Complete guide to healthcare staffing background checks
At Accurate, we offer background checks for hospitals and clinics, from the most experienced doctor on the floor to your administrative staff. We handle each background check with the same level of care, ensuring you receive the detailed and accurate information you need when making these critical staffing decisions.
Why Careful Staffing is Important for Hospitals and Clinics
In the healthcare industry, a commitment to protecting patients isn’t just a requirement for medical personnel; it’s a vital trait in every member of your staff. Those who fill administrative positions in your hospital and clinic also have access to sensitive patient information, making it your responsibility to ensure each staffing decision is handled with the utmost care and consideration. This includes running background checks for any candidate you’re considering hiring as a safeguard in protecting your clinic or hospital from a range of potentially harmful outcomes.
Requirements for hospital staff background checks
Background check requirements can be as comprehensive for clerks and receptionists as it is for your doctors and nurses. Even if your state doesn’t have laws that strictly govern hospital staff background checks for non-medical personnel, performing your due diligence and checking for key information can protect your patients and your reputation. Here are a few things that we recommend checking for all staff members:
- Drug Testing and Health Screening: Our comprehensive pre-employment drug screening services tap into the largest nationwide network of collection sites and laboratories to help your candidates schedule and complete their tests. Pre-employment health screening services help you make quick, compliant and informed hiring decisions to maintain a healthy workforce and comply with your industry requirements and guidelines.
- Education, License, and Employment Verification: Education verification ensures that any candidate you are considering has earned the degree(s), certification(s), license(s) and training required for the position. While licensing is not commonly required for non-medical personnel, we can verify any self-reported licenses, as well as check the candidate’s employment history for accuracy. An accurate and thorough verification in these three areas helps to protect your patients and build trust within your clinic, practice or hospital.
- Criminal Background Check: When hiring staff members with access to patients’ medical, personal, and payment information, it’s critical to determine whether they have a criminal history. We can perform a nationwide criminal background check, which searches state, county, and local court records and the national sex offender registry.
- Professional and Personal Sanctions: The federal government maintains lists of individuals who are barred from working in specific positions, which can include healthcare. We provide a thorough screening for sanctions and disciplinary actions, including but not limited to, checks against the HHS-OIG list and child and adult abuse registries, to ensure your candidate has not been sanctioned or barred from patient care.
These are only some areas where we can provide vital information supporting responsible hiring decisions. Whether it be the receptionist or billing specialist, these thorough background checks make your hospital, practice or clinic a safe haven for patient care.
