review and acknowledgement form;
• Organizational chart;
• Mission, goals, objectives, principles, and signed acknowledgement;
• Exposure control plan;
• Infection control — policies and test;
• Risk management and adverse incident reporting policy;
• Advance directives/patient rights;
• Latex allergy;
• Fire/life safety;
• Utilities and equipment;
• Hazardous materials and waste;
• Security and safety;
• Sterilization/care and handling of instruments;
• Material data safety sheets.
The first step to improving new staff orientation and training is to make it more consistent using an employee orientation checklist. Reliable tools can make the difference between a poorly trained worker and one who has been thoroughly oriented to the new job.
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