Programme Manager in NHS Grampian’s Planning, Innovation & Programmes Directorate supporting Transformation & Improvement across the Health & Care System.Particular focus on the delivery of NHS Grampian’s National Treatment Centre and Remote Healthcare Pathways.

Overseeing the implementation of Digital Projects and Programmes on behalf of the 6 NHS Boards in the North of Scotland (Grampian, Tayside, Highland, Orkney, Shetland and Western Isles).Facilitating collaboration between health boards in the north region and nationally, to achieve best value for patients.Acting as conduit to the north region on national programmes of work, led by Scottish Government, National Services Scotland (NSS) or NHS Education for Scotland (NES)

Programme Manager delivering the first regional patient information system for the North of Scotland region. A Care Portal on behalf of the 6 North of Scotland Health Boards, which can provide a single view of a patient/citizen record from numerous disparate health and social care systems.

• Responsible for a team of 20+ Project Managers and Business Analysts, delivering a wide portfolio of ICT projects – customer facing online Service delivery, software and hardware procurements, information management/BI, Agile mobile app development are some examples• Responsible for the delivery of a rolling portfolio of circa 30 projects and programmes, as well as Business Case investigations of between 10-15 at any one time• Portfolio and Programme Management, Governance Lead, Benefits Management lead, Resource estimation, Coach, Mentor and Line Manager to 18 direct reports• As part of an innovative ICT function, act as the interface between customer requirements/business challenges and technology opportunities to provide efficiencies, better customer service and improved service delivery

• Brought in on a contract basis to procure and implement a Master Data Management solution• Created Business Case justification for a Master Data Management Programme• Project Initiation of MDM Programme• Promoted to Team Leader within 3 months

• Responsible for delivering integration of a Finance IT system with a case management system as part of a £4 million capital programme• On target to deliver in excess of £1 million p.a. cashable savings as per business case through competitive procurement process, IT related business efficiencies and improved service delivery models• Identified a further £1 million of non-cashable savings (equivalent in time savings)• Programme lead on benefits realisation and benefits management; Lean tools; Critical Path Analysis with other key Corporate Programme (Agile/Flexible Working)• Delivered culture change initiatives required to improve service delivery while empowering individuals and teams to deliver continuous improvement using a whole systems approach (LEAN)• Lead Evaluator in competitive dialogue procurement process for the Finance stream of the programme representing 150+ finance and back office staff• Line management and matrix management of 12 staff• Coach and Mentor for Lean Systems Thinking across Change function and Business Units

Project Managing the Development of our Contracts, Billing and Payments system - ContrOCC - in tandem with improving associated business processes using Lean Systems Thinking.• Third Party Supplier Management• Design and delivery of system developments in tandem with supplier• Staff Management, coaching and mentoring• Stakeholder Management• Benefits Realisation & Risk Management• Conduit between IT and Business Units

• Project Management of smaller self-contained projects or part of a team on larger projects• Responsible for managing upgrades of principal database• Work with different parts of the business re-engineering and modelling their business process while retaining a view of the impact on other areas of the business.• Liaising with different areas of the business in order to define system requirements to pass onto Developers.• Working party and workshop facilitation• Testing Scripts, Use Cases, User Acceptance Testing

Project Manager in a Transformation Programme for Adult Social Care

* Budget Monitoring* Financial Profiling* Variance Analysis* Financial Data Analysis* Financial Systems Analysis* Financial and Management Reporting

Ran interfaces into the main Oracle General Ledger from satellite systems.Designed Financial Reports using third party reporting software.Maintained Accounting Structure with the General Ledger.

* Monthly and Annual Reporting Cycles* Variance Analysis* Reporting* Budget Management