Governance Report for year ended 30 June 2012
12. Our People
12.1 Staff Engagement and Partnership
The Staff Engagement Leader/Facilitator, a role developed in early 2011, has continued to facilitate and
monitor progress on improvement plans developed by each service in response to feedback from the 2010
Staff Engagement Survey.
Absenteeism has continued to track down with sick leave utilisation at 2.89% which is 2% lower than 3 years
ago. Turnover has reduced to 7.77% in 2012 compared with 9.3% in 2011.
This year 206 staff received staff recognition awards and since this programme was launched in 2007 a total of
887 staff have received awards.
12.2 Learning Environment
13,017 participants have attended internal courses which includes clinical, non-clinical, leadership, Health and
Safety and IT training. 1,183 courses were administered through the BOP Clinical School. Clinical training is the
primary focus of training delivery, accounting for 54% of the total training delivery.
Learning scholarships were granted in 2012 to 6 staff members, recipients were from a diverse range of roles
and services including Regional Referral Centre, Pain Service, Clinical School, Physiotherapy, and Anaesthesia
and Surgical Services. Mai i Nga Kuri a Wharei ki Tihirau scholarships were awarded to 10 staff members
working in Regional Māori Health Services, Planning and Funding and Te Whare Maiangiangi. 39 members of
staff were reimbursed 70% of their tertiary study fees through the Advanced Study Fund, this included
reimbursement for both undergraduate and postgraduate qualifications.
On-line courses account for 13% of total training delivery. Five mandatory courses are now available on-line,
enabling staff to access to the courses 24/7. Aligning with regional co-operation and collaboration, Taranaki
DHB completed a pilot through our Midland Learning site and Tairawhiti DHB are currently piloting ePortfolios
for their NETP (new entrant to practice programme) cohort. The Rapid eLearning model and strategy has been
implemented in Bay of Plenty DHB. This enables the subject matter experts to assemble, manage and deploy
their own courses, in response to training needs.
Greater interest is being demonstrated in ePortfolios to show evidence of meeting competency requirements
for multidisciplinary professional bodies. Currently we have 300 ePortfolios that are used for progression
within nursing roles.
12.3 Innovation Awards and Medical Research Awards
The Awards are divided into two categories; Innovation and Medical Research, and alternate each year. The
Bay of Plenty DHB Clinical School Research Award application process is in progress and the awards
presentation event will be held on 25 October 2012.
2011 Innovation awards
The number and calibre of applications for the 2011 awards was significant, and indicative of the level of
commitment of Bay of Plenty DHB staff and contractors to improving services for our clients in the hospital and
community.
First place at the 2011 Innovation awards went to Toi Te Ora – Public Health Service team led by Jen Murray.
The presentation by Meghan Ruha and Dave Wood outlined the development of a comprehensive workplace
wellness accreditation programme, WorkWell. Through this innovation workplaces are provided with a range
of tools and resources to help them address a number of key health issue areas. The goal of the WorkWell
programme was to have 10% of the Bay of Plenty and Lakes region workforce registered in WorkWell by June
2012. As Innovation Award winners, Toi Te Ora will have the opportunity to feedback progress and
effectiveness of the WorkWell programme at the 2013 Innovation Awards Ceremony.
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