The Internal Audit Process - Planning and Preparation

This lecture  begins with a brief discussion on retrospective and prospective audits. The speaker then reviews the necessary preparation required  for performing an audit in a health organisation. How to identify priority audit areas and key stakeholders in an audit is addressed as is how to engage and prepare members of the workplace for an audit. Ethical and legal issues concerning audits are briefly discussed in addition to establishing appropriate schedules and timeline for audits.

The main concepts explored in this session are:

• Determining the purpose when performing an audit
• Defining the scope of an audit
• Setting the schedule and timeline for an audit
• Identifying who will be involved and affected

Mandy Geary is an experienced nurse manager with a strong commitment to maintaining high standards of professional and clinical practice. She has extensive experience in human resource management including: Recruitment and selection processes of orientation programs and evaluation, Performance management, Workforce planning and scheduling, Exit interviewing. Mandy has worked in senior nursing roles in the public and private health care sectors. Her post-graduate qualifications include a Certificate of Human Resource Management.

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