Star Awards – Digital Leader of the Year and Volunteer of the Year 2018

October 17, 2018

Our annual Star Awards took place on Friday 12 October, with over 350 colleagues in attendance. It was a fantastic evening, celebrating everything that is good about our organisation.

This year’s Digital Leader of the Year was awarded to Informatics Nurse, Dominic LeGros and Volunteer of the Year was awarded to Janet Dearne.

Dom qualified as a nurse in 1998 at Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow and started working in the emergency department. He joined our organisation in 2001 as an E grade senior staff nurse on the West Midlands Poisons Unit where he worked until 2004. He then moved to Selly Oak Hospital to return to emergency nursing. He re-joined us in 2008 at City emergency department, where he trained as an emergency nurse practitioner and qualified as an independent prescriber.

In January this year, Dom took the opportunity to combine a life-long interest in technology with a passion for delivering quality care, when he joined the Unity team as an informatics nurse.

Janet’s volunteering role at our organisation spans nearly 40 years, after she joined the Sandwell League of Friends shop in the early 1980s.

Four years later, she was elected onto the committee, a position she held until 1995 when she became vice-chair. She was appointed as chair in 2005 and has spent 13 years in that position, stepping down earlier this year.

Over the last 13 years, the League of Friends have donated a range of equipment to the value of almost £500,000, benefiting everyone who has been cared for by our organisation.

Although she has stepped down from her role as chair, Janet continues to volunteer in the shop each Tuesday.

Check out the videos below to find out why Dom and Janet were recognised for their outstanding commitment.