Sarah Learney

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A highly motivated, dynamic professional, experienced at Senior/ Executive level @ AstraZeneca
cambridge, cambridgeshire, united kingdom
Sarah Learney's Location
Bury St Edmunds, England, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
About Sarah Learney

A highly motivated, dynamic and experienced professional, working at Senior/ Executive level, with a solid track record of success in operations, performance improvement, turnaround and strategic planning. Extensive and strong leadership skills with a proven ability to motivate teams, especially successful in roles that demand a high level of drive, dedication and a focus on delivering clear and challenging outcomes.

Sarah Learney's Current Company Details
AstraZeneca

Astrazeneca

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A highly motivated, dynamic professional, experienced at Senior/ Executive level
cambridge, cambridgeshire, united kingdom
Website:
astrazeneca.com
Employees:
59317
Sarah Learney Work Experience Details
  • Astrazeneca
    Programme Director- Electronic Product Information (Epi) Programme
    Astrazeneca Dec 2022 - Present
    Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
    - Programme Director of AZ ePI programme, winners of Reuters Pharma Europe Sustainability Award 2024, AZ R&D Awards in the category of Sustainability and AZ IT Excellence Award for category of People and Sustainability. - Chair ‘ePI Programme Core Team’ including management of programme scorecard tracking and reporting, risk register, KPIs, business model, stakeholder management, communications and interdependencies across all programme workstreams.- Lead ‘Process workstream’ including development and safe implementation of all processes/Work Instructions/SOPS/communications and training aligned with ePI digital solution and develop processes across wider programme.- Lead ‘ePI Pilots workstream’ including end-to-end process for implementation of ePI across global markets, drive 'scale up' to implement ePI across more products/SKUs.- Collaborate with cross-functional global Marketing Company colleagues to implement programme deliverables and ensure adoption in-line with local market ePI legislation.- Lead ‘IT Issue Investigation Group’ investigating quality events, working with global markets, Regulatory, Digital and Operations Quality leads.- Lead sustainability benefits calculations for global markets across ePI programme over 10-year forecast.
  • Cambridgeshire And Peterborough Ccg
    Programme And Operations Director
    Cambridgeshire And Peterborough Ccg 2019 - 2021
    Cambridge
    Responsible for leading complex projects and COVID-19 operations. o COVID-19 pandemic operational lead:- Rapidly established new operational structure and daily battle rhythm and oversaw mobilisation of workforce (160 staff) in response to daily demands of pandemic- Governance and regulatory- briefing up/down to CCG, System partners and NHS England to provide assurance to that impacts, risks and escalations were managed.o Mass Vaccination Programme: - Established and managed dedicated team of 30 FTE, chaired operational calls with providers, NHS England and performance reporting to national team- Developed new operating models for vaccine delivery across 35 sites, managed vaccine supply allocation and compliance with nationally mandated patient prioritisation - Delivered 1 million vaccinations within initial 6 months across Cambridgeshire region.o PPE- set up and led a logistics centre and supply infrastructure for Local Resilience Forum (LRF)- Chaired LRF PPE Group, ensured compliance with national Public Health mandate - Procured PPE and distributed national supply, liaising with Department of Health and Social Care and Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government- Worked with British Army, NHS, local authority and voluntary groups to run PPE hub- Processed 2700 orders and delivered 5.8 million items of PPE over 4-month period.o CCG ‘business as usual’ operations:- Monitored day-to-day running of business and identified opportunities to improve delivery through new ways of working and streamlining operations - Led restructure of CCG’s creating senior team with a sharper focus on delivery and improved ways of working. Included formal staff consultation- Led CCG Accommodation Strategy- closed 3 office sites, merging into one new office hub, saved £1.5m over 5 years. Full consultation (400 FTE) and changed contracts to agile/home working.
  • Cambridgeshire And Peterborough Ccg
    Head Of Recovery And Sustainability
    Cambridgeshire And Peterborough Ccg 2018 - 2019
    Cambridge
    Accountable for leading the CCGs performance, delivery and planning functions ensuring it operated efficiently to deliver its statutory functions. • Accountable for all operations with an FTE of 72 staff and a budget of £71.3m, including tracking, reporting and delivery, reporting directly to Chief Finance Officer• Member of CCG Senior Leadership Team. Monthly reporting of finance and performance to CCG Governing Body, Clinical Executive, Performance, Quality and Finance Committees. Managed quarterly internal (PwC)/ external (Deloitte) audits on delivery of recovery plan • Designed restructure, led consultation process, recruitment, training and turned around performance of the Complex Cases Team (74 FTE) over a 12-month period• Led weekly communication with NHS England Chief Nursing Directorate on the delivery of the recovery and sustainability plan and assurance on delivery of high-quality patient service• Delivered improved performance and improved outcomes for patients, including a significant 82% reduction of patient backlog (928 cases to 168 cases) within 11 months.
  • Ipswich & East Suffolk Ccg And West Suffolk Ccg
    Deputy Chief Contracts Officer- System Resilience And Operations
    Ipswich & East Suffolk Ccg And West Suffolk Ccg 2015 - 2018
    Ipswich
    Leadership and management of an integrated Continuing Healthcare (CHC) Service, ensuring it complied with all statutory standards, promoted clinical quality and patient safety whilst delivering continuous service improvement. Responsible for wider ‘system’ winter resilience.• Successfully led the CHC team (43 FTE) to deliver an underspent by £3.1m against a full-year CHC budget of £44.4m and over-delivered savings of £73k against £2.08m target through tight performance management and improved internal processes• 100% clearance of historical backlog of 924 patient cases within auditor 15-month deadline and 100% closure of 276 historical cases within 2-year NHS England deadline• Accountable for winter planning across Suffolk CCGs. Worked directly with NHSE Winter Room Director and local system providers to monitor performance and unblock operational issues• Secondment to Ipswich Hospital Trust, working with Director of Operations supporting the delivery of Emergency Department 4-hour and delayed transfer of care (DToC) trajectory
  • Nhs West Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group
    Transformation Project And Pmo Manager
    Nhs West Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group 2012 - 2015
    Bury St Edmunds
    Led and managed transformational savings projects, working with system partners.• Care Home Support project- reduced emergency A&E attendances and acute admissions by 20% residents from 47 West Suffolk care homes by providing proactive case management, workforce development and improving quality and safety standards. Saving- £310k• Ophthalmology project- reduced first outpatient appointments/ follow ups in acutes through improved patient management in the community and streamlining existing referral pathways and commissioned Community Glaucoma Service. Saving- £240k• Developed and embedded Programme Management Office (PMO) across portfolio of savings programmes, implemented governance to monitor/ report in-year delivery against plan, providing assurance to CCG Executive Team and auditors.
  • British Army
    Commissioned Officer
    British Army Apr 1997 - Oct 2005
    Various Across The Uk And Overseas
    Graduated from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, promoted 4 times over 8 years to rank of Major and employed in wide-ranging roles including:• Logistics: Primary Fleet Manager for 170 military vehicles in London, managing team of 70 WTE. High profile role, responsible for coordination of transportation for 2 Royal State Visits, HRH The Queen Mother’s State funeral and the Queens Golden Jubilee• Languages and deployment: Successfully completed intensive 4-month Serbo-Croat language course and deployed to Bosnia for 6 months. Responsible for provision of humanitarian aid to local community and infrastructure development projects, liaising with international non-governmental organisations (NGOs)• Training: Led training team (25WTE) in high profile Deepcut Barracks, delivering daily training to 100+ soldiers. Key member of senior management team in Defence Logistics Headquarters, overseeing programme of multi-disciplined logistics training to Army, Navy and Air Force personnel throughout the UK.

Sarah Learney Skills

Military Operational Planning Project Management Command Military Operations Army Military Experience Leadership Nhs Commissioning Ophthalmology Innovation Management Quality Improvement Military Logistics Healthcare Advance Care Planning Nursing Homes Process Redesign Transformation Programs Integrated Care Pmo Change Management

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Sarah Learney attended University Of East Anglia, The Open University, Swansea University, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.

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