An Introduction to Human Resources in the Healthcare Sector

This report provides an introduction to Human Resources within the healthcare sector, focusing on the functions of HR, recruitment and selection approaches, and performance management procedures. It begins with an overview of the role of HR in healthcare, highlighting its importance in setting up the workforce. The report then examines internal hiring, social media, and ...Read More

An Introduction to Human Resources
• INTRODUCTION
Human resource is a set of people in the organisation that helps to set up the workforce in organisation, industry or also in economy. Human resource department in the company
perform the function of human resource management and oversee the different aspects of employment, interviewing, employee benefits etc ( Connect, 2019). Ramsay health care is
a multinational health care company that is founded by Paul Ramsay in 2007. Its headquarters are in London and United Kingdom. In this leaflet discussed about different functions
of human resources in health care sector, different approaches for recruitment and selection and other procedures an practices of performance management and remedial activities.
Development of Human resource function.
Human resource is an important part of the organisation and helps to maintain good working culture in Ramsay health care. Human resource department of Ramsay health care
have to perform various functions that help company in their growth and proper functioning that are:
• Recruitment and selection
Main function of human resource in Ramsay health care is to develop recruit the best personal in the organisation that delivers effective value of services to patients and have
relevant knowledge and skills for their selected job so that the working in organisation improved with his/ her performance ( Gannile, and et.al., 2020).
• Performance management
Performance management tools are used to manages and determines the performance of employees. These tools are prepared by Human resource so that the performance of
employees are reviewed by their manager and leads the worker to be productive and engaged in their work. With the good management of performance involves to clear set of
goals and open feedbacks.
• Learning and development
Human resource enables to develop their skills, knowledge and capabilities that are required to them in future. Human resource of Ramsay health care ensures that staffs of
organization need to be get trained with the change and adaption of new technologies for services provided to patients.
• Rewards
It is an important function of Human resource to reward the employees on the basis of their work so that they can get motivated and fell important part of organization by
performing effectively and efficiently for organization and delivers value to patients (Kaur, 2018). Compensation and benefits are integral to attract right candidate for the role and
for Ramsay health care.
• Traditional and contemporary approaches of recruitment and selection.
There are various approaches for recruitment and selection of best candidates for Ramsay health care that is used.
Traditional approaches for recruitment and selection are:
• Newspapers
It is a best way to spread the news of new job opening in Ramsay health care with the help of newspaper. As from newspaper wide range of people are catered and newspaper
advertisement are most effective way for the promotion and also recruitment traditionally. It is the simplest form and most effective method for recruitment.
• Local employment office
Traditionally various organization employed this approach that is based on posting a job on local employment offices where various people are bounding to look for a job and
relevant candidate apply for the job that have requirement in Ramsay health care.
• Temp agencies
It is widely use and effective approach form recruitment and selection where temporary employment agencies shortlist to the potential candidate that are require in company and
helps Ramsay health care in finding best professional candidate for the efficient job position of company.
• Internal hiring
It is another effective approach of recruitment where internal hiring is done by recruitment and selection. In this company promotes for hiring to employees that are already
working in organization.
Contemporary approach of recruitment
• Social media
In this modern world where every person is using digital technology and social media is an effective tool to post the job openings on social media and cater wide candidate base
(Lawani, 2019). It is inexpensive and allows company to cater vast candidates within a short period of time.
• Event recruitment
Company sponsor to events and share and reflect to company’s ethics and value and this helps to gain the popularity (Raffoni, and et.al., 2018). Lots of people are a part of events
and it is a great way for Ramsay health care to reach wide range of people.
Procedure and practices of performance management and remedial activities.
To improve the performance of employees in Ramsay health care procedure and practices is established for performance management and remedial activities are:
• Planning
In first step of performance management establish the description of job their essential functions that need to perform on the regular basis by employees in completing their work.
Define the functions of employee and also identify strategic plan of company.
• Developing
In this stage develop standards for performance management and describes the job that is to be performed by employee that meets to their expectations and to the organization.
Standards help to identify the performance of each employee easily.
• Monitoring
Performance management process is includes monitoring the performance of employees and understand areas for development with remedial activities and feedbacks.
Performances of employees are to be monitored and remedial activities are to be improved with their skills and knowledge that helps to maintain their performance effectively
(Gannile, and et.al., 2020). These activities are to be improved with the proper training and knowledge given to employee so that their performance gets increased.
• Developing
Performance is continuous monitored and supervisor analyzes the areas for development and remedial activities are analyzed and execute to proper training and development of
performance of the employees.
• Rewarding
Supervise grants the awards to employee by performing effective work in the organization and helps to maintain a good performance.
• Conclusion
From this report it inferred that Human resource is an integral part of organization and work effectively for organization to achieve success. Ramsay health are human performs
various functions that helps to maintain good performance in company and leads the success in organization. There are various traditional approach used by Ramsay health care
that includes newspaper, internal hiring, temp agencies etc. and contemporary approach used that are social media and sponsor events thus is an effective way for posting job for
recruitment and selection in organization. To evaluate the performance management and remedial activities procedure and practices analyzed.
References
Journals and books
• Gannile, C., and et.al., 2020. IMPACT OF MEASUREMENT DRIVEN HR STATISTICS ON STRATEGIC HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS ON
ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE IN INSURANCE INDUSTRY. European Journal of Social Sciences Studies. 5(3).
• Kaur, A., 2018. HRM in Digital Era: Transformational Role and Challenges of HR professionals. Journal of HR, Organizational Behaviour & Entrepreneurship Development. 2(2)..
pp.12-14.
• Lawani, U., 2019. An Analysis of Job Application Method Preference: Comparing Online and Traditional Recruitment Systems.
• Raffoni, A., and et.al., 2018. Business performance analytics: exploring the potential for performance management systems. Production Planning & Control. 29(1). pp.51-67.
• Online references
• Connect, HRD., 2019. What is HR management in an organisation?. [Online]. Available through <https://www.hrdconnect.com/2019/05/22/what-is-hr-management-in-an-
organisation/>. [Accessed on 21 June, 2021].
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