- NEW EMPLOYEE: SAFETY EDUCATION — (Introduction) One of the most important and effective ways to reduce workplace hazards and injuries is by implementing a comprehensive, proactive safety and health management system (Occupational Safety a. Health Administration (OSHA), n.d.). When organizations are hiring new employees, they are taking a risk, therefore, it is essential to educate new employees, evaluate the risk, and know the measures to take in order to prevent injuries. The purpose of safety education is to protect employee from hazards and injuries, reduce unnecessary costs, and to make safety programs more effective (OSHA). 2. NEW EMPLOYEE: SAFETY EDUCATION (Objectives) a. To conduct a risk assessment on acquiring new employees b. To communicate about the risks involved in acquiring new employees c. To conduct a risk response to mitigate the risk of hiring new employees 3. RATIONALE a. Conducting a risk assessment is essential to the organization because it will highlight the risks involved in hiring new employe.. b. Communicating the risk assessment details are essential because it will help the organization to conduct a risk management process. c. Risk response is a vital element as it will give the process and the mitigation measures to prevent risk from occuring. 4. SUPPORTIVE DATA a. Conducting training about risks associated with hiring new employees is crucial because it helps to identify the risk involved through assessment (Overton & Frazer, 2012). For instance, managers who do not have hiring skills and getting the right employee. b. Additionally, the education session is beneficial because it will enable the members to deal with the risks in hiring in new employees, this will increase the knowledge to attain new ideas on how to manage the risks through implementation of a risk response plan. 5. IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES a. Proper planning is an excellent strategy to enable the members to oversee the actual risks involved. b. Offering continuous feedback enables the team to know about the statues of the process. c. Continua, monitoring the process is essential in order to track the success or the details that need adjustments in the risk management process (The National Academies Press, 2001). 6. EVALUATION STRATEGIES a. Communication is an important strategy to ensure consistency and accuracy of information to enable decision-making (The National Academies Press). b. Having a plan will enable the team to have a guideline in evaluating the process. Evaluating the process determines to what degree the effectiveness of plan or standards are met (Kavaler. F. 8, Alexander, R. S., 2014, pg. 219). 7. CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES a. The area to focus on when conducting risk management of new employees are i. The practices involved in the hiring process. Hospitals continue to report a lack of high-quality candidates to fill healthcare staffing gaps (LaPointe, J., 2018). ii. The interviewing process iii. Recruitment Manager qualifications and skill