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STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE Research Administration SOP No: A001 SOP Title: Job Description
1. PURPOSE
The purpose of this standard operating procedure (SOP) is to define the procedure for completing a job description on file for a new employee or a current employee with a new or modified job position at Children’s Health System of Texas (CHST).
2. INTRODUCTION
A job description is an agreement between the employee and the employer documenting and defining the specifications of the job position and qualifications of the employee. Each employee is required to complete a job description. The employee’s supervisor is expected to keep a signed copy in the employee’s file and to provide a signed copy of the job description to the employee and to Human Resources (HR). The basic elements of a job description include the following, but may vary according to the job position:
1) Position Summary: This section describes the overall function of the position, the objective of the job, how the objectives will be accomplished, what results are expected from this position.
2) Job Profile: This section describes the basic duties and key responsibilities that an employee MUST be able to perform for this role, but all duties performed by any single person in the position.
3) Contact (Patient): This section indicates who the person in the position reports to or provides care to patients.
4) Experience: This section specifies what previous experience required or preferred for the person in the position to have completed in a similar position or doing related work and the minimum amount of time a person must have been doing that particular work.
5) Education: This section defines the minimum formal education required or preferred for the position.
6) Specific Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: This section lists a set of skills and abilities that the position must have in order to perform the position properly.
7) Hiring Competencies: This section includes the appropriate licensure, registration, and/or certifications needed to perform certain functions of the job according to organizational policies/established standards.
8 Physical and Non-Physical Demands: The physical strengths and the additional mental competencies of carrying out the job.
9) Environmental Conditions: This section describes the space in which the employee will be working and potentially what environmental elements the employee may be exposed to while carrying out their job.
10) Primary Work Location: This section defines the where the job is located and where the employee will carry-out their job.
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