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We are excited and honored you have become a part of our Mount Sinai Health System team. The Health System includes the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, an international leader in medical and scientific training, biomedical research, and patient care. Combining the highest standards of scholarly inquiry, collaboration, and social concern with a passion for innovation and entrepreneurial thinking, the school encourages discovery and creativity that will lead to novel insights and advances in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease.

Mount Sinai Doctors Faculty Practice is a multispecialty group composed of more than 2,000 highly skilled physicians who have extensive experience. Our physicians and staff work together at our hospitals and ambulatory practices to ensure quality care and speedy recovery for patients with various medical conditions.

This website lays out all of the tasks you must accomplish and resources you will need to understand and leverage as:

Faculty at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Privileged providers at our member hospitals
Employees of the Mount Sinai Health System

How to use this guide:

We have laid out tasks and information chronologically.
Keep in mind that this guide is meant to be universally applicable to all clinical faculty. Speak to your department administrators for tasks that are specific to your specialty, department, and local practice.

We hope you find this resource helpful. Please use the information below to get started!

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Before your first day with us, there are several items you will need to complete, mostly as a part of the hospital privileging process and general human resources matters.

* Note: You will need your Mount Sinai Health System network ID and login to access some of these links. Speak to your department administrator(s) for more information.

Item	System	What to Know	What to Do
Training System	PEAK	This is our Learning Management System, where you can access any trainings that you are required to complete, throughout your employment. You might already be familiar with this system in order to complete trainings that are a part of your Delineation of Privileges.
All Systems Access		You will use your network ID or your Mount Sinai email address to access all IT systems at the Health System. You will also use the same password across platforms, which should never be shared with anyone. All faculty must use their MSHS email account.	Obtain your network logon and temporary password from your department administrator. Don’t forget to change your temporary password to one only you will know!
Compliance Training		All clinical faculty must attend this training.	Speak to your department administrator, who will sign you up for this session. (If not, you may sign up here.)
Contact Information and Payroll	Sinai Cloud	Sinai Cloud is where many human resources functions are housed, including payroll, benefits selection, vacation/personal days, and much more.	Complete your W-4 and Direct Deposit* forms. Review your contact information Input your emergency contact information Resource guides on functions controlled by Sinai Cloud are also available here
Understand Your Benefits	Sinai Cloud	There are a variety of ways you can get more information about your benefits. You will make your benefits selection in Sinai Cloud once you start.	Detailed information and contact lists can be found on our HR intranet* site. HR also offers a weekly information session on Mondays at 3:30pm. Information can be found here. You can always call the Benefits office at 646-605-4620 ISMMS-employed Faculty also receive additional benefits outlined here. Faculty should speak their Department Administrators for information on any additional benefits.
Important Documents	PolicyTech	We remind our clinical faculty to reference several items throughout your employment here.	Review your individual contract Review the ISMMS Faculty Handbook Review the Medical Staff Bylaws* and Rules and Regulations* for each hospital where you are privileged. MSH-MSQ Medical Staff Bylaws MSH-MSQ Rules and Regulations MSM-MSW Medical Staff Bylaws MSM-MSW Rules and Regulations MSBI-MSB Medical Staff Bylaws MSBI-MSB Rules and Regulations NYEE Medical Staff Bylaws NYEE Rules and Regulations Review the Mount Sinai Code of Conduct

Welcome to your first week with us! We know that this first week can be overwhelming. You are likely to focus the majority of your week on your Epic training, but there are a few tasks listed below that you should also complete. Not listed below is meeting all of your new colleagues!

Item	System	What to Know	What to Do
New Clinical Faculty Onboarding Session With Mount Sinai Doctors Family Practice	PEAK	Let us formally welcome you to Mount Sinai! In this session, you will receive a general overview of the Mount Sinai Health System and meet several leaders and fellow new hires.	Sign up here
Benefits	Sinai Cloud	Benefits must be selected within 30 days of your start date.	Select Your Benefits in Sinai Cloud.
Compliance Training		This training is required for all faculty and must be completed within 30 days of your start date.	Attend Compliance Training. Your department administrators should have signed you up for this session. (If not, you may sign up here.)
Epic Training	Epic	Work on your Epic training. Once you have completed all modules, let your administrator know so that your full access can be authorized.	Start and complete your Epic training
Emergency Management Trainings	PEAK	All staff must complete these trainings upon hire and then annually via PEAK.	Search for training "MSHS Armed Intruder/Active Shooter" in PEAK Search for training "MSHS Emergency Management Annual Core Competency Training for All Staff" in PEAK

Welcome to Week Two! We expect that you are likely to be continuing your Epic training, in addition to the items listed below.

Item	System	What to Know	What to Do
FIT Test		As with most hazards, personal protective equipment (PPE) should be the last line of defense against hazards. It is essential that all clinicians are following Occupational Safety Health Administration requirements for fit testing on N95 Respirators.	Go get your FIT test! Here is the schedule.
Additional HR-related Functions at MSHS	Sinai Central Sinai1	Faculty will use Sinai Central for several items, including your faculty appointment with the School of Medicine.	Complete your patient-facing bio. Use this guide. Speak to your department administrator for further guidance, including scheduling a professional photo. Complete your listing in Sinai1, our internal company directory. Input your emergency contact information. New faculty hires must complete their Disclosure
Complete Disclosure Profile		New faculty hires must complete their Disclosure Profile via eDMS (our Mount Sinai electronic disclosure management system) within 45 days of hire.	Instructions can be found here.

Now that it has been a few weeks, below introduces you to some platforms that you will continually use while at Mount Sinai.

Item	System	What to Know	What to Do
Mount Sinai Health System Brand	Brand Center	Get all current and approved PowerPoint templates and logos, plus access relevant policies on use of these materials.	Access the Brand Center here. Complete your Brand Purpose Training.
Policies for Mount Sinai Health System, Icahn School of Medicine, and individual hospitals	PolicyTech	This is the central repository for policies, including systemwide corporate and hospital -specific policies.	Access PolicyTech here. Ask your department administrators for any policies specific to your department or division.
Event Reporting	SafetyNet	Everyone plays a part in patient safety by entering any kind of event, near miss, great catch, and unsafe condition. Events can be reported anonymously.	Access SafetyNet here.

You have been here almost a month! Now that you are familiar with many of our systems, this week we want to focus your attention on patient satisfaction.

Item	System	What to Know	What to Do
Commitment 2 Caring (C2C)		Commitment to Caring for Our Patients, Colleagues, and Ourselves (C2C) is an initiative designed to guide and shape Mount Sinai Doctors’ culture and practice. Itis driven by four service standards: safety, compassion, teamwork, and excellence and aims to foster an environment where team members are performing at their best, are engaged with their work, and put the patient at the center of all they do.	Review the C2C Common Purpose and Service Standards —your guide for how to embody the program. Review the C2C Toolkit—your source of information on all aspects of the program.
C2C: Physician Communication	PEAK	The Commitment to Caring Relationship-Centered Provider Communication Program is designed to improve patient experience, employee engagement, and provider well-being. Available to all clinical faculty interested in learning about best practices for improving communication with patients, the program aims to enhance the patient experience by supporting providers with communication training and improve provider wellness by giving them tools to have higher quality, effective interactions with patients.	Sign up for the 1.5 hour virtual live session. Access recorded follow-up webinars here.
Patient Experience		Patient Experience is defined as: the sum of all interactions that patients have with the Mount Sinai Health System. The delivery of safe, compassionate, and equitable care is shaped by our organizational culture and values.	Review the Patient Experience intranet site.

As you have probably discovered, the Mount Sinai Health System is a busy place. We use social media to keep you on top of everything that is going on.

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System

What to Know

What to Do

Social Media

Brand Center

PolicyTech

The Social Media HQ site will help you identify your responsibilities to Mount Sinai in relation to social media and help you represent yourself and Mount Sinai in a responsible and professional manner. Also, consider joining Mount Sinai Daily, the systemwide employee communications platform.

Visit Social Media HQ.
Download MS Daily.

Support Services for Faculty

There are many School and System offices that support Faculty both directly and indirectly.

Review resources from the Office of Well-Being and Resilience here and here
Learn about Office of Diversity and Inclusion here and here
Watch this video from the Center for Stress, Resilience and Personal Growth

With eight hospitals, a medical school, and hundreds of ambulatory sites, Mount Sinai has a large number of highly skilled clinicians. We hold a series of networking events to help you meet your colleagues.

Item	System	What to Know	What to Do
C2C: Physician Networking	PEAK	These are networking events set up on different campuses and are a great way to meet other clinicians.	Sign up here.