Experience

2007 – Present          [snip]

Leader (Principal Consultant)

§         NHS Account – Project Manager for the Primary Care Design, Build and Test Team. Responsible for the end to end Project Management of the next delivery of Primary Care Software to be deployed across three NHS Clusters. Based in Leeds managing a Team of 15 in addition to third party test house.

2004- 2006                [snip]

Consultant

§         [snip] – Worked with the North East and Eastern Cluster Local Service Provider on the Connecting for Health Programme. Worked as a functional lead both within the central Accenture Team and with local sites in Southern Derbyshire.

§         [snip] – worked with the London Cluster LSP to develop a Six Sigma programme of work to improve the management of the Connecting For Health Solution

§         [snip] (Integration Authority) – worked as an UML modeller, modelling equipment under procurement for the Ministry of Defence, using the Ministry of Defence Architecture Framework (MODAF) representations.

2002–2004                              [snip]                                                                     

Client Services Consultant (Project Manager)

§     [snip] – Project Managed a Technology Refresh porting data to a new hardware platform and upgrading the operating System.

§     [snip] – Project Managed the data conversion from a third Party PAS to the Torex PAS to leave a single PAS across the UK largest Acute Hospital.

§     [snip] – Project Managed the Upgrade and Roll out across the Trust of the Torex Radiology System

§     [snip] – Implementation of a Hospital Prescribing System.

§     General Incident Management and Resolution.

2000–2002                              [snip]                   

EPR Project Manager

§     Electronic Patient Record Project – Drew up the Outline Based Specification, Evaluated Suppliers, Facilitated Site Visits and Demonstrations, Led the Functional Negotiations and drew up the Functional Aspect of EPR Contract for a 1300 bed acute NHS Trust.

§     Project Managed and Implemented Departmental Systems including Radiology, Othotics and Ophthalmology.

1996–2000                              [snip]

Clinical Auditor

§     Conducted numerous Clinical Audits across one of the largest Acute Trusts in the United Kingdom including a district audit spanning four acute Trusts. Activities included data collection and analysis, report writing and the presentation of results and recommendations.

1995–1996                              [snip]

Education

1992 - 1995                             Liverpool Institute of Higher Education

§     Graduate with a Second Class Honours Degree in English and Psychology

1985  – 1992                           Elizabethan High School, Retford Notts.

§         A-Levels in English Literature, Chemistry, Economics and General Studies

§         G.C.S.E (C and Above) English Literature, English Language, Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Russian, French and History.

Other Qualifications

PRINCE 2, Six Sigma Practitioner

Additional Information

James is currently Project Managing the delivery of the next release of Primary Care Software for three Clusters in the Connecting for Health Programme. The work involves end to end project management from initial scoping of requirements to “First In Type” Deployment.

James spent 6 months working with the Integration Authority as an UML Modeller. Providing MODAF views in order for Military Procurements to pass through the required “gates” and to provide tools for evaluation of ongoing procurement viability.

In 2006 James worked with the London Cluster Local Service Provider (BT Capital Care Alliance) to develop a Six Sigma Programme of work, to improve the management of the service delivery of the National Care Records Solution in the Capital, working with the three players, GE Health, BT and Connecting for Health

In 2004 – 2005 James worked on the National Programme for IT, James worked with the Eastern Cluster Local Service Provider as a Functional Lead. This broad role has encompassed a variety of activities from general project planning, GAP analysis, business process redesign, technical configuration, issue management, assigning work packages and ensuring these were executed, education and awareness and training and development.

More specifically as a member of a diverse project team, James maintained robust communication through informal/ formal meetings and the use of status and highlight reports, both with the local community and with the central LSP. James has responsibility for the tailoring of a national product to the needs of a local Health Community (where possible) this meant engaging staff at all levels, managing conflicting needs and priorities, and managing the development of solutions to issues, whether these be technical or process driven.

James previously worked as a Project Manager for Torex (now part of iSOFT) and for the NHS for 6 years in a wide variety of roles, from Project Management, Business Change and Benefits Realisation to working on the procurement of a Trust Electronic Patient Record, Information Management and Clinical Audit. His ability to meet agreed timescales (often with financial milestones), carry out negotiations with all levels of staff, together with his drive and enthusiasm, has been key to his success.