General Orientation
Day 1 - Begins at 8:00 a.m.
Location: Main Entrance (Building 5 - green entrance), The Conference Place
Topics covered:
- Introduction/Welcome from the Centre of Education and Organizational Development
- Welcome from a Senior Management Team member
- Ontario Shores tour – please wear comfortable shoes
- Emergency Preparedness
- OPSEU Presentation (union employees only)
- Introduction to Benefits for full-time non-union/management employees
- Mandatory education online modules – you are welcome to bring your own headphones
Safe Management Group (SMG) Training
Day 2 and 3 - Begins at 8:30 a.m.
Location: Main Entrance (Building 5 - green entrance), The Conference Place
The goal of Safety Management Group (SMG) Training Program is the early recognition and prevention of violent/aggressive behaviours through crisis prevention and crisis management.
Every new employee attends some form of SMG training, depending on how much patient contact they have.
Various topics covered include:
Crisis Prevention:
- Risk Management
- Relationship Management
- Behaviour Profiling
Crisis Management:
- Managing aggression
- Physical Intervention Concepts/Techniques
On-Unit Preceptorship Program
Day 4
Location: On Unit
On-unit preceptorship is currently for inpatient nursing staff only at Ontario Shores. The Nursing Preceptorship Program involves having an experienced nurse partner with a newly hired nurse with the intent of socializing the newly hired nurses to the unit, while assisting them in acquiring specialized nursing competencies required for safe, ethical and quality practice within their specified clinical setting.
Clinical Orientation
Day 5 – Day 6
Location: Main Entrance (Building 5 - green entrance), The Conference Place
- Attendees include all clinical employees (anyone who has direct patient contact)
- Each day will begin at 8:30 a.m. in The Conference Place
- New employees are invited to purchase lunch from the Main Street Café or use this time as they wish
- Two breaks are scheduled for each day of clinical orientation
Topics covered on Day 5:
- Welcome - Discipline Overviews from the following programs:
- Psychology
- Therapeutic Recreation
- Occupational Therapy
- Vocational/Rehabilitation Services
- Social Work
- Child and Youth Workers
- Nursing
- Behaviour Therapy
- Integrated Health Services
- Infection Control Practices
- Patient/Peer Support and Quality Improvement
- Patient Rights - PPAO
- Mental Health Act / Legislation and Patient Safety
Topics covered on Day 6:
- Mental Health Introduction
- Therapeutic Relationship and Recovery Model
- Recovery Tools
- Ethics
- Clinical Care Standards
- Safewards
Meditech System Training
Day 7 and 8
Location: Corporate Training Room - Building 7 Level 1
Topics Covered on Day 7
- Meditech Training System Navigation
- RAI Overview
- LOCUS Overview
- Mental Status
- Plan of Care
Topics Covered on Day 8:
- Psychopharmacology
- Meditech order entry, medication entry (Nursing)
- Workload training (allied health and outpatients)
- CWS training (Outpatients only)
- Discipline specific training (Allied health and outpatients)
On-Unit Preceptorship Program
Day 9
Location: On Unit
On-unit preceptorship is currently for inpatient nursing staff only at Ontario Shores. The Nursing Preceptorship Program involves having an experienced nurse partner with a newly hired nurse with the intent of socializing the newly hired nurses to the unit, while assisting them in acquiring specialized nursing competencies required for safe, ethical and quality practice within their specified clinical setting.
