The OME provides professional and thorough investigation of deaths falling under our jurisdiction, with timely completion of examinations and associated reports and death certificates, while providing compassionate response to grieving families, quality educational opportunities for trainees, expert services for the legal system, and quality data to inform surveillance and prevention efforts.
OME stress satisfaction scan score (SSOS) greater than or equal to 0.5 (low risk of psychological injury) by end of fiscal year
Current Value
0.32
Definition
The Stress satisfaction scan is a 6-item employee questionnaire that indicates to what extent our employees report being stressed or satisfied at work.
The results are expressed as a single number ranging from -2 to +2. It represents job stress versus job satisfaction. Positive scores point toward a psychologically safer environment while negative scores suggest a greater risk of harm.
The SSOX represents the responses as they relate to stress versus satisfaction, lower scores mean more stess than satisfaction, higher scores mean more satisfaction than stress.
This information helps identify psychosocial conditions as high, elevated, average or low-risk zones in your workplace.
- Red zone (-2.5 to -0.5) - Higher chance of psychological injury
- Amber zone (-0.49 to 0.0) - Elevated risk of psychological injury
- Yellow zone (+0.01 to +0.49) - Average risk of psychological injury
- Green zone (+0.50 to +2.5) - Low risk of psychological injury
Measure Definition
The stress satisfaction scan (SSOS) is a 6-item employee questionnaire that indicates to what extent our employees report being stressed or satisfied at work.
The results are expressed as a single number ranging from -2.0 to +2.0. Positive scores point toward a work environment that is more psychologically safe, while negative scores suggest a greater risk of harm.
The SSOS represents levels of stress versus satisfaction in the workplace. Lower scores mean more stress than satisfaction. Higher scores mean more satisfaction than stress. This information helps identify psychosocial conditions as high, elevated, average or low-risk zones in the workplace.
- Red zone (-2.0 to -0.5) - Higher chance of psychological injury
- Amber zone (-0.49 to 0.0) - Elevated risk of psychological injury
- Yellow zone (+0.01 to +0.49) - Average risk of psychological injury
- Green zone (+0.50 to +2.0) - Low risk of psychological injury
Story Behind the Curve
Secondary traumatic stress, burnout, and compassion fatigue are well-described among professionals involved in medicolegal death investigation. These professionals report lower stress and burnout when their organization promotes mental health awareness and wellness.
We've taken several steps over the past year to reduce staff stress and increase job satisfaction. These include career growth opportunities, additional operations, additional funding, and cross-training through internships and job shadowing opportunities.
These changes led to higher SOSS scores. Our SSOS scores have been stable for the past 3 quarters.
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