HR News You Can Use

Milestone Service Awards Celebrations

  • October 19, 2017 – dinner and celebration
  • October 20, 2017 – lunch and celebration

Location:  The Milestone
Last call for RSVPs to the celebration events! Email Celebrate_with_HEART@umm.edu or call 410-822-1000 x5401. The RSVPhas been extended to October 8, 2017. We must have an accurate count for the venue.

Employee Engagement Surveys

We are down to the wire!  Thank you to those that have completed your survey!  It is extremely important to have your voice heard.
Deadline to complete the survey:  Sunday, October 8, 2017
Link:  http://bit.ly/UMMSSurvey2017

Influenza

The SRH flu vaccination campaign kicked off October 2. The deadline for compliance with the policy is November 2.
SRH’s flu policy HR-70 requires that all individuals providing care, treatment or service to the patients at Shore Regional Health (SRH) are required to be vaccinated annually against influenza unless there is a medical contraindication or a religious reason for declining vaccination. Clinic locations and hours are as follows:
UM Shore Medical Center at Chestertown: 

Oct. 9 6:30AM – 4:30 PM 2nd floor Conference Room
Oct 17 6:30AM – 4:30 PM 2nd floor Education Center
Nov 2 6:30AM – 1:30 PM 2nd floor Conference Room

UM Shore Nursing and Rehab at Chestertown:

Oct  10 6:30AM – 4:00 PM Chapel

UM Shore Medical Center at Easton:

Oct 4 6:30AM – 4:30 PM HEC  C & D
Oct. 13 6:30AM – 4:30 PM HEC  A & B
Oct 16 6:30AM – 4:30 PM HEC  A & B
Nov 1 6:30AM – 1:30 PM OCCR (By Diabetes Center)

UM Shore Medical Center at Dorchester:

Oct 2 6:30AM – 4:30 PM 3rd Floor Conference Room
Oct 11 6:30AM – 4:30 PM Solarium
Oct 19 6:30AM – 1:30 PM Solarium

Reminders:

  • The flu vaccination is a — Regular dose vaccine
  • Bring your Employee Badge
  • Wear short sleeves or loose fit shirt, if possible.
  • Egg free vaccine will be available upon request.
  • If you have a valid Declination, you will need to wear a mask from October 1 until April 1, 2018 while on duty, per UM SRH policy.
  • If you received the vaccination elsewhere please send proof of such to Employee Health as soon as possible.

Vaccine Declination

Under the policy, all employees must be vaccinated; declining is allowed for medical or religious reasons or if you received the vaccine from a source other than SRH Employee Health.
Anybody who declines vaccination, or who gets the vaccine elsewhere, must complete a Declination Form and submit it, along with the required documentation. The deadline for submitting the required documentation is November 9th, 2017.
Thanks for helping to keep our patients and our staff healthy all year long!

Recognition and Rewards

Celebrate with HEART is underway!  We launched our new approach to recognition and rewards on October 1.
Check the Recognition Wall on the Social tab on the website https://umsrh.isrewards.com to see the wonderful recognitions who have been posted for team members that have demonstrated our values and HEART behaviors in going above and beyond in their interactions with our patients, their family members, members of the community and our own team members.