Stephen Barry

Experience

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  Southern Health and Social Care Board

  Jun 2005 - Dec 2009

  Senior Information Officer

  Contributed to providing data for internal and national monitoring.Helped support the production and verification of detailed reports in a specified clinical or non-clinical discipline, under minimal supervision.Ensured the highest possible quality of completeness and accuracy was achieved at all times in delivering personal work, while continuing to meet demanding deadlines.Ensured all information produced adhered to all relevant local and national standards, particularly with regard to collection of data, coding definitions, quality assurance, presentation, etc.Ensured that departmental quality assurance processes were applied to all tasks. Helped produce information for performance monitoring and commissioning purposes, to CCG’s / DHSSPSNI and other NHS organisations via SUS and other routes. Routine information flows with NHS partner organisations.Maintained a detailed knowledge of processes outside normal area of specialisation, supporting colleagues when covering absence and providing genuine quality assurance.Provided detailed support to senior managers on the interpretation of the trusts activity needed to achieve key targets and monitor performance. Show less

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  Freelance

  Jul 2008 - now

  Freelance Web Developer

  15+ years experience of working on the web. I use React, Python, Javascript, PHP, CSS, HTML to help get startups and local businesses online.Recent projects have included helping a bakery increase online sales to working with a local flooring contractor develop brand and increase sale leads to become the most searched for company within that sector.I host sites based in France, Ireland and UK and have a good knowledge of GDPR and associated data protection practices.Above all I want to help make the web more accessible, fast and simple for users.My portfolio - www.stevanbarry.com Show less

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  Cross Border Working Together / Southern Health and Social Care Trust / HSE Ireland

  Jan 2010 - Dec 2012

  Researcher / Informatics Lead

  Working on a cross border project to develop outcomes based multi-disciplinary groups looking at Children and family services. My main achievements included the re-development of the project website to provide information on the planning process and news on what the project was delivering on the ground. The sourcing and developing of an on-line interactive data visualisation tool to allow the mapping of indicators - key to the outcomes based planning model. I also delivered training sessions for users and provided presentations on the local information about children and young people. I developed a search directory for cross border services for children and families and published monitoring reports within the cross border region of statistics on children and young people. Show less

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  Health and Social Care Northern Ireland

  Jan 2013 - Jun 2022

  Led work on migration of vast data resources adhering to latest governance policies for the HSC Boards close down and new role as Strategic and Planning Group within the Department of Health NI. Project managed new asset register and led on business change of management of data within public sector organisation of 500+ employees.Led on integration of data into Office 365 alongside developing MS Teams infrastructure to increase adoption among the organisation in support of new ways of working and business change activites. Show less As a member of the Directorate of Integrated Care (DoIC) ICP local business support team, I provided project and analytical support to a range of projects across the whole or the health and social care landscape. Key relations include Assistant Director GMS, ICP Project Director, Clinical Informatics Specialist, ICP Business Manager, Clinical advisers, BSO GPC/LMC etc. I also work closely with a range of stakeholders on a number of new Integrated Care information management related innovations and developments, working closely with the Clinical Informatics Specialist in the promotion and development of a clinically appropriate informatics culture. I am also supporting the training and support to local GMS practices in improving information management skills and the quality of clinical data. To maintain information systems including the design, implementation, provision and analysis of information. Show less My role involved supporting the Children’s Services Planning team in the provision of a comprehensive information management service. `Led on data strategy and implementation of cloud based data platform for newly created Children and Young People’s Strategic Partnership (CYPSP) across Northern Ireland. Maintaining, updating, quality assurance and content management of the CYPSP website and developing an interactive mapping tool using instant atlas software. I also provided a rolling programme of training/presentations to users of the site. I helped lead on securing/maintaining the flow of relevant management information to support the monitoring of Outcomes and Indicators for the CYPSP. I also helped on the production of a range of reports and analyses for developing policy on children and young people service provision across the whole Island of Ireland. Show less

  • Service Delivery Project Manager / Information Governance - Data Migration

    Jul 2021 - Jun 2022

  • Programme Support Manager / Service Designer

    Jul 2013 - Aug 2021

  • Information Analyst / Developer

    Jan 2013 - Jun 2013
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  Department of Health NI

  Jul 2022 - Oct 2023

  Waiting List Management Unit.My remit is to help Trusts deliver improved performance on waiting lists across inpatient and outpatient services.I lead on data validation and presentation of DNAs to highlight where the service needs to focus its attention to. Spoke with Trusts on how they managed waiting lists. Led on PMO documentation and keeping sprints on track with over 8 service delivery managers working on the development of an Integrated Care System Model for N.Ireland.

  • Business Manager / Waiting List Management

    Apr 2023 - Oct 2023

  • Project Manager / Integrated Care Systems NI

    Jul 2022 - Apr 2023
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  NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership

  Oct 2023 - now

  Business Change Manager

  My role will be to lead on implementation of new processes and digital technologies. Working alongside colleagues in diverse business areas supporting NHS Wales such as legal and risk, finance, procurement and Welsh language services to manage the transition to internet era working.Within my first 6 months, I have been involved with transitioning our helpdesk support teams across payroll, pension, procurement and recruitment services (over 3-4k calls per week) to using telephony via MS Teams. Undertook multiple engagement sessions with senior leaders, to managing training sessions for support staff to using the new solution.I hosted user feedback sessions during early adoption testing. Show less