Jen Gilroy-Cheetham Email and Phone Number

Programme Manager within the Patient Safety Collaborative.

Working within a range of programme areas including supporting the "Innovation Scout" programme.The innovation scouts programme consists of nominated individuals from primary or secondary care and clinical commissioning NHS organisations in the NWC geography. This programme also encourages both academic and Public service organisations to join.The vision is to spread innovation at pace and scale across the system by sharing and learning.Break from September 2016-March 2017 due to maternity leave.

Working with a U.S. Company called Proteus Digital Health on a real world implementation and evaluation of their product within the NHS - Focus within the North

I applied through a competitive process, for a Leadership Development Fellowship sponsored by the Chief Clinical Officer. I was successful in obtaining a secondment through NHS Northwest from August 2013-March 2014 to work as a Healthcare Scientist on innovative projects. The theory was that as a healthcare scientist we are naturally able to drive forward innovative ideas at scale and pace, due to the nature of what we do day to as scientists.The project that I worked on exposed me to the complexities of dealing with a completely new professional group (in this case GPs) and a new and complicated problem. I managed to demonstrate drive and determination and in addition used skills such as, diplomacy and charm to move the project along. In fact, it was so successful that the Chief Clinical officer secured additional funding from NHS England to continue the two day secondment for this financial year (2013-2014).

Advanced Clinical Physiologist (Neurophysiology)Clinical Skills - Able to perform a range of diagnostic testing on the central and peripheral nervous system to a high standard, including EEG (routine, sleep, portable, ambulatory and telemetry), EP (VEP, SEP, BAEP) NCS testing (upper and lower limb) and Sleep investigations (including sleep ambulatory, video telemetry, NPSG, MWT, MSLT and oximetry). More advanced testing includes invasive video telemetry, WADA investigations and neurophysiological intra-operative monitoring such as micro-vascular decompression and anatomical physiological mapping for deep brain stimulus.Improvement/Innovation Skills – Able to use inherent healthcare scientist skills such as attenuation to detail, evidence based practice to assess, evaluate, plan, and predict working across boundaries. Excellent engagement skills coupled with a tenacious approach. I have also worked on several improvement projects which have accessed the workforce scheduling. Wide knowledge base on change management and improvement science tools and methodologies.Management/Leadership – Flexible and adaptable approach with the ability to influence without direct authority. Led the overall day-to-day planning of work activities within a service, allocating workloads to a range of staff within the Neurophysiological service.Training– I have supervised student clinical physiologists to ensure their practical skills and reports are up to the required standards set by the department, and also a strong element of pastoral care. I spent several years as a student tutor, dealing with a host of challenging situations including performing assessments to profesisonal standards. I was also been responsible for insuring that the student clinical physiologists successfully achieved all elements required for their personal professional portfolio. Teaching students throughout and beyond their degree programs was also an an area of this work I enjoyed.