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We are currently recruiting for a number of roles to join our Patient Safety Collaborative to support its new commission. In this blog, Kay Khan shares her experiences working as a Senior Improvement Lead for the Patient Safety Collaborative and gives insight into starting a new role at EMAHSN during the COVID-19 pandemic.
To find out more about the opportunities and to apply for the new roles visit our webpage.
In my role as Assistant Chief Executive Officer at Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH), I primarily work to support the key priorities of the Trust alongside our Executive team. My background as Director of Improvement and Integration supports this and provides a broader context to change and transformation at an organisational level.
I have the privilege of sitting on the East Midlands AHSN board on behalf of my CEO, Tracy Taylor. This is important to us as it allows us to support the incredible work of the AHSN. It’s also a great opportunity to identify opportunities to innovate via the work of the AHSNs as well as provide the perspective of an acute trust, so the AHSN can learn from our views in order to form their direction, delivery and strategy.
Here our Managing Director, Nicole McGlennon, reflects on her first year at the East Midlands AHSN including her highlights, progress and future plans and priorities for the organisation.
Over a year ago now, when I applied for my role, I was motivated by the great potential to make a difference within our health and care system. No-one could have foreseen the events that were to come that shaped a lot of my first year with the Network.
Reflecting on the last 12 months, I can certainly say I feel proud to be in this role and channel our resources and support to help frontline services and colleagues adapt as best they can.
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In her new role as Medical Director at the East Midlands AHSN, Gail Allsopp acts as the strategic lead for our medicines optimisation, patient safety and health informatics and analytics workstreams. Gail will apply her clinical knowledge to drive improvement and the adoption of best practice across the region. In this blog, Gail talks about her background and applying this experience, a need to share best practice across the system and her passion to support the health and care workforce.
We are currently recruiting for a Communications Manager to join our small but mighty communications and engagement team. Here our current Communications Manager, Jayne, gives an insight into her day-to-day role and what she likes most about working at EMAHSN.
To find out more and apply, visit our webpage. Applications close 12 January 2021.
In October we worked alongside our partners at the West Midlands AHSN to deliver Midlands Digital Health and Care Week, a week of standalone virtual sessions featuring case studies from health and care partners showcasing digital best practice and talks from senior leaders on key digital health themes. Here Mike Watson, our Digital Lead, reflects on the week, the digital health themes that emerged and what’s next.
The East Midlands AHSN host the East Midlands Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) Senate. The Senate is made up of experienced and insightful patient and public contributors bringing invaluable patient and public perspectives. They provide independent advice and guidance both to the East Midlands AHSN and our region’s health and care system, ensuring the public are at the front and centre of what we do.
PPI Senate Co-Chairs play a vital role in steering the Senate by providing leadership, coordination and support to enable the PPI Senate to flourish.
In this blog our new Co-Chairs, Veronica Price-Job and Susan Edge, give us an insight into their backgrounds in health and care, what motivates them and their vision for the East Midlands PPI Senate.
Here Veronica shares her personal experiences of the pandemic. She talks about the frustration of changes to her care being made with no explanation or opportunity to discuss them and shares her opinion of the experience of Black communities during the pandemic.
We are currently seeking a Commercial Manager to join our team
In this blog, our current Commercial Manager, Nicholas Brown shares his experiences working in the role for the past 5 and half years and what he has enjoyed most.
To find out more about the role and how to apply, visit the join our team page on our website.
Applications to apply for this role close 19 October 2020.
I joined the East Midlands AHSN having worked for more than 20 years for commercial medical supplier companies.
In this blog, our Commercial Director Tim Robinson highlights the need and significance of digital transformation in the NHS post-COVID-19. He explores how the NHS has had to swiftly adapt to new approaches, the role of industry and commercial partners, and how the East Midlands has locally responded to embedding digital transformation.
Nationally the 'digital landscape' in the NHS has shifted significantly in response to the crisis created as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. We have seen deployments of new software, platforms, and digital solutions at an unprecedented speed and scale. This is certainly reflected in the experience in the East Midlands, in particular in the space of online and video consultation models. This has been evident across both primary care (GP practices) and secondary care organisations (including acute hospitals, community providers and mental health trusts) where there has been extensive deployments of a range of platforms.