Human Resources for Healthcare Professionals

University of Alabama College of Continuing Studies
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States

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Course Description:

'' Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

Identify the types of healthcare organizations.
Describe the current and future states of the healthcare industry.
List and briefly describe human-resource-management activities.
Explain the unique aspects of managing human resources in healthcare organizations.
Discuss several of the human-resource challenges in healthcare.
Define the competencies required for healthcare HR professionals.
Describe the importance of attaining HR management credentials.
Explain the relationship between the type of healthcare organization and the level of senior HR position.
Discuss how the healthcare industry compares to other industries in relationship to HR staffing and expenditures.
Explain the importance of HR programs to the delivery of safe, competent healthcare.
Describe why a strategic view of HR is important.
Discuss HR as an organizational core competency.
Explain how HR planning contributes to the attainment of organizational strategies and objectives.
Define HR planning in healthcare organizations.
Identify three HR management challenges found in healthcare organizations.
Describe the major laws affecting the healthcare workplace.
Define lawful and unlawful pre-employment inquiries.
Discuss the components of an Affirmative Action Plan (AAP).
Identify the important elements of a sexual-harassment-prevention program.
Describe the steps in responding to an EEO complaint.
Compare and contrast legal responsibilities and ethics.
Explain the relationship between productivity and job design.
Describe the importance of job analysis.
Discuss the typical uses of job analysis.
List the common methods of job analysis.
Identify the stages of the job analysis process.
Define the elements of job descriptions and job specifications.
Explain the relationship of JCAHO standards to job descriptions.
Specify the decisions necessary as part of a strategic approach to recruitment.
Describe the methods utilized for both internal and external recruitment.
Discuss the criteria used to evaluate the effectiveness of organizational recruitment efforts.
Compare and contrast job performance, selection criteria, and predictors.
Identify the legal requirements of the selection process and outline that process.
Explain the importance of conducting pre-employment background investigations.
Explain the factors affecting the relationship between employees and healthcare organizations.
Discuss the importance of employee retention for healthcare organizations.
Identify the common reasons employees voluntarily leave organizations.
Define the various organizational retention determinants.
Describe how to compute the cost of organizational turnover.
Discuss how job performance and training can be integrated.
Identify how organizational and training strategies are linked.
Define various learning styles.
Describe the orientation, training, and staff development requirements of the Joint Commission.
Explain the unique aspects of healthcare employee development.
Discuss the importance of the performance appraisal process.
Compare and contrast the administrative and development uses of performance appraisals.
Review the informal versus systematic appraisal processes.
Identify who should conduct appraisals.
Describe the various methods of appraising performance.
Identify the various rater errors that occur during the appraisal process.
Review the common components of an employment agreement.
Define Employment-At-Will and identify exceptions to this concept.
Describe due process and explain alternative dispute resolution processes.
Explain the whistleblower doctrine and apply the concepts to the healthcare industry.
Discuss issues associated with drug testing for healthcare employees.
Identify elements common to employee handbooks.
Outline the progressive discipline process.
Explain the labor relations challenges facing the healthcare industry.
Describe the National Labor Relations Act, including the unique healthcare provisions.
Outline the stages of the unionization process.
Discuss the collective bargaining process.
Identify the contract negotiations process in the healthcare industry.
Describe the differences between an entitlement compensation philosophy and a performance-focused compensation philosophy.
Define the issues confronting the healthcare industry in complying with the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
Discuss the various methods of administering a compensation process.
Identify the steps in the compensation administration process.
Explain the issues associated with awarding pay increases.
Discuss the five components of executive compensation.
Describe the challenges that confront healthcare employers in providing benefits and variable pay programs.
Discuss why healthcare employers must offer competitive benefits programs to their employees.
Identify various types of benefits.
Explain the role that healthcare HR professionals must play in administering benefits.
Compare and contrast individual and team-based incentives.
Explain the nature of safety, health, and security in the healthcare workplace.
Identify the various aspects of OSHA compliance.
Define the components of an effective ergonomics program.
Discuss health issues in the healthcare workplace.
Understand the importance of dealing with workplace violence.
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