Departmental Orientation Recommendations

In addition to the Medical Center Orientation, departments/supervisors are responsible for providing a departmental orientation for their new employees. This should be scheduled during the employee's first week on the job and may include the following topics:

• Department's mission, services and goals
• Internal and external customers
• Position description and performance expectations
• Training opportunities and resources
• All departmental policies and procedures including safety information (e.g., location of fire alarms and extinguishers, evacuation route, location of Material Safety Data Sheets)
• Work schedule, lunch and rest breaks - overtime if applicable
• Instructions for completion of departmental and medical center forms (e.g., purchase orders, vouchers, vacation requests)
• Time clock/timesheets (e.g., location and how to operate/complete)
• Uniforms/I.D. badges
• Review KUMC attendance policy with attention given to point system, and the department's policy/procedure for notification of absence due to illness
• Communication and confidentiality issues
• Telephones (e.g., operation, greeting, routing, frequently used numbers)
• E-mail and Internet use
• Office organization (files, supplies, etc.)
• Office resources (e.g., directories, dictionaries, computer program manuals, staff listing)

For additional New Employee Orientation information, please contact Jecarma Allen or call 913-588-5099.