Informatics Mentoring BCS Assist Mentoring Day May 15

Informatics Mentoring
BCS Assist Mentoring Day
Sophie Wheeley – Head of Informatics
University Hospital Birmingham NHSFT
May 15th 2014
Personal Experience
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18 Years in Health Informatics
20 years of being mentored (on and off)
5 years of coaching and mentoring others
ILM level 7 Executive Coach and Leadership Mentor
Qualified
Now - MSc, PhD student, Head of Informatics at UHB
and 2 teenagers!
My Area of Interest now – Leadership and
Management
The value in having a mentor:
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My first mentor gave me the confidence to progress
in my career
My second mentor helped me decide to do an MSc
when I was considering a degree, and gave me
confidence to progress much faster in my career
My third mentor – honestly? didn’t help much
My fourth mentor is helping me think through tough
choices about my current conflicting priorities and
future direction (Phd, Work, Home)
HI Mentoring - Why Do it?
Improve your chances of success by getting the right
knowledge and skills for the job you want
There is a distinct shortage of experienced and
qualified:
Clinical Coders
Systems Developers
Analysts
Medical Statisticians
Managers
Leaders
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The UHB Informatics Experience
150+ Staff including:
10 Core Data Analysts
25 Data Management Developers (inc DBA)
22 Clinical Coders
7 Research Informaticians
8 Medical Statisticians
80 Ward Clerks
7 Team Managers
1 Informatics Programmes Lead
1 Head of Dept
1 Director
How can it help you?
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Being a Mentor:
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Develop the workforce we need
Develop personal ‘soft’ skills
Develop valuable relationships for the future
First hand insight into the challenges of your
workforce
Being a Mentee:
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Gain Direction and support to further your career
Better Understand your options
Save time - make the right choices the first time
Mentoring helps you think better.
Questions?
Contact details for further discussion, UHB careers information or work experience opportunities:
[email protected]