Alan Sharp

Experience

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  South Gloucestershire Council

  Jan 1997 - Jan 2002

  Led Best Value Reviews of functions including Building Control and Transport, and provided specialist expertise on procurement projects including OJEU-compliant tendering exercises Establishment of Council's approach to conducting Best Value reviews of its functions, performance management framework and establishment and benchmarking of key performance metrics Responsible for setting up and monitoring contracts with suppliers of homecare, and redidential/nursing care for children and adults, including developing a standardised South West contract and specification for childrens residential placements

  • Best Value Advisor (Competition & Contracts)

    Jan 2000 - Jan 2002

  • Best Value Performance Officer

    Jan 1999 - Jan 2000

  • Assistant Contracts Officer

    Jan 1997 - Jan 1999
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  South Gloucestershire Council

  Aug 2002 - Sept 2019

  In addition to the substantive duties of the role, currently responsible for the following:1. Assessing and responding (implementation planning) to the requirements of the Care Bill, providing leadership and direction to the overall implementation plan and the various work strands required2. Leading on the IMT implications of the new 0-25 service being developed in response to the Children & Families Bill3. Maintaining an over-viewing and project co-ordination function on behalf of the Senior Leadership Team, in addition to continuing to manage the implementation of the Systems and Information Management reviews.Substantive responsibilities:Responsible for the leadership, direction and management of the Information Management, Performance Management and Planning & Communications teams. Lead the development and operation of Performance and Information Systems to support the Department in delivering better outcomes for children and adults across South Gloucestershire and to support the delivery of efficiency savings.Responsible for cross-departmental service planning and monitoring, including the overall Departmental Service Plan and Business Continuity, Emergency Planning and Equalities Plans and co-ordination of the Department’s communications activities. Am the Council’s Caldicott Guardian (responsible for protecting the confidentiality of patient/service-user information and enabling appropriate information-sharing), and responsible for advising the SIRO, members and senior Council managers on information governance matters. Show less Direct control and accountability for 3 key projects associated with the integration of business critical functions within the new Children, Adults and Health Department:• Integration of Information Management functions across the new Department• Rationalisation and Integration of existing software systems, and determining a longer term systems strategy.• Development of an integrated all age customer contact structure and systems for the new department, including opportunities to integrate with NHS functionsCoordination of all integration projects within the programme, including risks/issues and the prioritisation and allocation of resources, and ensuring that all projects maintain a focus on benefits realisation, in particular the contribution that must be made to cash releasing efficiency targets Show less • Management of Performance and Information Systems Functions for Adult Social Care 2003 to 2013 and in Childrens Social Care 2003 to 2006• Key role in corporate strategic change programmes, including implementation of electronic and mobile working and channel shift• Merger of the separate Customer Service desks for Occupational Therapy, Care Management, Learning Difficulties and Mental Health contacts into a single generic team, including changes to processes, IT and practices• Management of the merged Customer service desk 2007-2012, which provided the first point of access to adult social care• Project lead for the Assessment theme of the Social Care Transformation programme – had 3 strands: Single Point of Access, Self-Assessment, and Outcomes based assessments. This included establishing the Single Point of Access with NHS South Gloucestershire, working with Commissioners, Providers and GP Practices.• Led the corporate Information Management Review 2010/11 including the establishment and delivery of the Target Operating Model, including staff consultation, councillor approval, restructure/merger of teams, establishment of new roles, reduction in FTE and release of savings.• Establishment of high-performing teams covering Information and Performance Management, Complaints & FOI and Information Governance, which have provided best practice applied elsewhere in the Council. Show less

  • Service Manager - Systems & Performance

    Apr 2014 - Sept 2019

  • Head of Service - Change & Project Leadership

    Apr 2013 - Sept 2019

  • Service Manager

    Aug 2002 - Mar 2013
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  NHS South, Central and West

  Sept 2019 - now

  Leading transformation programmes to agreed deliverables, time, quality and cost principally working on major national programmes across NHSEI, NHSx and NHSDConsultancy Lead for the Gloucestershire areaProgramme Director of NHSEI Digital Primary Care Programme 22/23, a £1m+ contract across 6 workstreams providing 7FTE of Project and Programme Managers, Business Analysis and Technical Analysis support. The programme delivers enhancements and contractual requirements relating to the Primary Care Incentivisation schemes. Included negotiating and finalising proposals for this 22/23 work, which built upon initial successful discovery work carried out in Q4 of 21/22.Programme Manager of national General Practice Appointment Data (GPAD) Programme, working across NHSEI, NHSD and NHSx to improve the range and quality of General Practice Data and supporting manifesto commitments such as the increase in appointments, and the responses to Covid such as the growth in online appointments, covid vaccinations, and linkages with supplier capacity and capabilities. Initially for 3 months to bring 2020/21 Programme on track, then extended to cover 2021/22 for handover to permanent NHSx team in Jan 2022.Programme Manager of the national GPPCF Programme across the Collaborative of all 5 CSUs across England and with NHSx, NHSEI, NHSD and a major international supplier in the USA. Developed and improve the service offered while also transferring those services into a new CSU Collaborative, including digital and business change, staff transfer and commercial development. Brought in on time and on budget at end Oct 2020 despite covid impactsCareer Manage 4 people, and mentor two NHS Graduates in other trusts Show less

  • Programme Delivery Director

    Aug 2022 - now

  • Digital Transformation Consultant

    Sept 2019 - Aug 2022