Julie Warren

Experience

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  Myles Communication (PR Agency)

  Jan 1999 - Jul 2002

  Account Manager

  Primary client was a mental health trust. Raising the profile of and demonstrating the benefits of good communications, leading communications activity for the Trust during a period of change and developing a suite of almost 100 patient information leaflets.

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  Rushcliffe PCT

  Jul 2002 - Sept 2006

  Strategic communications, influencing issues, advising the Board and Executive Team. As well as managing the internal change programme and leading communications within innovations projects. Managing teams. Copywriting, events, PR and media, internal communications, design and print, web editing.

  • Head of Communications and PR

    Jan 2004 - Sept 2006

  • Communications and PR Officer

    Jul 2002 - Jan 2004
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  Commercial Business Unit, Rushcliffe PCT

  Sept 2005 - Oct 2006

  Account Manager

  Managing contracts, establishing an information system to track patients and invoices, monitoring activity levels, performance and finances as well as responding to queries.

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  Nottinghamshire County PCT

  Oct 2006 - Oct 2007

  Managing a team that provided the full range of communications and PR services including media, website, branding, publications, internal communications, events and stakeholder engagement as well as campaigns. Advising and supporting the executive team and the Board. Interim role during a reorganisation that saw five PCTs merged into one. Bringing together and managing teams that covered communications and PR, Board support and facilities management.

  • Acting Head of Communications

    Apr 2007 - Oct 2007

  • Head of Corporate Services

    Oct 2006 - Apr 2007
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  North, Midlands and East Communications

  Oct 2007 - Mar 2015

  As part of West and South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Commissioning Support Unit (CSU), I recruited to and managed a team of eight to support NHS England’s national internal communications function, bringing together more than 7000 staff across more than 40 sites. - Accountable for delivery of internal communications support to national team - Building client relationships across regional and local area teams - Member of CSU Senior Management Team, providing leadership across the organisation - Reviewing performance to ensure delivery against SLA and KPIs Show less

  • Account Director – Internal & Corporate Communications

    Apr 2013 - Mar 2015

  • Corporate Communications Manager

    Oct 2007 - Mar 2013
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  NHS England

  Apr 2015 - Nov 2015

  Internal Communications Manager

  I produced and further developed the internal communications scorecard which highlights key performance data to stakeholders, planned a campaign to encourage staff to complete their intranet profiles, co-edited the national communications cascade from the executive meeting and Board and produced intranet and newsletter articles as well as content forward plans.

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  Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit

  Nov 2015 - Mar 2021

  Senior Communications and Engagement Manager

  I worked for the following clients as Senior Communications and Engagement Manager: - West Leicestershire Clinical Commissioning Group (2.5 years) - account manager for the team providing the CCGs communications and engagement function. Then in-house at Leicester City CCG (8 months). - Virgin Care (1 year) in East Staffordshire - leading communications and engagement activities in the inaugural year of VC’s prime provider contract. - NHS England's Digital Primary Care Team (1 year) - engaging with 37 schemes nationwide; developing communications materials such as toolkits, webinars and marketplace events for the technology workstream of the Prime Minister's GP Access Fund. Show less

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  Health Innovation East Midlands

  Mar 2021 - now

  • Senior Communications Manager

    Jan 2023 - now

  • Communications Manager

    Mar 2021 - now