Mary McDermott MSc.

Experience

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  REED

  Sept 1986 - Oct 1989

  Office Admin, Accounts Temp

  McVities, Journey Latin America, National Autistic Society, Sony and Wincanton contracts.

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  Milford Donegal Bakery & Flour Mills

  Nov 1989 - Jan 1993

  Credit Controller, Office Manager and PA to MD

  Returned from UK having secured Credit Controller role which evolved to include Office Manager and PA to MD.

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  Backup Services

  Feb 1993 - Sept 1995

  Business Owner

  Secretarial Services, Book-keeping to Trial Balance and Computer Training.

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  Donegal VEC

  Oct 1995 - Sept 2000

  ICT Trainer

  Adult Education Coordinator and ICT Trainer. ECDL, City & Guilds.

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  Health Service Executive, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal

  Oct 2000 - Jan 2014

  Responsible for all IT in the Pathology Department which processed up to 4 million individual tests per annum for acute, primary and secondary care requests. Brought site up on Healthlink for lab results to GPs. Responsible for large network of ICT users within healthcare at acute, primary and secondary levels. Looking after all the hardware and software needs of users in this area and also providing oncall services. Seconded to various projects and system implementations over the years. As per position above at Letterkenny.

  • Laboratory Information System (LIS) Manager

    Jun 2012 - Jan 2014

  • Network System Administrator

    Oct 2002 - Jun 2012

  • Network System Administrator

    Oct 2000 - Oct 2002
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  HCA

  Feb 2014 - Mar 2015

  Clinical IT Systems Manager (Medical Oncology)

  Clinical IT Systems Manager for LOC, which is part of Hospital Corporation of America (HCA), the largest private hospital group in the world. Responsible for Oncology Information Management System MOSAIQ and related system interfaces including Laboratory, Pharmacy and Meditech at HCA. Managing a team of 3 who had roles in helpdesk, training and project work.

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  Alliance Medical Ltd

  Jul 2015 - Mar 2016

  Radiology Information System (RIS) Manager at Sloane Private Hospital

  Very busy private hospital with medical diagnostic imaging modalities fluoroscopy, mammogram, ultrasound, xray, MRI, CT and Theatre C-arm. Left to return to Ireland at end of career break.

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  Health Service Executive

  Apr 2016 - now

  Having a special interest in PAS and the ever increasing role it plays in the provision and receipt of patient data, I now work with the National Integrated Patient Management (iPM) System Programme as part of the Technical Team, focusing on Integration. Assigned to the National Integrated Medical Imaging System (NIMIS) by the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OoCIO). My duties included RIS Migrations, Signed Reports and Scanned Document Migrations, PAS MRN Conversions, API implementations and all interfacing/integration related tasks. Project Manager and Lead on many workstreams including responsibility for SAOLTA sites in the Cyber Attack response. Working with the National Integrated Medical Imaging System (NIMIS) National Team to improve patient care in Ireland through provision of a national medical diagnostic imaging solution. ICT, Interfacing, Data Migration and Integration are areas of particular interest in my current role. I recently led completion of the Temple Street RIS Migration to Children's Health Ireland, the new National Children's Hospital. I project managed the successful implementation of the National Integrated Medical Imaging System (NIMIS) at Letterkenny University Hospital and it's rollout to the local community hospitals (Killybegs, Dungloe, Donegal Town and Carndonagh). Enjoyed the SAP HR/Payroll experience, acquiring new skills and gaining invaluable insights into working in a strict deadline driven financial environment.

  • iPM National Technical Team | Integration | eHealth & Disruptive Technologies

    Mar 2023 - now

  • NIMIS Systems Integration Lead | eHealth & Disruptive Technologies (formerly OoCIO)

    Mar 2021 - Mar 2023

  • NIMIS National Team Project Manager

    Dec 2017 - Mar 2021

  • NIMIS Project Manager (LUH)

    Jun 2017 - Dec 2017

  • Finance Staff Officer

    Apr 2016 - Jun 2017