Northern Ireland

14 December 2011

Engaging people workshop by Walter Bradley

HPMA Northern Ireland Branch held a workshop on 7th December 2011 on Engaging People which was delivered by Walter Bradley from Dale Carnegie.

The aim of this workshop was to enable participants to improve staff engagement within their areas and to become more motivating and inspirational managers.

The session began by requiring attendees to list the challenges facing the service during 2012 and beyond. It was then highlighted that by engaging your team and being both inspiring and motivational that you as an organization are more able to meet the challenges that are being faced.

Walter Bradley then went through the triangle of success which comprises of skills, attitude and knowledge. It was highlighted that attitude is the most important element of this triangle and then stressed that managers should ensure they demonstrate a ‘can do’ and a positive attitude within their areas.

The importance of ensuring that teams operate outside of their comfort zone was discussed and Walter Bradley instilled genuine fear across all attendees when he announced that he had placed a marker under one attendee’s seat and that they would have to go to the front of the room and sing karoke to everyone! I have never seen so many worried looking HR professionals in a room before. The purpose of this was to show how it felt to be taken to the edge of the comfort zone. Thankfully no such marker was placed under anyone’s seat however it was noted by all that it was a very good, if not scary, illustration of this point!

Attendees were then taken through how to build trusting relationships and given really good and helpful advice in relation to how to do this successfully.

The HPMA would wish to congratulate Walter Bradley on his delivery of this extremely helpful and interactive workshop which was felt by the attendees as being both really timely and very useful. 

Pictured below is Walter Bradley (second from left) with HPMA NI committee members

18 April 2011

HPMA NI Annual Conference 2011

 You are welcome!

11 April 2011

A new innovative Development Programme for Band 6 Senior HR officers was recently launched and initial reaction evaluation (Level 1) is very positive.  

For more ino: View 'Group Pages' section on the right column. 

01 April 2011

HPMA NI Annual Conference 2011

This year's Annual Conference is scheduled for 
Friday 20 May 2011 on the theme:

A Daring H.R........ ‘If not now, when?'

25 March 2011

Members of the committee at the AGM January 2011

Back row from Left to right:
Verity Cochrane (NI Ambulance Trust),   Carol Dodds (Northern HSC Trust),   Linda Gregg (NI Ambulance Trust),   Marina McCarney (Belfast HSC Trust),  Gladys McKibbin HPMA PR Officer (Belfast HSC Trust).

Front row seated from left to right:
Ann McConnell , Incoming HPMA NI Chair (Western HSC Trust), Therese McKernan, Out-going HPMA NI Chair (Belfast HSC Trust),   Pat Hannaway, HPMA NI Secretary (Western HSC Trust), Raymond Irvine, HPMA NI (Western HSC Trust).

 To contact the committee members, please click 'Committee Contacts List' on the 'Group News' section on the right side of this page.

18 March 2011

HPMA EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2011: Application Clinic

15 March 2011 ~ Large Lecture Theatre, Fern House, Antrim Area Hospital, Antrim. 10.30 am - 12.30 pm
To book your place: Contact Pat Hannaway at 028 7186 5112 or
by email: pat.hannaway@westerntrust.hscni.net

For mor info: Click on the link on the 'Group News' section on the right side of this page.

26 January 2011

Modernising Systems - Changing Practice Worshop

HPMA Northern Ireland Branch held a workshop on Modernising Systems – Changing Practice on 26th January 2011 in Fern House, Antrim Area Hospital.

The aim of the workshop was for Anne Hamill, Project Manager, Business Services Transformation, to provide attendees with up to date information on the progress being made on procuring a new system, to inform on the implications the new system would bring in terms of both policies and practice and to discuss how this strand of the Business Services Transformation Programme impacts on the shared services agenda.

The HPMA committee wish to congratulate Anne Hamill on her delivery of this workshop and are pleased to report that participants found her presentation both interesting and informative.  In particular participants commented that they were looking forward to working with the new system in the future and having the higher functionality it will bring.  Others noted that they had a greater appreciation of the work Trusts now need to undertake in preparation for the implementation of the new system.  Another welcomed benefit of the system was that it will provide service managers with a more responsive, efficient service that will allow them to focus on improving patient and client care.

HPMA Committee members along with Anne Hamill (centre).

HPMA committee wish to thank Anne Hamill and all participants for making this workshop a success. We hope to see you all again soon.

11 January 2011

HPMA NI Annual General Body Meeting & HR Workshop on "Modernising Systems - Changing Practice" 

26 January 2011  - Wednesday -  9.30 am - 12 Noon
Fern House, Antrim Area Hospital, Antrim
Book your place today!

For more info: Click on the link on the 'Group News' section on the right side of this page.

13 December 2010

Belfast Health and Social Care Trust’s Learning and Development win National Award

The Northern Ireland branch annual conference took place on Friday 14 May - see the June issue of Network for a full write-up.

Back row: Raymond Irvine, Treasurer & Membership, Damian McAlister, Committee Member, Alan Gilbert, Committee Member, Julian Creighton, Committee Member. Front Row: Marie Mallon, Committee Member, Jacinta Melaugh, Vice Chair, Therese McKernan, Chair, Pat Hannaway, Secretary & Events.Not pictured: Gladys McKibben, PR Officer.