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St. Vincent’s Healthcare Group Limited - Annual Review 2007 Department - Human Resources A review of the NCHD induction process took place and a new induction programme was implemented that received positive feedback from contributors and participants alike. Provisions were put in place and supported by the Medical Board in order to facilitate attendance by NCHDs. This resulted in a significant increase in attendance of approximately 50%. An induction programme was also implemented for newly appointed permanent consultants, which has received positive feedback. HR Services Division This was another active year for the HR Services Division. The division continued to develop management information on absences provided to department heads as part of managing attendance. The management of the probation review process was also implemented. There was an increase in the requirement from staff for work / life balance services such as flexible working, parental leave and leave of absence. The volume of work permit / visa renewals reflected the increase in the diversity of nationalities and cultures within the hospital. The division continued to make significant progress on an electronic document archiving project, which is allowing for more efficient retrieval of archival records. HR Services took a lead role in the development of Human Resources Policies and Procedures and these will be launched in early 2008. Staff information / standard forms continued to be set up on the SVUH Intranet. Pensions A dedicated HR Benefits Unit was established in the first quarter of 2007 to provide a comprehensive service to all current/former members of the Hospital’s Pension Schemes and its establishment has been well-received by employees. Substantial progress was made in prioritising initial key tasks and clearing historical backlogs, as well as providing a more proactive service to new and existing members. On the external front, the Unit had to contend with the challenging transfer of the management of the Pension Schemes from the Department of Health & Children in Dublin to a brand new team in the HSE HR Shared Service Division in Manorhamilton, Co Leitrim. Feedback from consultative sessions as part of the HR Strategy Review has re-confirmed that employees generally place a very high value on receiving information on their Pension Scheme entitlements. For the first time, in 2007 c. 3000 members were issued with updated Scheme Member Booklets and Annual Grade Statement, which provided invaluable summary information of potential member benefits and entitlements, complemented by a Pensions Open Day. In addition to day-to-day work and an ongoing project to assess eligibility to reckon prior part-time service for pension purposes, the unit completed preparatory work for the possible introduction of a new Pensions Management System to complement the deployment of the new Payroll System (Northgate) within the hospital. By year-end, the newly established Benefits Unit was well placed to meet ongoing challenges and to further develop the service offered at a time of growing interest and media coverage on the true value of Public Sector Pensions. Return to Contents 288
ICT Department Staffing In 2007 we were glad to welcome Colin Bogle to our support team. This year we also commenced the provision of IT services to develop, support and sustain the ICT infrastructure and systems of St Vincent’s Private Hospital. We have recruited three additional staff to facilitate this service. They are Louise Allman (Project manager), Niall Currid (Operations) and Brian Lenihan (Service desk). Service Development/Activities A number of projects were completed in 2007: It was a busy year for the ICT department with the completion of existing projects and the commencement of new projects. Our strategy in recent years was to focus on consolidating our infrastructure creating a stable platform on which to build our clinical application portfolio. Having largely completed this process we are now focused on implementing and enhancing new and existing systems. We are implementing phase two of the Regional Cancer System. This cancer clinical repository is located in St. Vincent’s University Hospital but interfaces to a number of hospitals in the region. It uses the Excelicare application from Axsys Technology and has links to the Patient Administration System as well as diagnostic systems e.g. Pathology. We have successfully migrated our Pathology iLAB system onto an AIX and Cache environment. This new clustered hardware system operates simultaneously between two separate computer rooms. The Pathology system is now considerably more responsive and resilient with a much more advanced database backend. We commenced the extension of the Healthlink Pathology system to St Michael’s Hospital go live January 08. We have also implemented a Neurology requesting protocol and are testing with Siemens the provision of Radiology reports. We implemented a seamless link between the Virus Reference laboratory and Our Pathology system using a product called Medibridge. This delivers a much more efficient service to areas such as microbiology. Return to Contents 289
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