Simon Potter Email & Phone Number

Southampton, England, United Kingdom

Isle Of Wight, England, United Kingdom

I undertake both locality and at scale the commissioning of Community services for the Isle of Wight region.I was responsible for delivering key priorities and programmes to support the delivery of system wide strategy for Community services for the population of the Isle of Wight. As the commissioning lead I had responsibility for delivery in the locality, but worked closely with other health commissioners across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board.• To develop and deliver specific commissioning programmes for the Isle of Wight localities, in particular relation to out of hospital and community health services working in collaboration with partners and stakeholders and wider improvement programmes.• To take responsibility for the planning, implementation, and delivery of a range of a range of improvement and financial recovery projects, ensuring results achieved are in line with the financial and operational plans agreed.• Support the portfolio of initiatives in demonstrating value for money for the current spend through tracking, managing, and delivering agreed benefits. • To operate in a highly political and sensitive environment.• To co-ordinate service resilience for the locality, including emergency and winter planning in collaboration with Urgent and Emergency Care Colleagues.• To deliver and monitor service performance targets for the IOW localities, taking a robust programme management approach, in order to plan and secure effective services for the population within available resources.My role is designed to build a combination of subject matter expertise and technical skills to develop a strong service delivery.

Programme and Delivery ManagerMy role in this post is to support the Associate Directors and the CCGs in defining, monitoring and supporting the delivery of Programmes to transform the delivery of health services to achieve a seamless, effective and integrated journey for patients. • Working alongside the Directors of Commissioning (Unscheduled and Planned care). To support the definition, evolution and implementation of the commissioning programme for the CCG• Supporting the commissioning and project managers, and Clinical Directors, to define, and deliver their programmes• Assess the progress of implementation of their schemes, supporting the performance team to report progress. Ensure monitoring remains pragmatic and proportionate to the type of schemes undertaken, and enables the senior management team to monitor progress through tracking the realization of anticipated Programme benefits.I work as a part of the Performance and Finance Directorate within West Hampshire CCG, but have a key relationship with the Directors of Commissioning with the CCG(s), and all relevant clinical and managerial staff, so as to assist in the planning and delivery of the CCG commissioning and reform programmeI have responsibility for working with the commissioning, finance, information and contracting teams to assess the range of commissioning plans required to meet the CCG strategy and Annual Operating Plan in each year. I work with them to define the projects and detailed plans, and then I am responsible across the course of the year for supporting the relevant project managers to deliver the schemes. I am also responsible for implementing programme management processes to support complex multi-faceted programmes, which includes supporting setting goals, objectives, resources, risk management, milestones and measures of success.

Isle Of Wight, England, United Kingdom

My role as the NHS 111 Programme Management for Hampshire mainland includes responsibility for the organisation and delivery of the 111 programme, including running the 111 programme management office and ensuring effective management structures and systems are in place to deliver programme aims and objectives. This requires me to use a high level of initiative to progress matters as well as deploying significant discretion within a set of defined parameters. I have responsibility to plan and organise a broad range of complex activities specific to each project, establishing a programme schedule, risk register and ensuring milestone deliverables are achieved.I work closely with the Programme Director for NHS 111 and stakeholder organisations to deliver the following main 111 objectives:• Programme manage implementation of the 111 service, NHS Pathways implementation and co-ordinate the compilation of an electronic directories of services across the SHIP Cluster prior to launch Programme manage the procurement process for NHS 111• Ensure widespread clinical engagement for NHS 111• Work with relevant specialists to oversee NHS Pathways implementation across the SHIP Cluster in providers including Out of Hours providers.• Ensure readiness for widespread implementation of 111 across the SHIP Cluster in line with national timescales.Throughout the programme, I have had to display highly effective negotiation and persuasion skills when interacting with NHS commissioners, providers, suppliers, business and other stakeholders to ensure that objectives are met; including the ability to negotiate and influence others in a positive manner with the confidence to manage differing views in order to achieve change and improvement.My role as 111 Programme Manager has also required me to be able to motivate the team to ensure that they work effectively to meet project objectives.

Eastleigh, Hampshire

My role as the Programme Support Office Manager is to work as part of the overall Planning and Performance team, and am expected to work on a locality basis within SHIP. I am responsible for contributing to the design and implementation of programme management processes to support complex multi-faceted programmes, which includes supporting setting goals, objectives, resources, risk management, milestones and measures of success. This also includes contributing to the design and implementation and ensuring adherence to a programme management framework which enables assurance that activities are coordinated, monitored and accurately reported. My role also requires positive working relationships both within and external to SHIP (i.e. Local Authorities, SHA, etc.), engaging, supporting and challenging project and programme leads to ensure effective delivery of expected outcomes and benefits. My Key responsibilities included;- Provide programme and project expertise and information to the Programme and Performance Delivery Group- The day to day management of the programme, supporting, facilitating, challenging and monitoring progress ensuring that programmes and projects have the best possible chance to deliver. - The development of, and implementing, NHS Hampshire’s QIPP strategy.- Providing expert advice on programme and project management and able to provide a range of solutions to senior staff.- Support project teams by providing assistance in the development of financial phasing of projects and tracking delivery of savings- Support project teams/managers and Directors to identify key performance indicators and measures of success for programmes and projects- Work with project teams to identify and review progress on project milestones and monitor progress against plan- Responsible for communicating and presenting complex information that may cause debate, be open to challenge and opposition at all levels both within and external to the organisation

My role is to work autonomously with the three localities to identify opportunities to improve and change the provision of the local healthcare service. Using all available data and information to lead, in partnership, on service redesign, specific projects and commissioning performance. Initiate discussions and negotiations on the development of new services and pathways of care with the provider organisations. My key responsibilities include;A central role for practice engagement in the work of the locality, coordinating plans and ideas and gaining sign up to the proposals. Ensuring there are appropriate communication methods used so that all constituents of the locality group are aware and have the opportunity to actively contribute to the work and success of the locality.Development and Implementation of the Localities commissioning, work plan and associated work streams (including data analysis, reviews and contract meetings) including creating the Local Enhanced Service agreement (LES)Ensuring that networks and links are developed with other stakeholders (both clinical and patient) and PBC localities.Responsibility for appraising the Locality board of individual practice participation and delivery of the PBC LES, for which the practices have an individual responsibility.Agree, establish and monitor mechanisms for measuring performance of redesign projects undertaken by the locality.Key relationships, to develop and maintain.PBC Area LeadLocality PBC steering group membersGPs and Practice ManagersPCT based teams including but not limited to contract, service redesign, information, finance, education and systems.Patient and Public forumsSecondary care management and cliniciansLocal AuthoritiesVolunteer organisations

My role as Engagement Controller is a key one within the client engagement team. The role provides a critical role in ensuring that the project management tasks are on schedule, under budget and within the planned scope. My role is closely aligned with the engagement management team and together working with our client (Fujitsu / Connecting for Health (CfH)) I maintain a detailed view of the various projects including regular summaries and progress reports

In the role as the Release Manager - Choose & Book; I performed a key role in the new code release process within the high profile Choose & Book Project across England. Responsibility for scheduling and managing the implementation of new code, the Release Manager - Choose & Book is the liaison between Cerner and Cerner's project partners in the planning and expediting of new code releases. An effective Release Manager has proven ability to produce and document release notes based upon their work with the project testing team and software design group Capable of communicating effectively, with the ability to represent Cerner at Choose & Book project change advisory board meetings.Create and foster effective working relationships with all levels of management within our partners (ATOS Origin) organisation.Creation and maintenance of a resource plan, which manages the resources of all numerous teams across all the workflows and projects which impact Choose and Book.Management and ownership of the release process, including ongoing evolution of new improved processes. Including all associated paperwork. Provide and escalation and coordination point during the deployment of code

Grade SM28/29 (£25,000) Fixed Term Working across both secondary and primary care to facilitate the necessary changes to achieve the National Booking Targets, in line with the National Performance Indicators. Supporting and facilitating service redesign. Identifying obstacles and key tasks in order to formulate action plans.Development of action plans and ensuring, through appropriate facilitation, that there is ongoing ownership of the action plans during this process. Use of skills including process mapping, training and support skills, and the co-ordination of primary and secondary care workshops and progress review meetings. Ensuring that all projects are planned and monitored correctly and that milestones and desired outcomes are achieved by work in partnership with clinical and non-clinical staff to maximise use of new ways of working where appropriate and enable them to change practices and challenge their objectives constructively.

Responsible for the Hampshire & I.O.W Supplies Confederation IT system. Including a paperless office management system (FiSH); Optimising usage of IT systems to ensure maximum levels of service, and value for money; Development and Implementation of the Intranet and Internet site; Maintaining documentation including relevant departmental and system Policies and Procedures; Liasing with suppliers and ICT ; Develop and implementing procedures/applications to improve the Supplies service, including database development ; Contracts Negotiator - Southampton University NHS Hospital Trust Salary of £15,500 p.a

Salary of £10,000 p.a