Project

My parts:

1. Choose an industry. – We chose the Retail Industry

2. Use web resources (see last page of this document) to assist them in creating job description summaries for each benchmark job.

Required Elements:

Section I

A. Introduction and description of the organization.

B. Job summaries & descriptions for benchmark job. – My chosen job is Retail Sales Associate

Section IV

C. Instructions, timeline, cost, confidentiality statement, and signature page

Below is an example (for a totally different industry though)

Introduction

Our healthcare system helps patients and families throughout Central Virginia. Our services include primary to advanced critical care, and our main goal is to provide our patients with the best care possible (Bronson Healthcare, 2015). We’re one of the area’s largest employers with a workforce of more than 9,000 people (Bronson Healthcare, 2015). Our many exceptional achievements in quality, safety and service are nationally recognized due to our excellent physicians and staff (Bronson Healthcare, 2015). We are here to serve our patients that deserve the best possible care (Bronson Healthcare, 2015).

Our mission is to provide excellent healthcare services to our community (Bronson Healthcare, 2015). We strive to be nationally accredited as a healthcare organization. We provide our patients with state-of-the art electronic medical records, and also easy accessibility to their medical records online with a system called My Record. Our dedicated staff continues in their education to continue to provide five-star service and care to our patients.

Providing the best quality of care to our patients and to have become a nation-wide leader in quality (Bronson Healthcare, 2015). Our healthcare organization will have the reputation of great care and quality, and people will travel to ensure they are getting the care that they deserve to our healthcare system.

Job Summary and Description

Job Title: Physician

Job Summary:

Diagnose and treat injuries or illnesses. Examine patients; take medical histories; prescribe medications; and order, perform, and interpret diagnostic tests. Counsel patients on diet, hygiene, and preventive healthcare.

Relationships:

Reports to: Chief of Staff

Supervises: Physician Assistants and Residents.

Works with: Registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, and medical records and health information technicians.

External relationships: Physicians, patients, patients’ families

Qualifications:

Doctoral degree to include at least 4 years of undergraduate school, 4 years of medical school, and, depending on the specialty, 3 to 8 years in internship and residency programs.

Pass the U.S. Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) and state licensing requirements.

Essential Responsibilities:

Take a patient’s medical history.

Update charts and patient information to show current findings and treatments.

Order tests for nurses or other healthcare staff to perform.

Review test results to identify any abnormal findings.

Recommend and design a plan of treatment.

Address concerns or answer questions that patients have about their health and well-being.

Help patients take care of their health by discussing topics such as proper nutrition and hygiene.

Note. Adapted from Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2014-15 Edition, Physicians and Surgeons, on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/physicians-and-surgeons.htm

Instructions

1. Do not modify any part of the survey except from the answers you have provided.

2. Please sign the confidentiality statement

3. Please read carefully the job summaries and descriptions

4. Indicate if the benefit provided applies.

5. Indicate which job description pertains to your professional experience

6. Please read the instructions for selection General Employer Information and fill out the required fields

7. Please mark with an (x) the organization type, the questions regarding competitiveness and executives

8. Please mark with an (x) the answer that best fits

9. Do not leave any questions in blank

10. Finally, please read carefully the survey review and make sure that he survey is complete

Timeline Comment by Brandy Lewis: I will do these 2 things.

Survey should be distributed to hospital staff on March 17, 2015

Survey should be hand in completed on March 18,2015

Results should be available within a week of the survey, however they would not be handed in.

Cost

In order to get results from the survey, there would be a fee of $100.00

Confidentiality statement

__________________ agrees that all the information provided in this survey, and the answers given will remain confidential. Results will be kept confidential and solely used for company purposes. Results are not required to be published if the company does not wish to do so.

Name__________________________

Signature _______________________

Date ___________________________