Use this sample and step by step explanation for setting meaningful and inspiring employee performance goals for a clinical engineer.

A Clinical Engineer is accountable for working with various medical professionals and scientists in order to develop new innovations in health care like diagnostic equipment and drug therapies.

The duties for this position include developing everything from artificial tissues to drug therapies, managing an organizations medical equipment, administering the computer's systems that process equipment data or overseeing service contracts, overseeing biomedical technicians and other maintenance staff responsible for ensuring equipment is working safely and effectively, designing new medical equipment, managing an organizations medical equipment systems, improving health care delivery plans and processes, improving health care and delivery plans and processes.

Employee Performance Goals Sample

Employee's Name: Title:
Review Period: __/__/__ to __/__/__ Employee SSN:
Work Location: Supervisor's Name:

Instructions

  1. Setting Goals: List specific goals in the space provided below each competency under "Performance Goals". Assign an appropriate timeline for each goal as well as numeric or financial terms to measure the goal.
  2. Employee Comments: The employee must comment next to each goal under "Employee Comments" with "Okay" for goals which he/she feels comfortable working with, and "Needs Clarification" for goals which he/she believes need to be discussed further. An employee who is comfortable with all the goals can sign the goals at this stage.
  3. Summary: Give a summary of the total time estimated for the employee to have achieved the goals. State action plans and specific milestones to track the goals. Any additional comments agreed between the employee and the supervisor should be noted here.
  4. Human Resources Review: Human resources personnel must confirm that the goals are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound. He/she must then sign the goals in the "Human Resource" section provided under "Signatures".
  5. Signatures: When discussion of the goals has been completed and consensus has been reached, sign the goals and let the employee sign too. Send the final copy to the human resources for inclusion in the employee's professional records.

Performance Goals for Next Period

Performance Goals

Employee Comments

DISPUTE RESOLUTION:

Make sure to ask both parties to apologize, shake hands, and thank each other for working toward resolving the dispute, while closing the meetings

Describe the dispute in a few words and let both parties respond appropriately

[employee comments goal]
COMPETITIVENESS:

Keep looking for new ways to do things rather than saying something can't or won't be done

Embrace teamwork as a way of sharing ideas and learning from others

[employee comments goal]
ENJOYMENT OF THE JOB:

Concentrate on and take care of the task at hand before it gets into a possible procrastination list

Develop simple daily rituals to add to one's workday; have something to look forward to doing every day in order to improve one's feelings about own job

[employee comments goal]
PERSONAL ACCOUNTABILITY:

Promote information across departments that will help educate other employees on performance expectation and how to meet the company goals

Arrive to work early in order to get enough time to arrange the day's commitments and avoid missing deadlines

[employee comments goal]
REALISTIC GOAL SETTING:

Anticipate obstacles in advance in order to come up with ideas for dealing with them as soon as they arise

Tell other people about own goals in order to get physical support or the necessary moral support to reach those goals

[employee comments goal]
RESULTS ORIENTATION:

Anticipate, identify, and effectively deal with problems and risks; plan for contingencies to deal with unexpected challenges

Focus on high-priority actions and try as much as possible not to get distracted by low-priority actions

[employee comments goal]
LONG RANGE PLANNING:

Identify what needs to be improved and what more the company should be doing in order to close gaps and open up new opportunities

Check in regularly with the plan in order to modify it in light of any changes, progress, or setbacks

[employee comments goal]
RESOURCE USE:

Use technology to automate important aspects of a project such as a project's status reporting in order to increase productivity

Create a skills catalog in order to make sure that the right resources are available where and when one needs them

[employee comments goal]
ENTREPRENEURIAL THINKING:

Avoid falling prey to naysayers and believe in the business venture

Consistently follow up with existing customers, prospects, and business alliances

[employee comments goal]
INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE:

Actively work together with people who have diverse cultural practices and beliefs and eliminate any forms of discrimination and prejudice

Participate in celebrations and events that feature people with different cultures

[employee comments goal]

Summary

Sections 1-2: To be completed by the supervisor

Section 3: To be completed by the employee

1. Goals completed since last performance feedback

2. Goals for next period

3. Employee comments

Signatures

I acknowledge that I discussed this performance feedback with my supervisor. My signature does not mean that I agree or disagree with this appraisal.
Employee: Date:
Supervisor: Date:
Human Resources: Date:

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