Past Projects
New Employee Orientation
As a product of the application of project management training supported by incubator efforts, Gaston County took the lead on developing a comprehensive orientation for new health department employees. This project strives to create a model for orienting new employees that consists of a new employee binder, orientation teams, on-line orientation programs, and web-based feedback surveys to improve these products and processes. In order to share the products developed from this initiative with the partnership and state, presentations of materials and recommended practices are hosted upon request at health departments throughout the partnership and state.
Resources
Introduction to NC Public Health – Online Training for New Employees
A crucial part of new employee orientation is an introduction to public health. This online module, developed by the NC Institute for Public Health, was developed as a component of new employee orientation for health departments. It is intended to familiarize health department employees with the practice of public health in NC and the issues with which public health is concerned.
Tools Developed
New Employee Orientation Presentation Handouts
Health Department Orientation Project (Powerpoint)
This Power Point Presentation provides an excellent example of how to orient new employees to your health department.Health Department Orientation “Needs Assessment” (Word doc)
This document provides current employees; administrators, managers, and supervisors; and customers with an overview on what they need to do for optimal employee orientation.County Health Department Administrative Services Orientation Schedule (Word doc)
(file: Orientation Checklist.doc)The orientation material provided above is the result of collaboration between the Northwest and Southern Piedmont partnerships. The Southern Piedmont Partnership material is based on best practices developed by the Northwest Partnership for Public Health who sought to develop best practices for orienting new employees while complying with public health accreditation standards.
Health Department of the 21st Century
Cabarrus County, in collaboration with a large group of stakeholders and national experts, set out to create a world class health department and regional training center. The Southern Piedmont Partnership used programmatic funds to inform the planning stages of what is to be the “Health Department of the 21st Century.”
Participating, and non-participating health departments alike will benefit from newly developed and tested public health practices as well as from a regionally located facility to coordinate and support their training needs. The product of this large collaboration is a detailed report (below) providing an outline of what a model health department looks like, what its roles and responsibilities are, and what infrastructure requirements exist.
Resources
Coming soon.
Tools Developed
Health Department of the 21st Century
This report, the result of collaboration between national experts, provides an outline of what a model health department looks like, what its roles and responsibilities are, and what infrastructure requirements exist.
Visions for the Cabarrus Health Alliance as a Model Public Health Agency (pdf)