Mark Blakeman
Director of Informatics
and Corporate Projects – UHSM
Chair North West Branch Assist
What is Professionalism in
Informatics in the NHS ?
What is Professionalism in
Informatics in the NHS ?
Health Informatics
What is Professionalism in
Informatics in the NHS ?
Health Informatics
Health Informatics
and Medical Records
What is Professionalism in
Informatics in the NHS ?
Health Informatics
Health Informatics
and Medical Records
IM&T
What is Professionalism in
Informatics in the NHS ?
Health Informatics
Health Informatics
and Medical Records
IM&T
IM&T and Libraries
What is Professionalism in
Informatics in the NHS ?
Health Informatics
us
lot
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Health Informatics
and Medical Records
IM&T
IM&T and Libraries
Professionalism is…..
Membership of a
Professional Body
Membership in BCS Assist
Membership in BCS Assist
Membership in BCS
Membership in BCS Assist
Membership in BCS
Membership in ukchip
Membership in IHRIM
Membership in BCS Assist
Membership in BCS
Membership in ukchip
Membership in IHRIM
Membership in BCS Assist
Membership in BCS
Membership in ukchip
Professionalism is
A
Professional
Qualification
An MBA
Computer Science Degree
(upper second from a good University of course)
A course accredited by ukchip
Professionalism is
Defined by the
Information Centre
or CfH
20 years of pontificating and
arguing ?
20 years of pontificating and
arguing ?
But does it really matter ?
If only I was………..
If only I was a professional
– If only I was a professional like the people in finance I would…..
• Be taken notice of in my organisation when I asked for
investment in IM&T.
• Make changes in the way the organisation works to the
benefits of patients
• Be seen as a key strategic leader because of the strategic
projects I run.
• Have a team of competent professional staff working for me
who never made mistakes
• Be on the Trust Board.
• Earn lots more money
• Become a CEO because Informatics is the new enabler.
• Buy a Porsche.
For now at least we need to be
judged as a “profession” by
For now at least we need to be judged as
a “profession” by
– Not
• A specific qualification
• Membership of a specific group
• Or even the name
– The things we do
– The way we do them
– The outcomes we achieve
– The behaviours we display
– The skills and competences we bring and
develop.
So qualifications and
membership are
Not Important ?
A Charter of the North West
A Starter on a Charter !
– In your day to day work
you will
• Work to the benefit of patients, your organisation, the NHS
and health care as a whole.
• Understand the aims of the organisation you work for and
use your experience skills, competencies and knowledge to
their benefit.
• Work and represent the informatics in a good light internally
and externally to your organisation.
• Develop your skills, competences and knowledge on an on
going basis and keep a record of them.
• Use all of the experience, skills, competences and
knowledge you have to best effect.
• Not over represent your experience, skills, competences and
knowledge or put patients at risk by working outside them.
• To be honest when mistakes happen and to learn from them.
• Share your experiences, skills and competences with others.
A Starter on a Charter !
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In your day to day work
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your organisation will
Give you the opportunity to understand and contribute to the improvement of the
wider NHS to the benefit of patients.
Explain the aims of the organisation and value your experience skills,
competencies and knowledge and how they can be used to their benefit.
Have an annual appraisal with you where you can agree a plan to develop your
skills, competences and knowledge on an on going basis and keep a record of
them.
Be honest with you with regard to your performance and help you deliver to the
best of your ability.
Provide you with opportunities to use all of the experience, skills, competences
and knowledge you have to best effect.
To support you when genuine mistakes happen and to help you learn from them.
Not expect you to put patients at risk by working outside your experience, skills,
competences and knowledge.
To give you the time to share your experiences, skills and competences with
others.
Questions ?