Re: Staff Meetings

[Guest guest]

Maureen -

We have a 45 minute staff meeting every month and all staff are expected

to attend, however, we also have part-time staff who are not always

available.

We type detailed minutes of the meeting in the " pillars " format (Service

Excellence, Clinical Excellence, People, Growth, Finance) and these

minutes are emailed to every staff member and a hard-copy is placed in a

binder located in the staff offices.

We have an accountability in the Professional Growth section of the annual

performance appraisal that addresses " Takes responsibility for content

presented at all staff meetings and applies information to daily

activities as directed. "

Staff understand the expectation that they are responsible for knowing and

applying staff meeting information whether they are present at the meeting

or not.

This eliminates the cop-out response - " I wasn't at the staff meeting so I

didn't know................. "

Effie

Effie Elliott, PT

Manager PT/OT KGH

Bayhealth Medical Center

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From:

Maureen Whitney

To:

PTManager

Date:

06/30/2011 04:47 PM

Subject:

Staff Meetings

Sent by:

PTManager

Hi All,

I was wondering how often you have staff meetings? I struggle with this

due

to many part-time staff. It seems that we don’t have them often enough

because not everyone is ever in the office together.

How do you deal with this hurdle?

Thanks much, as always!

Maureen

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*Maureen Whitney*

*Business Manager*

Essex Physical Therapy

Essex, Vermont

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