Healthcare HR: Crafting a CPD Plan for Staff Training & Development

This report focuses on human resource management within the healthcare sector, emphasizing the crucial role of human resources in achieving organizational goals. It delves into the concept of Continuous Professional Development (CPD), highlighting its benefits, principles, and relevance in enhancing individual and organizational performance. The report differentiates between training and development, identifies individual training needs, and evaluates the role of a Human Resource Manager in facilitating staff development. It also addresses constraints of CPD and provides a CPD plan with specific areas of learning, reflections, and future implications for personal and staff development, linking it to institutional development. The conclusion emphasizes the importance of HRM in healthcare for hiring and retaining talented staff and the significance of CPD in training and developing staff members effectively.

Human resource
Management in
Healthcare(TASK 2)

Introduction
Human resources are crucial part of organization who perform assigned roles and
responsibilities with an aim to realize the set goals in an efficient manner. In healthcare, it
is important to hire, select potential candidates so that they can provide best and superior
care to patients. Definition, benefits, principles, relevance and more have been included in
the second part along with a CPD plan for improving performance of own and staff
training & development.

CPD and its concept
CPD stands for continuous professional development which is used for keeping a track over
the performance of an individual. This document helps in order to prepare an efficient plan for
future growth and development. It is sort of records which is used for monitoring performance
and undertake suitable actions for further improvement. It is used to describe the learning
activities and enhance the abilities of professional to perform a particular task.
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Difference between training and development
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Training Development
It is a process under which employees get an opportunity to
learn new skills and competency as per the requirement of
post.
Development is a process which is related with continuous
development and growth.
Main purpose of training is to develop potential for performing
a job in an efficient manner.
Development aims to enhance overall personality of
individuals so that they can attain higher level of growth and
success in personal and professional life.

Identify individual training and development needs:
•Training and development helps in overall growth of individuals so that they can perform
assigned task in well defined manner. In addition to this, it also helps in enhancing overall
productivity and efficiency of staff members.
•It is stated that trained people are more productive and able to work efficiently. Training and
development make individuals enable to put maximum efforts for successful completion of
assigned work.
•Apart from this, training improve efficiency due to which individuals are able to get
opportunities of growth and success in future period of time.
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Benefits of CPD
CPD is helpful in order to identify the current level of performance which provides
scope for future growth and betterment. Apart from this, it allows a person to analyze
current performance and prepare suitable strategies for improving future performance. It
is stated that CPD plans helps in improving level of confidence and also increase overall
ability and potential of individuals so that they can attain career goals successfully.

Principles of CPD
Principles of CPD are designed in such a manner which guides individuals, employer and
system for creating plan of continuous improvement. Here, necessary principles of CPD are
mentioned as under:
Benefit the service users: According to this principle the user need to get maximum benefit out
of CPD plan which will help in getting growth in future period of time.
Improve the quality of service: This principle states improving quality in services so that the
benefiter can grow and succeed in an efficient manner.
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Relevance of CPD
• CPD plan is highly relevant for professionals and such individuals who wish to learn
more and enrich in their career. It is a plan under which objectives are set and strategies
are also prepared in order to realize those goals in real context. In CPD, individual
determines the resources and also the time period for converting the objectives in reality.
Therefore, CPD plan is highly relevant for attaining predefined goals and objectives of
career enrichment.

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• Constraints of CPD
• The major constraint of CPD is to lack of time and resources. There is requirement of
detailed analysis and in-depth knowledge for preparing CPD. Sometimes, lack of
knowledge in terms of learning opportunities, poor communication, lack of support,
shortage of staff and poor study can also create huge constrain in preparation of CPD
document. Hence, time, cots as well as access are the most common barriers of CPD.

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Evaluation of own role and training of staff
I have been appointed as Human resource managers thereby, I am responsible to prepare
efficient strategies for well being and development of staff. Apart from this, I am required
to hire and select potential employees who are able to perform assigned task effectively. I
also need to maintain positive working conditions by maintaining better relationships
with staff. Being an HR manager, I am also responsible to provide appropriate training to
staff for improving their skills and potential. The training program will help in increasing
efficiency of work force in healthcare so that they can provide quality care to patients.

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• CPD plan
Area of learning Reflection of learning Future implications Action
Personal development I will prepare an appropriate plan
for personal development of staff
and myself. Here, I will arrange
necessary sessions and workshops
for this purpose.
Personal develop will help to
improve the performance of staff by
improving their current level of
confidence.
For this purpose, I will take
appropriate action in terms of
arranging necessary sessions by
working professional and
experience person.
Staff training and development Being HR manager, I need to
develop suitable strategies for the
purpose of training and
development of staff.
Training and development program
will help in increasing productivity
& efficiency of employees in an
efficient manner
For this purpose, I will arrange
training sessions and take help of
knowledgeable and potential
individuals for guiding staff.

Facilitating CPD and link it to institutional development
CPD is helpful in order to facilitate learning and development at work place. CPD is prepared
for preparing appropriate strategies which will help in future growth and betterment of
individuals. CPD improves capabilities of employees which further help in growth and
enlargement of organization in significant manner.
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