You employee’s first week may be overwhelming. To better acclimate your employee in their new environment, it is important to explain how the unit/department functions, establish and show how communication channels work. In order to ensure this please consider the following.

• New employee is expected and acknowledged upon arrival
• Upon arrival, ensure that your new employee is greeted and welcomed
• If you are not personally available to welcome, assign and coach a designee
• Unit/department tour - on the new employee's first day, provide them a tour of your department including:
• Restrooms
• Lunch room
• Work space
• Manager/Supervisor location
• Where to keep personal items (lockers)
• Provide your new employee with a calendar of orientation activities including
• Regular touch points with supervisors (daily, weekly, monthly as needed)
• Meetings with any key department contacts
• Introduction to other staff members
• Review with the new employee who their primary points of contact
• Building/Medical Campus Tour - within the new employee's first week, provide them a tour of your building and any other off site locations in which meetings may be held or attended
• Methods of department communication
• Unit/department Norms
• Examples:
• breaks, coverage, location
• Dress code
• Schedule of staff meetings, huddles and any other standing meetings
• Unit/department materials
• List of acronyms, jargon - organization and department
• Mission, Vision, Values - organization and department
• Organizational Chart - organization and department