Recruiting my Successor!

2nd February - 6th February 2015

On Monday, myself and my manager, Andrew conducted interviews for the new placement student. It was a great opportunity to further develop my skills within Human Resources and to understand more about the NHS recruitment process. We interviewed a number of candidates for the role and we asked them to produce a presentation which explains what a CCG is. All of the candidates produced brilliant, informative presentations which really went into the detail about the core role and values of a CCG. It was an extremely tough decision selecting a candidate for the role, as all interviewees came out with very close scores. We have selected a great candidate and we are now looking forward to our new placement student starting in the summer!

I have really enjoyed gaining experience in HR over the past month, as I have not had an opportunity at University to understand in depth about the Human Resources side of Business. I have been responsible for producing the job advert, contacting local Universities in order to advertise the vacancy, liasing with our HR department to advertise on NHS Jobs, shortlisting candidates and being part of the interview panel. I would definitely consider HR as a potential career in the future! The experience has been invaluable and I have further developed a number of existing skills (which reminds me, I need to update my CV!)

With the new financial year fast approaching, we are in the process of developing new CQUINs for 2015/16. This week I have started to create the CQUIN goal spreadsheets. Each CQUIN is given an indicator number, a description, rationale and milestones to achieve. This is then matched to the specific value of the provider contract. CQUINs offer the local healthcare providers the opportunity to earn an extra 2.5% of their contract value if the CQUIN milestones are met in the appropriate timeframe. We are also in the process of putting together the Local Quality Requirements for each provider, which are included in the Quality Schedule of the contract and lists what the provider must achieve when providing the service.