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Trust’s HR team wins national recognition
At the annual Healthcare People Management Association’s awards held on 18
June, the Trust won the best HR team award and were announced as the
overall winners
Stevenage, UK – 24 June 2015 – The Trust’s human resources team enjoyed real
success at the recent Healthcare People Management Association’s annual awards.
The Trust won the best HR team category, as well as the overall winners award. The
team, led by the Trust’s director of workforce and organisational development,
Thomas Simons and deputy director of workforce and OD, Kerry Eldridge, accepted
the awards at a ceremony held in central London on Thursday, 18 June 2015.
Commenting on the awards, Thomas Simons said:
“Human resources staff are part of several teams that work behind the scenes
supporting their clinical colleagues in providing patients with really great care. Often
we’re the first port of call when things go wrong or need sorting at short notice. Over
the last two years, the team has worked very hard to deliver improved services, with
all aspects being overhauled and, in many cases, redesigned – whilst at the same
time keeping the show on the road!
“Winning the HR team of the year up against finalists with such national reputations
as London’s Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and the University Hospital of
Leicester NHS Trust was a great feeling for all of us – but being judged as the overall
winner at this year’s awards really was the icing on the cake! I know that my team is
really pleased at what has happened, but we will not rest on our laurels as we
continue to make improvements – especially in how we support our doctors and
nurses to deliver great care to patients.”
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The Trust’s chief executive, Nick Carver, said:
“We’ve been used to many of our clinical teams winning national and international
accolades for their work over recent years, so it is really nice to see our support
services getting equal recognition. Our awards wall is beginning to fill up quickly, but
we know that if we are to realise our ambition to become amongst the best
performing NHS organisations, more needs to be done across many areas of the
Trust. That is the challenging that we are tackling now.”
Finally, what the judges said:
“This was felt by the judges to demonstrate excellence in HR. The enthusiasm of the
team was palpable and they were a credit to the service and the profession.”
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Notes to editors
Awards citation about the Trust’s HR team
The HR team was in charge of the workforce transformation. The staff consultation exercise
was extensive and throughout the programme almost the entire workforce of c.5,000 people
were consulted.
The Trust took all measures available to engage with the workforce to design new services
and pathways of care. Re-deployment programmes were implemented to mitigate the impact
of the changes on staff and the trust.
The Trust has developed processes for aligning its finance and electronic staff record (ESR)
establishments and has commenced reconciliation with the nursing e-rostering system. The
workforce team has developed a comprehensive range of workforce KPIs and monthly
information reports.
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