The following exceptions do not allow employees to be exempt from onboarding, online forms, modules, or medical screening requirements. These are the only exceptions or special circumstances for attending the orientation session:
- Employees outside the Central Arkansas area, such as the Regional Programs and Kids First
- Employees located off the main UAMS campus
- Employees and faculty located at Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH), employees located at ACH should attend orientation at ACH
- Faculty that precept students in non-UAMS clinics, if located off the main UAMS campus
- Transfers from one department to another UAMS department
- IMPORTANT: If the employee change status and become newly eligible for benefits in the future, employees must be submitted to onboarding in order to get the necessary online forms and training. The employee has 31 days from the date of status change to enroll in benefits.
- Student Employees, Graduate Assistance, and paid/unpaid interns.
- The department is responsible for ensuring the new employee visits the Student and Employee Health Office and submits the medical screening form.
- All Non-Clinical Student Workers (work-study, graduate assistants)
- Email Only Access – employees and NON-Employees who only have access to email and will not be on campus
- Distance Faculty – Those that teach on-line only
- Summer Research Internship – for example interns through the Center for Diversity Affairs
- High school, college students, work study participating in an internship or externship
- High school or college students participating in a job shadow program
- Re-hired employees who worked at UAMS within the last six (6) months