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Professionalism Commitment
Central Ohio Primary Care (COPC) is committed to the highest standards of professionalism and safety in patient care. Professionalism includes promoting respect, integrity, compassion, and accountability and is critical to provide high quality patient care. To meet these high standards, all members of the COPC community are expected to model, promote, and advocate for engaging in professional and ethical interactions with colleagues, patients, and the public in all that we do. Professionalism is integral to the founding Areas of Focus of COPC reflecting who we are as individuals and as an organization and are what sets us apart from other healthcare organizations. “At Will” Employment Employment at COPC is “at will” for all employees who are hired to work for COPC. This means employees are free to resign at any time and COPC may terminate the employment relationship at any time, for any reason not prohibited by law. As an “at will” employee, it is not guaranteed in any manner that employees will be employed with COPC for any set period of time. An employee’s job description may be amended, modified, or terminated at any time by COPC. Only the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) has authority to enter Equal Opportunity Employer COPC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment opportunities at COPC are based on an employee’s qualifications and capabilities to perform the essential functions of a particular job. All employment opportunities are provided without regard to race, color, religion, gender and gender expression, transgender, sexual orientation, citizenship, national origin, ancestry, age, military status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal law. This Equal Employment Opportunity policy governs all aspects of employment including, but not limited
View the full Professionalism Commitment here . Any employees performing in a manner that is not consistent with this professionalism commitment may be subject to disciplinary action in accordance with handbook section 3.1 Disciplinary and Corrective Action. The Physician Discipline policy can be found here .
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into an agreement for employment for a specified period of time or to make an agreement for employment other than “at will”, and then it must be in writing and signed by both the employee and CEO. No other member of management or employee at COPC has the authority to make any such agreement. Nothing in this handbook may be construed as creating a promise of future benefits, a guarantee of continued employment, or a binding contract between COPC and any of its employees. to, recruitment, hiring, selection, job assignment, promotions, transfers, compensation, discipline, termination of employment, layoff, access to benefits and training, and all other conditions and privileges of employment. COPC requires the reporting of all instances of discrimination and harassment as a condition of employment and prohibits retaliation against any individual who reports discrimination or harassment, or participates in an investigation of such report. Violations of this policy may result in disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment.
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