First Things

The links below provide information about the activities you need to complete during your first days in your new position. Some activities may be completed by your department staff but are included here for completeness. Contact your department Administrator if you have any questions.

For All Faculty

  • Access & Security:  ID Badge, Keys, Parking, Safety Training
  • Personal:  Benefits, Human Resources (College or Medical Center), Employee Health, Lab Coats
  • Identity:  Photograph, Business Cards, Name Plate
  • Communication:  IT Account, Phone, PO Box

For Clinicians Only

  • Training & Compliance:  Physician Orientation, Billing Compliance Training, Corporate & Research Compliance Training, CIS/Connected (Powerchart) Training, Radiology Digital (IDX) Training, Human Subjects Protection Training
  • Clinical:  Scrub Access, Pager, HOSC Dictation Account, How to Access Support Services

Access & Security

 

 Item  Contact/Form Location  Phone  Location  Mail
 Code		  Fax
 ID Badge
 
 Mon: 12:30 - 4:00 p.m.
 Tues: 12:30 - 4:30 p.m.
 Thurs: 7 a.m. - 12 p.m.
 Fri: 8 a.m. - 12 p.m.
 
 No Appointment Needed
 Fax form in advance		  Complete ID Request Form
 (Internal Only)
 
 (Must be done by department
 Access Control designate) 		 3548  CG608  H0287  0765
 Parking Services
 
 Mon 12:30-4:00
 Tues: 2:30-4:30
 Thurs: 7am-noon
 Fri: 8am-noon

 No Appointment Needed		  Traffic and Parking
 (Internal Only)		  3713  CG608  H028  0765
 Keys  Complete Key Request Form

 Email:  
 keycontrol@hmc.psu.edu

 (Must be done by department
 Access Control designate,
 inquire with department
 secretary)

 Keys are ready within 3 days		  5396  CG639    4429
 Safety Training  Online Safety Training
 Program
 (Internal Only)		        

Personal

 

 Item  Contact/Form Location  Phone  Location  Mail
 Code		  Fax
 Benefits  Employee Benefits
 College of Medicine (COM)

 Employee Benefits
 Medical Center (HMC)
 (Internal Only)		        
 Human Resources

 New Hire Appointment -
 Faculty Only		  Office of Human Resources -
 College of Medicine (COM)
 (Contact - Susan Barnhart)

 Office of Human Resources -
 Medical Center (HMC)
 (Internal Only)
 Call Pat Potter (x. 6205) for
 an appointment (1 hr).
 Should meet starting week.		  4372  ASB
 5200		  A570  5535
 Lab Coats  Lab Coat Purchase
 Request Form
 (Internal Only)

 To try on Lab Coats: Go to
Room TG503, ground floor, Cancer Institute.
Enter combination code
 8320* to enter room, sample
 coats are in cabinet.		  8321  CG708    7403
 Employee Health –
 Faculty Only		  Schedule Employee Health
 Check Appointment		  8280    H1505  

 

Identity

 

 Item Contact/Form Location Phone Location Mail
 Code		 Fax
 Business Cards Printing Services
 (Internal Only)		 8607 ASB  
 Name Plate & Holder for
 Office Door		 Order name plate holder and
 name plate for office door
 using the Facilities Service Request Form
 (Internal Only)		    
 Faculty Picture -
 White Coat Required

 Make an appointment with 
 Photography. Fax completed. (Internal Only)

 8110 CG618  0755

Communication

 

 Item  Contact/Form Location  Phone  Location  Mail
 Code		  Fax
 Phone  Call Information Technology
 (IT) to establish new
 telephone number		  6281      
 Phone Purchase  Phone Purchasing Program
 (Internal Only)		        
 IT Account Request
 
 Passwords can be picked
 up at Harrell Library with
 ID Badge after notification		  Account Request Form
 (Internal Only)

 (Include Dictation account on
 request form)		        
 PO Box

 Additions, changes,
 deletions, etc		  Email requests to Sam
 Louder in the Mail Room at:
 slouder@hmc.psu.edu

 Include Employee Name,
 Department, Mail Code and
 Phone Extension		  8499  CG701  HS66  4553

Training & Compliance

 

 Item  Contact/Form Location  Phone  Location  Mail
 Code		  Fax
 Billing Compliance Training  Contact Work Unit Leader to
 set up an appointment (1.5
 hrs)		        
 Physician Orientation -
 Faculty Only		  Enter date/time on physician
 Calendar.  Contact Amelia
 Brandt in the Medical Staff
 Affairs Office.		  7999      
 CIS Training/Connected
 (PowerChart)		  On-line training instructions
 can be found on the CIS
 website.  (Internal Only)

 Training Link:
 http://infonet.hmc.psu.edu/cis
 (Internal Only)

 Contact: Jacqueline Crum
 (3 hrs)		  4807      6162
 Radiology Digital Training
 (IDX)		  Education and Training
 (Internal Only)

 Online training (1 hr) to be
 completed upon hiring		        
 Corporate & Research
 Compliance Training		  Compliance Training
 (Internal Only)

 3.5 hours for providers who
 participate in billing/coders

 Training to be completed
 upon hiring on-line

 Must pick New Employed
 Physician job function		        
 Human Subjects Protection
 Training – Faculty Only		  Any faculty or staff who are
 involved in IRB studies must
 take the basic human subject
 protection training.


 If a faculty member is
 interested in becoming a
 Principal Investigator,
 Principles of Informed
 Consent Tutorial should also
 be taken.		  7127      

Clinical

 

 Item  Contact/Form Location  Phone  Location  Mail
 Code		  Fax
 HOSC Dictation Account  Send Shelley Engle an email
 informing her to set up
 dictation account at HOSC.		        
 Scrub Access  Complete the Scrub Suit
 Request Form.
 (Internal Only)		  8320    HS93  
 Support Services  How to Access
 Support Services (pdf)