Evaluation Formats

We use a program called "Freedom to Achieve". It is a computer based program that once learned is way more time efficient that the old written ones. It keeps track of the prior evaluationa as well as the prior goals. I do evaluations on about 25 night shift employee's and have had miminal complaint {There is always someone that is not happy}.

Prior to evaluation I print out a blank form and give it to the employee. As a leadership Group we also came up with the 6 most important questions for each job clasification and printed them up as Peer reviews. Each person is given two Peer reviews that they can give to anyone in the department and the reviewer also gives these questions to two people of their choice. Those comments are included in the employee's evaluation annonyously.

Our raises have also gone from cost of living to Merit raises based on the final evaluation. The staff is now aware that this is the time to sell them selves, To keep track of their education, participation in unit/hospital wide committees, And to keep copies of good things written about them during the year. They also know that we keep tract of their attendance, lateness and any dicipline.

It appears that the staff feels these evaluations to be much more represenative of them as a co-worker. Each evaluation is done by a Clinical Leader that works on that persons shift, with imput from both administration and co-workers.

Thanks. Sounds good. And I like the idea of peer reviews designed by a work group that I assume included line staff. Interviewing other staff as part of an evaluation is always dicey at best. This sounds like a good solution. Thanks again.