MH512 Week 2 Assignment - Demonstrate Understanding

Assistance Week 2

MH512 Wk 2 

Week 2 - Assignment: Demonstrate Understanding of Interviewing and Selection Topics

For this week’s assignment, assume that you are the HR manager in a medium-sized hospital. One of the managers in the Radiology department has come to you for advice on selecting the best candidate for a position. The situation as described to you:

· Both candidates are equally technically qualified for the position.

· Both candidates are willing to work the shifts expected of this position.

· One has a bachelor’s degree, one has an associate’s degree, both degrees are relevant to the education needed for this position.

· One candidate is male, one is female. The position requires that more female procedures are performed than male procedures.

· The male applicant is a single dad, the female has a stay-at-home husband.

· The pay scale for this position is about average, although there is a nearby hospital that is paying more for the same job.

· One candidate has lived here since childhood, one just moved here from a bigger city.

Based on this information, prepare a memo to the hiring manager with your recommendation. Include:

· What additional information do you need to know in order to make the best recommendation to the hiring manager?

· Suggestions on how to overcome the pay disparity issue if it is brought up by one or both applicants.

· Counsel on what information provided should not be used in making the decision and why.

· If the hiring manager can use cultural fit to help decide.

· How the manager should make the ultimate decision.

Length: 4 pages, not including the title and reference page

References: Include a minimum of 3 scholarly resources

Your memo should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts presented in the course and provide new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic.

· Improving patient safety and physician accountability using the hospital credentialing process

Forster, A. J., Turnbull, J., McGuire, S., Ho, M. L., & Worthington, J. R. (2011). Improving patient safety and physician accountability using the hospital credentialing process. Open Medicine?: A Peer-Reviewed, Independent, Open-Access Journal, 5(2), e79–e86.

· Human resources in healthcare: Managing for success (4th ed.).

Fried, B., & Fottler, M. D. (2015). Human resources in healthcare: Managing for success (4th ed.). Health Administration Press. Read Chapter 7

· Four trends to watch in healthcare recruiting

Palermo, L. (2018, January 26). Four trends to watch in healthcare recruiting. Becker’s Hospital Review.

· Human resource solutions. Social networking: applications for health care recruitment

Russell J. (2007). Human resource solutions. Social networking: applications for health care recruitment. Nursing Economic$, 25(5), 299–301.