Louise Swan

Consultant in Anaesthesia & ICM, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne

Louise is a Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine and Anaesthesia at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle upon Tyne.  She trained as a mentor using the Egan mentoring model in 2015 after a mentoring session helped her make the most of the opportunities available post FRCA. Shortly after, she co-founded and now leads NEMO (the North East Mentoring Organisation) which promotes and coordinates mentoring within the Northern Region to all regardless of role and specialty. Louise has facilitated on mentoring courses throughout the UK and has offered taster mentoring sessions at Anaesthesia and Urology conferences. Passionate about mentoring, she recommends just giving it a go!

Dr Suzy O'Neill

Consultant in ICM & Anaesthesia, Newcastle Training Programme Director for Intensive Care, and ACCS within the Northern School of Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Medicine

Suzy is a consultant in anaesthesia and intensive care medicine at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. She is also the Training Programme Director for ACCS and ICM in NHSE North East and North Cumbria and co-chair of the Intercollegiate Committee for ACCS, as well as being a consultant appraiser and Schwartz Round Facilitator in her Trust. Suzy is passionate about mentoring.  She has an ILM level 5 qualification in mentoring and coaching and provides mentoring for health care professionals.

She says: ‘mentoring is a fantastic opportunity to talk about dilemmas and opportunities related to work or life outside of work in a confidential and safe environment. It enables the mentee to take ownership of their own development and navigate barriers to reach their full potential; and to achieve outcomes which matter to them and align with their values. From the evidence base (and my own personal experience as a mentee) mentoring can enhance your confidence, wellbeing and problem-solving skill as well as reducing burnout and stress. Please come along for a taster!’