Policy and Practice for the Global Enterprise - Case Study Example

Human Resource Management Portfolio Name Institution Lecturer Course Date Human Resource management Portfolio Human resource forecasting refers to the process by which the fore-telling of future standards of demand for, and distribution of, employees and artistry at organizational, provincial, or civil level. Combinations of skills are applied in labor force estimation, which includes the statistical study of the recent behaviors and application of mathematical formulas (Mondy, Noe and Gowan, 2005). At civil level, these include the study of a population statistics; forecasting of future necessities may be drawn from sales and manufacturing figures at organizational level. Human resource anticipation makes part of human resource more so in the planning process. In this case, we shall discuss human resource forecasting in the North West Region Hospital (NWRH), Australia. The North West Hospital is a modern facility owned and is run by the federal government of Australia, under Uniting health care. North West Regional Hospital currently, is one of the largest hospitals in the state with a total of 180-bed inpatient. North West Regional Hospital has also 15 outreach sites located within the tropical, Northern Australia each of which employs about 17 persons. In total, the NWRH employs 700 people. It provides a wide range of services to the patients in medical, surgery, and in other health professionals over inpatient and outpatient divisions. The hospital however, takes care of emergencies resuscitation, resection and radical care of patients with trauma and more medical states (Gilmore and Williams, 2009). There are other services offered to the people; they include coronary care unit, surgery, and geriatric examination. It does not exclude to offer outpatient services; pediatrics units, psychiatric unit, and rehabilitation section. The Australian Council Healthcare Standards accredits the North West Regional Hospital (Del Campo, 2011). For the hospital to offer high standard care to its patients, the North West Regional Hospital needs highly qualified and productive human resources which initially include nurses, doctors, and in-patient organization administrator. The objective of this paper is to implement job descriptions, advertisement of jobs, and criterion of selection which the North West Regional Hospital can apply in employing and choosing of human resource in the near future. Job Descriptions At the North West Region Hospital, doctors, nurses, and in patient propensity, administrators have got crucial roles to play in the useful and profitable administering of medical services to people who visit the hospital. Each of these specialist have got a crucial role in achievement of the hospital’s objectives of raising health standards and prosperity of people and their fraternities, and the goal of giving efficient care to patients each and every single day. Job descriptions has got an important role in making sure that these personnel are making contributions to the excellence of the hospital’s objective and vision for the coming days. Here are the job descriptions for the post of a doctor, nurse, and in-patient organizational administrator discussed in details: Title of the job: Internal medicine Doctor Post purpose: The purpose of this post is make sure that patients get treatment, warm care following efficient examination, analysis, and/or transferring patients to other specialists in medicine field. Their specialization does not only lie on adults only and it may involve surgery, pediatrics, and obstetrics. Job responsibilities Study and interpret the patient records, findings, test out comes, and other checkups to investigate medical state of the patient Gather, record, and keep patients data which includes medical past, findings, and analysis outcomes. Elaborates steps and discusses test outcomes or recommended treatment with their patients. This means that there has to be a clear form of communication between the doctor and the patients. Performing examinations in case of occurrence of different kind of disease at the same time or in a scenario where the investigation might have been ambiguous. Keeps close look on the patients state and advancements and recommends appropriate kind of treatment to the patient If need be he/she (doctor) transfers the patient to a different medical specialist. Offers advice to the patients and the society on matters concerning the kind of diets, exercise, and illness prevention Has the role of giving treatment to the patients with various disorders like blood pressure, hypertension, diabetes, asthma, and troubles of the heart, lungs, liver among other problems Gives advice and airs his opinions to the other doctors especially surgeons concerning the risk associated and recommends efficient strategy to mitigate risk. Gives immunization to the patients in order to shield them from stoppable illnesses. Gives directions and organizes hospital nurses, learners, therapists, assistants, among other staffs Renders consultation/advice to other doctors handling patients with complicated conditions or unusual conditions. Draws, develops the hospitals health programs, ventures, or society for stopping and handling of fractures and illnesses To prepare the government or firms report concerning happening of births, deaths, and statistics of illnesses, evaluation of labor force or medical condition of a person Develops or tests drugs, treatment, or processes to stop or restrict illnesses or injuries Works on patients to eliminate, repair, or make some improvements on the functionality of the injured parts of the body Physical Requirements Walking and has no impaired hearing system Have good eyesight Working conditions Be able to operate from a small office or consultation room with the help of hospital nurses and agency troop and be able to operate for long hours and odd hours in cases of emergencies Report to work according to the agreed time and operate in case of extensions Applied machines Stethoscope, diagnostic set, pulse ox meter, cardioverter, dialyzer, endoscope, and defibrillator. Reporting Routine Internal doctors are expected to give their reports to the internal unit of the hospital. He has the responsibility of directing the duties of hospital nurses and staffs with duties in the hospital unit. Qualifications: Be an Australian citizen not aged more than 40 years Have no criminal record Hold First degree of minimum upper second class honors in Medicine and/or Surgery At least three years of experience in the specified field in Australia. Required skills Sufficient knowledge about different health problems Transparent communication skills Ability to deal with patients having high morbidity rates which include alcohol abuse, diabetes, and other close illnesses. Title: NURSE Post purpose The main objective of this post is to make sure that every patient has been attended to and well taken care of (Brisoe & Schuler 2004). It is the overall responsibility in ensuring that all the patients are in good condition in the hospital environment. Responsibilities Points out the patients needs by maintaining a healthy relationship (nurse-patient relationship) with positive and real patients and other persons with the ability to understand handling of patients. Maintaining a conducive surrounding for the patient, family members and friends by offering them support psychologically, emotionally, and spiritually. Improving the patient’s independence by implementing his/her care objectives, making the patients family and friends learn to accept and understand the state, drugs, and personal care skills. Follow the rules according to the nurses act and making sure that all the patient are attended to appropriately and quick response in case of emergencies Administering of drugs to the patients. The nurse is expected to make sure that every patient receives medications as instructed by the doctor Assisting in solving of patients issues and wants by application of team plans Ensure that the working environment of the hospital is kept and maintained as clean as possible, by making sure that all the rules and regulations are adhered to; in severe cases he/she should ask for assistance from the health support crew Upholds the patients confidence by not disclosing the patients information Keeps a clear record of a patient through checking with the patient and keeping copies in the record department. Maintaining a healthy relationship amongst the health practitioners through effective communication of information to the relevant recipients; quick response to requests; unity spirit; and taking part in team difficulties solving strategies. Reports to the head doctor in case of any problem or progress with the patients. A nurse should not hold information concerning a patient to himself/herself Physical requirements Physically fit that is ability to walk, climb stairs, and stand Flexible in terms of ease to movement with bending and carrying of equipments and lifting patients Working condition Ability to work in circulating shifts (day or night shifts), public holidays, weekends, and long working hours With stand patients with severe conditions and getting exposed to infectious illnesses Equipments used Thermometer, stethoscope, nebulizer, ventilator, cardioveter, syringes, transfusion sets, and endoscopes. Reporting routine The nurse should report to the head nurse during a shift. The nurse gets guidelines from the doctors. The nurse is expected to cooperate with the other nurses and fellow administrative staffs. Maintain a transparent and effective communication between all the other nurses and the administrative fraternity Qualifications Australian citizen aged not above 35 years Bachelor holder in Nursing from a recognized university Must be a registered nurse with the nursing body ANMB Have a working experience of at least one and a half years Skills Required Have exclusive clinical knowledge Have interpersonal skills and efficient communication skills Friendly and responsible Have quality skills in customer service Title: In-Patient Facility Administrator Post purpose The main purpose for this post is to make sure that efficient experience and admitted patient’s satisfaction is maintained by the doctors, nurses, and other staffs in the hospital through application of efficient management strategies of units and service. Job Responsibilities Have control of the hospitals daily errands especially of the hospitals maintenance crew. Controls hospitals operations, among assets resources such as supply of power in the hospital, technical equipment, or being responsible for installation or repair of computer programs that keeps records and organizes the hospital operations (Rondeau 2006). Responsible for the repair and maintenance of the facility, this involves replacing broken beds, lights with the help of the maintenance team of the hospital. Responsible for the maintaining the facility tidy and well kept. Managing the hospital environment through overseeing cleaning contractors and clearing up issues concerning the facility maintenance in general Physical requirement Physically fit; can walk, stand, and climb stairs Working conditions Ability to work for quite long and odd hours Equipments used Computers and other electronic devices Reporting routine The in-patient administrator makes his reporting to the overall manager. He coordinates the maintenance team and also works together with the nurses in cooperating with the maintenance schedules and develops and supervises the duties of the maintenance group Job qualification Holder of Masters Degree in public health or health sciences or business Administration Have at least six years working experience Be Australia citizen Have no criminal record Skills Needed Self driven and with multitasking ability Have efficient time management skills Strong and accurate knowledge on personal safety Ability to read and comprehend rules easily and procedural manuals Ability to communicate verbally and in writing also has interpersonal skills Being fluent in English so as to be able to communicate or speak efficiently to groups and pass information efficiently with the staff and other employees Honest, highly motivated, and with the potential of working independently Team player Job Advertisement Placing into consideration the necessary positions and responsibilities assumed by the nurses at the North West Regional Hospital, it wants to make sure that all the open positions are filled-out. However, placing a good job advertisement will definitely attract the best candidate to post their applications for the job (Engendon 2006). Below is a job advertisement for the position of a doctor: Selection Criterion Having the pleasing doctor position advertised, North West Regional Hospital expects to get quite a number of applicants for this position (Espeyo 2010). To screen and choose the fit and appropriate candidate for this job, the hospital shout put up choosing criteria which incorporates experience, skills, personal traits, and other forms of required requirements. Experience: Applicant should hold at least two years of experience to qualify for this position Qualification: Degree in medicine field, masters will be an added advantage Skills: The applicant should have the following qualities; have excellent verbal and written communication skills, work with minimal supervision, team player, accepts corrections, should be a critical thinker, and finally have skills in leadership. Personal attributes: Have passion for the job, highly motivated. The individual should have the potential to positively contribute to the facility (organization). The candidate should be honest and willing to coordinate with other employees. Special requirement: The candidate should have worked at one time in a private hospital. References Mondy, R. W, Noe, R. M., & Gowan, M. (2005). Human resource management. Upper Saddle River, N.J: Pearson Prentice Hall. Gilmore, S., & Williams, S. (2009). Human resource management. Oxford: Oxford University Press. DelCampo, R. G. 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