2.5.3 Report: Evidence-based Policy for Workplace Quality and Safety
Weight: 40%
Type of Collaboration: Individual
Due: Sunday. Week 14 (11:59pm): 30 October 2022
Submission:
Format:
Length: 2.000 words
Curriculum Mode: Professional Task
Rationale
A written workplace policy helps to promote effective workplace quality and safety programs within an organisation Policies should be designed to specifically address the needs of a workplace with processes designed to meet the needs of all relevant stakeholders Developing and implementing effective workplace policies for the prevention and management of quality and safety issues is a crucial skill as a health services manager.
Description
For this task, students will be asked to develop an evidence-based policy (EBP) to address quality and safety as a component of their role as health service managers The policy should address key components of policy-writing for public safety including, but not limited to definitions, guiding principles, patient expectations, roles and responsibilities, standards, clinical governance and incident management.
Criteria
- Clearly and concisely describes the issue that is being addressed by the policy with rationale and justification for managing the quality and safety issue
- Outlines the quality and safety issue that being addressed by the policy as well as ongoing monitoring
- Provides information and instruction for how the issue will be addressed with the workplace including worker training
- Policy document is structured appropriately and is consistent with HSM practices
- Use of academic writing, language and tone
- Referencing is consistent with an approved referencing style. (If using a reference managing system, it is the responsibility of the student to ensure that all references are structured appropriately with no errors.)
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15/25
Marking Criteria:
Students will be assessed using the following criteria (full Rubric on subject vuws site).
* Clearly and concisely describes the issue that is being addressed by the policy with rationale and justification for managing the quality and safety issue
• Outlines the quality and safety issue that being addressed by the policy as well as ongoing monitoring
* Provides information and instruction for how the issue will be addressed with the workplace including worker training
• Policy document is structured appropriately and is consistent with HSM practices
• Use of academic writing, language and tone
• Referencing is consistent with an approved referencing style. (If using a reference managing system, it is the responsibility of the student to ensure that all references are structured appropriate with no errors )