Education Event

Developing, Measuring and Documenting Employee Competence

September 18, 2019 - 9:00am - 2:00pm Teri Hollingsworth

Description

Stay on target with The Joint Commission competency requirements for meeting patients’ needs.

This intensive one-day workshop, presented by the Hospital Association of Southern California provides in-depth explanations of The Joint Commission competency assessment standards, detailed examples of compliance, and opportunities for managers to develop and redesign the content of their department competency tools.

Course Objectives

At the end of this course participants will be able to:

List components of the competency assessment and measurement process
Compare competency skills to the essential duties of a job description
Differentiate between competency and a job-specific duty
Develop the high-risk, low-volume, or problem-prone competencies for each job description
Implement measurement and documentation tools that will meet The Joint Commission requirements

Who Should Attend?

Directors and managers responsible for ancillary support, human resources, or nursing departments.

Curriculum

8:30 — 9 a.m.
Registration/Breakfast

9—11 a.m.

Management responsibilities in meeting The Joint Commision standards
Joint Commission HR standards
Competency definition
Competency assessment process
Developing job descriptions and competencies

11 a.m.— Noon
Lunch

Noon — 2 p.m.

Developing job-specific competencies
Documenting competencies
What surveyors are looking for
Common pitfalls
Keys to success
Q & A

Bring a copy of one of your competency tools to the seminar.

Faculty

Emelda Latham, RN, MS
Human Resources Management Consultant

Emelda Latham provides human resources consulting services for medium to large hospitals and health care systems in the areas of human strategic planning, human resources operations management, merger management, management training—and The Joint Commission and human resources legal compliance. She has more than 30 years of combined health care experience in human resources management, administrative and clinical nursing and management training.

Continuing Education

ACHE Credit: Hospital Association of Southern California is authorized to award 4 hours of pre-approved ACHE Qualified Education credit for this program toward advancement, or recertification, in the American College of Healthcare Executives. Participants in this program who wish to have the continuing education hours applied toward ACHE Qualified Education credit must self-report their participation. To self-report, participants must log into their MyACHE account and select “My Education Credit” to log hours earned.

HRCI Credit: This activity has been approved for 4 HR (General) recertification credit hours toward aPHR™, PHR®, PHRca®, SPHR®, GPHR®, PHRi™ and SPHRi™ recertification through HR Certification Institute® (HRCI®).

BRN Credit: Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, CEP #970 for 4 contact hours.

Cost

$270 HASC Hospital member (per registrant)
$330 Non-Acute Stakeholder (per registrant)

Other Details

Important Reminders

Registration deadline: September 4, 2019.
Valid payment information must be received with your registration.
Make check payable to:
HASC, Attn: Leticia Salcido
515 S. Figueroa St., Suite 1300
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Fax registration form to (213) 538-0987.
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Cancellation

Cancellations received in writing by Sept. 4, will be subject to a $50 processing fee. We welcome substitutions. Refunds will not be granted after Sept. 4. Refunds will not be provided for no-shows after the conference. Fees are non-transferable for other HASC programs.