Pry Gohil

Experience

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  Headway North Staffordshire

  Sept 2012 - Jul 2013

  Exercise and Rehabilitation Support Worker

  • I supported the service users, those with acquired brain injuries, with gym exercise plans and assist in physiotherapy programmes;• I helped to engage the users in social activities such as shopping, cooking and games activities;• I was involved running fundraising activities, such as an exercise challenge for Action for Brain Injury Week

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  Lifestyle Service

  Jun 2013 - Jul 2016

  Lifestyle Service Coach

  • Worked with patients to improve health behaviours (exercise, nutrition, smoking, alcohol and mental health) through action plans, providing further support to sustain these changes;• Managed a database of patient information and managed caseload of 150 patients;• Managed stakeholders, such as GP surgeries and hospitals, to maintain and increase referrals;• Led a Cardiac Rehabilitation project with the local hospital to engage patients in a more effective care pathway of exercise and nutrition;• Conduct community events to raise awareness of programme. Show less

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  London Borough of Sutton

  Jul 2016 - May 2018

  Project managed and supported major change projects to deliver significant savings, using project management tools such as, PID, project plans, risk register. These projects included:• Adult Social Services transformation programme to deliver £6m savings, I project managed the development of a front door strategy, including the use of behavioural insights;• Delivered £1.05m savings to re-commission housing support services, including leading a project to map customer pathways for mental health clients across the council, health services and voluntary services in Sutton;• Managed, and completed, a project which implemented the key priorities of Sutton & Kingston’s Shared HR Service to ensure they operate towards the intended business model;• Line management responsibility of a Business Support Apprentice;• Led broader council initiatives such as internal reviews of the council’s clienting arrangements, information sharing agreements and implementing the recommendations of a review into commissioning practices. Also, I founded and led the council’s BAME staff network;• Developed staff training programmes, through masterclass sessions, to ensure my directorate had baseline skills in data visualisations and report writing. Show less Supporting major change projects to deliver significant savings, these projects included:• Delivered £1.05m savings to re-commission housing support services, including supporting the development of a new Commissioning Strategy;• Outsourcing of waste and parks services to deliver £10m savings, my work included managing the communications strategy and mapping of key IT business process to integrate into the providers IT system;• Led digital change initiatives, as one of 8 Digital Ambassadors, such as Google adoption and implementation of project management tools, i.e. Smartsheets, Trello and Slack;• Responsible for reporting progress, milestone and savings to Major Change Board. This included creating a milestone tracker tool to ensure the successful delivery of major projects; Show less

  • Project Manager - Smarter Council

    Oct 2017 - May 2018

  • Project Officer - Smarter Council

    Jul 2016 - Sept 2017
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  Optical People UK

  Feb 2018 - Oct 2019

  Business Development Advisor

  • Acting as Store Manager role during busy retail periods, managing staff, customer flows and developing staff training and policies.• Developing relationships with public sector services such as schools and hospitals, to improved education on Eye Health and building relationships with the local Ophthalmology department, to raise awareness of the specialist children's services that Optical People • Conducting of the first year of Optical People analysis of financial and the customer database to better understand the demographics of its customers and identify key trends. Show less

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  Staffordshire County Council

  Oct 2019 - Mar 2020

  GP Engagement Coordinator (Public Health)
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  East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust

  Apr 2020 - Nov 2020

  Emergency Medical Dispatcher Assistant
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  Nottinghamshire County Council

  Dec 2020 - Aug 2023

  Public Health Commissioning Manager

  I managed the COVID-19 response for groups with social vulnerabilities and/or complex needs (this includes individuals and/or settings for people experiencing or at risk of homelessness - including rough sleepers, prison populations, asylum seekers, GRT communities and domestic abuse refuges). My key duties have included the following: • Delivered a Covid-19 response in the line with the relevant Incident Management Plans (IMPs), regularly updating IMPs in line with changing Covid legislation;• I led the Incident Management Team (IMT) response for the homeless and asylum seeker IMPs, which involved coordinating immediate IMT responses upon notification of rough sleepers being identified as having a Covid risk. Key tasks included working with community nurses, hospital team, police, substance misuse and alcohol services and other to deliver testing, transportion, accommodation and developing a support package to enable safe self-isolation (i.e. food, alcohol and substance use related support and any other identified needs) • I led the Covid vaccination planning and delivery for homeless and asylum seeker cohorts in Nottinghamshire, this included the mapping of all homeless services across the County. This included advocating for these cohorts regarding prioritising for initial Covid vaccinations and continued this representation for ongoing immunisation delivery discussions; • Developing the local Covid guidance for Winter Night Shelters; • Support on the management of a homeless health contract;• Provide Public Health input around control measures and vaccination delivery during the establishment of asylum seeker contingency hotels in the county• Develop a broader health protection plan to manage communcicable disease outbreaks amongst these vulnerable populations, taking on the learning, experience and relationships from managing Covid-19;• Line management responsibility of two Public Health Support Officers. Show less