"On The Same Page": The Importance of Onboarding and Outboarding Staff in the Radiology Workplace

Purpose: -We discuss the importance of onboarding and offboarding staff in the radiology workplace.
-We elaborate on the importance of onboarding staff in the integration of the employee into the department and teams and providing impressions and goals
-The concept of offboarding is discussed with respect to an employee's departure from the workplace, and obtaining feedback to understand experience and retention of staff.

Methods/Materials: Radiology staff with respect to hiring and exiting the workplace is a model of a journey and experience with the radiology workplace. Evaluation of this journey is important from the start to the end as this experience helps improve various attractions and hiring of staff as well as the perception of the workplace. The journey starts at the inboarding process where there is recruitment and engagement and ends with offboarding when the employee departs. We discuss the importance of each of these steps.

Results: Understanding the journey of radiology staff is important in the experience and retention of radiology employees. This is even more important in the COVID pandemic where attracting and retention of staff is difficult. Understanding concepts of onboarding and offboarding staff and providing a structured approach allows for a more productive radiology workplace.

Conclusions: By understanding the radiology employee journey, from beginning to end is important to provide insights to employee performance and retention. We discuss these concepts to improve the workplace experience and allow smooth transition and impressions. We discuss the various important concepts and roles during these processes during these current times.