Celebrating excellence in people with the HPMA HR Analytics Award
Maria Elisseou,
Chief Operations Officer
As we begin to recover from a turbulent year in healthcare, never has it been more important to recognise our achievements. From the rapid implementation of digital solutions to the roll out of a nationwide vaccine, NHS staff continue to go above and beyond the call of duty to stop the spread of Covid-19.
We are therefore delighted to share that Locum’s Nest is the official sponsor of the 2021 HPMA HR Analytics Excellence in People Awards; a chance to celebrate the work of HR, OD and NHS workforce professionals in the UK. Such individuals have continued to support and empower an inclusive, people-first culture at a time where healthcare workers have been under immense pressure. For that reason, it’s even more important we recognise these teams’ enormous contribution.
Locum’s Nest Award for HR Analytics
For over 25 years, the Healthcare People Management Association have rewarded outstanding work in healthcare human resource management, commending projects that positively impact the daily lives of NHS staff and their patients. One area of which celebrates the innovation of HR analytics.
Over the years, digital solutions have empowered HR and OD teams to better manage people and solve common HR and workforce challenges such as information sharing, retention rates and employee wellbeing. Whilst the NHS has commonly struggled to reap the full benefits of this technology, the pandemic forced healthcare organisations to re-evaluate their people management. HR and OD professionals worked tirelessly to accommodate for flexibility and government regulations whilst instilling improved staff wellbeing schemes, quickly implementing innovative solutions such as Locum’s Nest Intelligence to help NHS HR teams forecast future workforce needs based on built-in system analytics and insights
This year, Locum’s Nest are proud sponsors of the HPMA HR Analytics Award which recognises how the analysis of workforce data delivers insight, which generates action, leading to better decision-making leading to safer staffed wards and improved patient care.
Previous winners and finalists of the HPMA HR Analytics Award include Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals for “Supporting our Quality, People, and Sustainability Framework”, Northamptonshire Health and Care Partnership for “The Importance of Information Sharing” and Wrightington Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust who developed an engagement model based on psychological theory and practice, a twofold approach consisting of an organisational survey and a local level teams programme.
But we’re not only looking for big data projects with complex tools and huge investment. As experts in workforce management, we understand the power of streamlining data management. By simply providing a new way of looking at, collecting or utilising key data, we can completely optimise performance and quality of care. We’re therefore on the lookout for teams and individuals who have successfully improved the effectiveness of their HR management through innovation, no matter how big or small.
The people behind HR Analytics have been fighting the pandemic in their own way: their crucial work enables identification of workforce gaps to ensure better staffed wards, prioritisation of recruitment areas to ensure better quality of care delivered, more proactive focus on employee engagement.
HPMA Executive Director, Nicky Ingham says,
“We’re proud to have partnered with Locum’s Nest as the exclusive sponsor for the HR Analytics Award 2021, the category recognising the value of better insights, leading to better decision-making, actions and performances. At HPMA, we believe no one is back office as workforce professionals are central to everything within organisations. Never has it been so important to recognise and celebrate our achievements, showcasing our profession as the cornerstone of supportive and empowering cultures we need as we move from the management of the pandemic to the recovery of our people and our services. This is truly an opportunity to shine for any NHS Workforce Team. Please encourage colleagues to enter and nominate others. Please be proud and shout loud.”
HPMA HR Analytics Award 2021 criteria:
Alignment of the analytics project with business objectives
Clarity on the impact of the project, and the use of qualitative and/or quantitative data
Overcoming barriers to collecting and analysing data
A deeper level of understanding from data to analysis, onto insight
A logical approach to delivering the analysis, and reporting
Evidence of better decisions and performance increase as a result of new analysis
See the full criteria and submission questions here.
Submit your entry before 25th May
Now is your chance to stand up and be proud of your achievements over the last 12 months. To submit your entry or nominate a colleague, you can find full registration details at www.hpma.org.uk/enter-the-awards and take a look at the official guide to writing a winning entry. Make sure to thoroughly read through the HR Analytics Award criteria, answering each question within your submission.
Key dates:
>> Closing date for submissions: 5pm Tuesday 25 May 2021
>> Virtual judging: 28 June – 2 July 2021
>> Virtual awards ceremony: Thursday 7 October 2021 (late afternoon)