Posted:
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
Category:
Healthcare
In the healthcare industry, there is no room for error. You need to make every single thing that you do count, including the employees that you hire. Anyone with a healthcare license is required to keep that license current through continuing education for as long as they’re working in their chosen career.
As an employer, you’d like to be able to trust that people are just going to do what they should be doing, but it isn’t really that easy. You need to take the time to make sure that people are doing whatever it takes to keep their license current. There are three simple things to keep on hand at all times so that you can track this.
Healthcare CE requirements. Everyone starts at different times, but most states have a mandate of how many hours are needed per year or licensing period, along with specific courses that need to be taken from time to time. You should keep a copy in each file and cross them off as they are completed. This will allow you to select the right courses for your employees for their next CE need, making everyone’s life a little easier.
Courses they have taken. Whether the courses were required ones or just classes taken to meet hours requirements, you need a full list of what they were. In most states, you cannot take the same class more than once and get credit for it. Therefore, to avoid people taking a wasted CE course that uses valuable time, money, and resources, keeping this list on hand is helpful.
Their healthcare license expiration date. You don’t have to do much with this except for ensuring that people get their healthcare CE done well before the license expires. Just keep it on file so that you can keep tabs on your employees and make sure that everyone is doing what they should be doing, and that licenses remain current.
While you might think this is all up to the employees, you’re sadly misled. Even when it is their responsibility, you can’t always trust them to keep up with it. If your employees aren’t licensed or they don’t get the right CE courses, it’s your problem, not theirs. In order to avoid conflict and protect your business, you need to keep these three things on hand to ensure that everyone is up to speed at all times.
When you utilize online training programs, you can often track this information virtually through the use of a learning management system, which just makes it that much easier for you in the long run.
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