Membership
The HMI is a membership organisation, dedicated to meeting the needs of its members, managers and organisations working within the Irish health services.
Benefits of Membership
Members enjoy a wide range of benefits, including:
- Access to member only resources on www.hmi.ie
- Subscription to HMI’s bi-monthly eJournal, Health Manager
- Subscription to EAHM’s magazine, Hospital
- Involvement in regional structures and events
- Complimentary attendance at HMI’s Forum for Manager series
- Discounts for HMI Annual National Conference and regional events
- HMI email updates, including early alerts on all product/service offerings
- Participation in HMI discussions, surveys and research
- Discounts on HMI open training programmes
- Discounts on HMI DVDs and pre-launch DVDs
- Recognition of your status as manager in the health services
- Membership of a professional body with strong links to European and UK health associations
The benefits listed above may vary depending on your membership type.
Types of Membership
Individual Membership
Individual membership is open to all managers working within the Irish health service. To be eligible, applicants need to have at least two years healthcare management experience or at least three years management experience outside the health sector. Applicants also require a recognised professional/managerial qualification or should be able to demonstrate qualification through experiential learning acceptable to the Institute. Individual members are entitled to use the designation MHMI.
€100 per annum
Student Membership
Participants of Core Skills of Management will be granted student membership for the year in which they commence the programme. Student members are entitled to use the designation SHMI.
Complimentary for participants on HMI’s Core Skills of Management programme.
Group Membership
Group membership is available to all organizations operating within the Irish health services. HMI Group Membership entitles your organisation to a range of benefits. There are three levels of group membership, reflecting the varying needs of different sized organisations.
Level 1: €1,500 per annum; Level 2: €1,000 per annum; Level 3: €500 per annum
Fellow
The AGM of the Institute may, on the nomination of Council, elect full members to be Fellows of the Institute. Fellowship is an honour bestowed on a member in recognition of an outstanding contribution, over time, to health care management or to the Institute. As a general rule, the number of fellows may not exceed 5% of the number of full members. Fellows of the Institute may use the designation FHMI.
Honorary Member
The AGM of the Institute may, on the nomination of Council, elect to honorary membership persons who contributed significantly to the development of management practice in healthcare in Ireland or who have made outstanding contributions to the Institute. As a general rule, honorary members may not exceed 1% of the number of full members.
View membership benefits comparison table.
To Join the HMI
Please download and complete the appropriate application form below and return to: HMI Membership, Heather House, Sandyford Business Park, Dublin 18. We will acknowledge receipt of applications within two working days. Applications for membership are proposed at Council Meetings. Decision to award membership rests with Council.
