UT-Harris
County Psychiatric Center
Nursing
Procedures
Hospital-Wide Education
Harris County Psychiatric Center: Office Administration
Agency licensed staff are required to show proof of licensure, CPR and PMC certification on arrival of work assignment
staffing, agency, contract, supplemental
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Date of
Last Review: 3/07
Supplemental staffing agency personnel are evaluated to
ensure competency in the provision of quality patient care at UTHCPC. Once selected, they are provided access to comprehensive
orientation, policies and procedures, and evaluation of performance.
Procedure:
The agency supplying contract
personnel for nurse staffing purposes is furnished with a comprehensive Agency Orientation Manual. This manual
contains pertinent policies and procedures to assist in the orientation of
employees scheduled to work at UTHCPC.
The agency, as part of their contractual obligation, orients the
employees selected for UTHCPC. Once the
contract employee is engaged to work, the Nursing Supervisors Office also provides a copy
of the general orientation overview prior to the first shift worked.
All supplemental staff personnel prominently display
identification as distributed by their respective agencies. Supplemental staffing personnel are invited
to participate in in-service education programs offered at UTHCPC during their
tenure.
Agency licensed staff are required to show proof of
licensure, CPR and PMC certification on arrival of work assignment.
Evaluations are completed on agency staff after the
first shift worked and randomly thereafter or as warranted.
The completed orientation form, checklist and evaluation
form is placed in the agency employee personnel file which is kept in the
Nursing Supervisor’s Office. The
Nursing Supervisor/Nursing staff provides guidance and feedback as needed
throughout the shift to assist agency staff in performing assignments. The Agency supervisor incorporates the
evaluation information into the employee’s regularly scheduled evaluation.
The agency assumes ultimate responsibility for
evaluating, counseling, and terminating agency staff members; however, the
Nursing Supervisor reserves the right to send agency staff off duty if due
cause exists. UTHCPC also has the right
to refuse to utilize agency staff whose previous performance has been deemed
unacceptable as determined by the evaluation process.
Note: It is
unacceptable for a present UTHCPC employee to work at this hospital as a
supplemental staff member through an agency.
Nurses previously employed by UTHCPC are eligible for agency assignment
to UTHCPC after six months.
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Standards: