New Employees

If you are a new employee at The Johns Hopkins Hospital or Johns Hopkins Health System Corporation, welcome! We encourage all employees - new or experienced - to contact us with any questions or concerns that you may have. Please check this Web site frequently for updated news and information about HR and life at Hopkins. We are here to serve you. Below are some resources that may help you get started on the job and to become better acquainted with your new work environment. 

• Pre-Employment Process
  
• Orientation
  
• Making the move to Baltimore
  
• Maps:
  • How to find the Human Resources Office
  • How to find other Hopkins sites
    
• Employee Communications: Employees of Johns Hopkins Health System/The Johns Hopkins Hospital receive daily, weekly and monthly news about the workplace and Johns Hopkins Medicine as a whole through the following publications and electronic media. Many of the publications can be picked up at newsstands located across campus.

• Hopkins Ink – Employee news bulletin published every Thursday
  
• Intranet- This link is only available to computers inside the Hopkins community. In order to access the JHM Intranet from your home computer you'll need to download and install the Virtual Private Network. To do so, login at JHED.jhmi.edu, then click on VPN link, then run Jhsecure.exe (this will install it).

• Publications

• Employee Recognition
  
• Employee Handbook:
  • For Represented Employees
  • For Non-Represented Employees
    
• Policy & Procedures 
  
• Service Excellence Standards of Behavior:  Employee Reference Guide
  
• How to Read Your Pay Stub
  

Tips to Report Patient Safety Concerns

• For immediate hazards, call existing emergency phone numbers
• For urgent patient safety concerns, contact your supervisor
• Use departmental chain of command for assistance
• Report events in Patient Safety Net (PSN)
• For unresolved concerns, call the Safety Hotline at 410-955-5000
• To report a safety concern to Joint Commission Office of Quality Monitoring, call 1-800-994-6610 or e-mail complaint@jcaho.org.  Any employee who has concerns about the safety or quality of care provided in the hospital may report these concerns to the Joint Commission.  Johns Hopkins will take no disciplinary action because an employee reports safety or quality of care concerns to the Joint Commission.