Create a department

Overview

This flow describes how to create a new department in a facility in Care.

Pre-requisites

• You are a member of the facility.
• If you create the department under an existing department (a sub-department), open that parent department first.
• You have the permission listed below.

Permissions

Permission	Access
Can Create Facility Organizations	Lets you create a department. Held by Facility Admin.

Steps

1. Open the departments settings

Open the facility. Select Settings. Select Departments.

2. Start the new department

To create a top-level department, select Add Department/Team from the Departments list.

To create a sub-department, open the parent department first. Then select Add Department/Team on the page of that department.

Note: You cannot create a department under the root Administration department.

3. Complete the form

Care opens the Create Department/Team form.

Components	What it captures
Name	The name of the department. Required.
Type	Choose Department or Team.
Description	A description of the department. Optional.

Note: Care does not accept a duplicate department name. The name must be different from the names of the other departments at the same level under the same top-level department.

Note: Your deployment sets a maximum nesting depth. Your deployment also sets a maximum total number of departments per facility. If you reach either limit, Care blocks the creation.

4. Save the department

Select Create Organization.

Expected Outcome

• Care creates the department under the facility, or under the parent department you selected.
• Care shows a success message.

Related

Concepts:

• Department

Flows:

• Update a department
• Add users to a department