Chapter – 20
Human resource management and
Development
FEBRUARY 2024
Outline of presentation
Objective/s
Introduction
Operational standards
Implementation guidance
Summary
Objectives
By the end of this session the participants will be able to :-
To explain operational standards for Human Resource Management
and Development.
To discuss on the implementation challenges of operational standards.
Understand main concepts of staff productivity and performance
measurements
1.Introduction
The most important asset of a hospital is the health workforce.
Human resource Management and Development is the integrated
use of systems, policies, management practices to:
recruit,
maintain,
Recognize and develop employees to meet organization
desired goals.
Health workforce shall be competent, compassionate, caring and
productive to achieve the best health outcomes.
Introduction….1
The HRM and D Department/Directorate (HRMD) plays a
crucial role:
Creating a conducive work environment.
Capacity building on initiatives (MCC, QI concepts).
Strong support, monitoring, and feedback.
Performance-based evaluation and recognition.
Attracting, developing, retaining, and motivating qualified
employees for high-quality patient care.
The purpose of this chapter is to provides guidance for the
establishment of a human resource functions
2. Operational standards
1. The hospital has a Human Resources Management
Directorate/Department/ which lead and manage the HR
management and development of the hospital.
2. The hospital has a human resource development plan.
3. The hospital established a transparent and accountable system
of staff acquisition.
Operational standards….(2)
4. The hospital has the number and professional mix in
accordance with the regional/national standards.
5. The HRMD Directorate/Department maintains each personnel
file and fully implement HRIS.
6. The Human Resource Directorate/Department creates
conducive work environment to motivate health work force.
Operational standards….(3)
7. The hospital strengthens a system to have Motivated, Competent,
and Compassionate (MCC) human resource for the hospital.
8. The hospital has a performance evaluation management system
and reward policies to formally and objectively evaluate all the
employees.
9. The hospital has occupational health and safety policies, plan, and
procedures.
Operational standards…. (4)
10. The hospital’s HRMD directorate enhances Productivity and
working hours management of the hospital.
11. HRM&D prepares an Employee Handbook that contains
policies and procedures to help ensure consistency in service
delivery.
12. The hospital regularly conducts a staff job satisfaction survey
and exit interview.
3. Implementation guidance
Human Resource Department
Human Resource Department responsible for the:-
Planning
Recruitment
Placement
Performance appraisal
Development, motivation and retention of employees, and
for
Establishing policies and procedures to manage
employee/employer relations.
Implementation guidance….(2)
Workload indicators for staffing Needs (WISN).
How can Workload indicators for staffing Needs help
you?
Determine how best to improve your current
staffing situation.
You can set better priorities for allocating new staff or
transferring existing staff
Plan future staffing of health facilities
Measure the daily workload pressure on the
staff
Implementation guidance…(3)
Workload indicators for staffing Needs(WISN) Steps
Establishing standard workloads -the amount of work within a
health service component that one health worker can do in a
year.
Calculating allowance factors in order to take account of the
staff requirement of support activities
Determining staff requirements by calculating the total staff
required to cover both health service activities and support
services
Implementation guidance…(4)
Recruitment
Vacancy announcement
Application process
Selection process
Competitive assessment
Reference checking
Appointment and probation
Promotion
Transfers
Implementation guidance….(5)
Orientation
New Hire Orientation
provided to all new employees
enables the new employee to become
familiar with the entire organization as
well as his/her own work area and
Department.
Implementation guidance….(6)
In-service orientation
Recurring orientations to all staff is needed to:
orient existing staff who may not have
received new hire orientations
introduce new HR policies and procedures to staff
provide employees with a forum to discuss issues
with the HR department
Implementation guidance….(7)
Performance Management
An on-going process focused on enforcing
high performance or improving substandard
performance to enhance the knowledge,
skills and behaviours of all employees in
order to achieve organizational goals.
Supportive supervision
Performance Based Evaluation
Performance Improvement Process
Implementation guidance….(8)
Training and Development
Training to improve his/her capability, or
prepare him/her for increased
responsibility based on career
development.
Staff training includes both
Short and long-term training and
educational opportunities.
Implementation guidance…(9)
Training needs assessment
Organizations that develop and implement
training without first conducting a needs.
assessment may end up over training, under
training, or just missing the point all together.
Training can be expensive; therefore it is
critical that training be tailored to meet the
specialized needs of the organization and the
individual trainees
Implementation guidance…(10)
Employee relations
Employee Code of Conduct
Professional
Ethics
Employee Motivation
Job Satisfaction
Employee Recognition
Health Workforce Productivity
Implementation….(11)
Health work force Productivity
Measurements
Step 1 – Define the Service Unit
Step 2 – Define the Categories of Health Services to
Include as Outputs in the Numerator
Step 3- Take a weighted sum of the volume of various
categories of services produced in a service unit
Step 4 – Define the Categories of Human Resources to
Include as Inputs in the Denominator
Implementation….(12)
Health work force Productivity
Measurements
Personnel Records
Organization of Personnel Records
What to maintain in the Personnel Record
Keeping the Personnel Record up to date
Computerized Personnel Records
Confidentiality of Personnel Records
Implementation….(13)
HWF Productivity Measurements
Occupational Health and Safety:-
Risk Assessment
Medical Screenings and Health Promotion
Immunizations
Workplace injuries
Occupational Health and Safety Training
4. Summary
In summary this chapter sets standards and guidance for the
establishment of a human resource functions contributes to
the advancement of the vision,
mission and
Guiding principles of the hospital
The chapter contributed to hospital's health workforce,
particularly the HRMD in achieving the institution's patient
care goals.
Thank You!