This curriculum vitae is for Helen Harger, a highly qualified project manager with extensive experience successfully delivering concurrent projects under high pressure conditions in both corporate and clinical settings. She has strong skills in stakeholder management, contract management, problem solving, and drawing on a unique set of experiences from both clinical practice and IT project management. Her qualifications include a BSc in Community Health Care, Prince2 Practitioner certification, and awards for her contributions to the NHS. Her recent work experience includes senior project manager roles delivering national health IT programs and products.

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HELEN HARGER
07990 524856 | helenharger@yahoo.com
SUMMARY
A highlyqualified andresourceful projectmanagerwith:
 A provenabilityto successfully deliverconcurrentprojects.
 Extensive experience of workinginhigh-pressuredconditionsbothcorporate andclinical.
 An abilitytodevelopandimplement effective strategiesand plans.
 Effectivelymanage significantbudgets andresource profiles.
 Strongstakeholdermanagementcapabilities.
 Excellentline managementskills.
 Significantcontractmanagementexperience.
 Strongnegotiatingskills.
 An abilitytoeffectivelymotivateadiverse range of personalities.
 Excellentproblemsolving,analytical andissue managementskills.
 An ability toact as an effective bridge betweenbusinessandtechnical domains.
 Significantexperience inworkingwithavarietyof systemdevelopmentmethodologies
fromsequential throughiterativetoagile.
 An abilitytodrawupona unique setof experiencesandcompetenciesgainedfromboth
clinical practice andIT projectmanagement.
 A first-handunderstandingof the transformativepotential of technology
 A resolute commitmenttothe highestethical standardsandprofessionalconduct
QUALIFICATIONS /AWARDS
NHS Personof the Year Award
Outstanding contribution to the NHS on strategic projects
2011
SouthwarkAwardforAchievement
Improving health outcomes for child immunisation
2010
Prince2ProjectManagement
Practitioner
2009
GreenwichUniversity
Post Graduate Certificate in Child Protection - Achieved
2004
SouthbankUniversity
BSc (Hons) in Community Health Care (School Nursing) - 2:1
2002
ThamesValley University
199 Course (Accident and Emergency Nursing) - Achieved
2000
Middlesex University
Diploma of Higher Education (Nursing) - Achieved
1998
EnglishNursingBoard(Royal Free Hospital)
Registered Nurse (Adult) - Achieved
1998
Otago Polytechnic,NewZealand
New Zealand National Nanny Certificate
Achieved
1992

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RECENTWORK EXPERIENCE
SeniorProject Manager
Health and Social Care Information Centre, NHS England
01/2015 - Present
 Responsible formanagementof several keyworkstreamsinanumberof high-profile projects
runningconcurrently.
 Lead role indevelopmentandimplementation of national programme forITexitstrategy
worth£10M.
 Responsible forcompliance monitoringof 4clinical software suppliersagainstnational child
health,interoperabilityandintegrationrequirements.
 Keyrole inco-ordinatingthe managedmigration of 63NHS organisationtruststofour
differentclinical applications aspartof exitprogramme.
 Successfullyexited 4trustsoff the national programme andon track to deliverinlinewith
existprogramme.
Product Manager
Health and Social Care Information Centre, NHS England
08/2010 –12/2014
 Responsible formanagementof several keyworkstreamsinanumberof high-profile
projectsrunningconcurrently.
 Responsibilityfordefiningfunctional requirementsandmanagingdevelopmentof RiO
applicationaspart of the national programme forIT.
 Lead role in software clinical assurance andstatutoryreportingcompliance.
 Line managementof twobusinessanalysts.
 Responsibilityformanagementof £500,000 budget
 Lead forBT suppliermanagementandNHSstake holder engagementwith63organisations.
 Lead role inbenefitsrealisationworkstreams.
 Keyrole indevelopmentof CCN4national programme contractwithBT.
 Supporteddevelopmentof a numberof successful dataintegrationimplementations
between RIOandothercritical applicationsusedbyNHSorganisations.
 SuccessfullydeployedRiOversionR2toover63 NHSorganisations managingover12M
patientrecords.
 Successfullydeployedseveral RiOmaintenance andconfigurationreleasesintolive.
Clinical Leadfor Information
Guy's and St Thomas's Hospital (was Southwark PCT)
09/2006 - 08/2010
 Responsibilityfordeliveryof NHSLondonImmunisationPlan atSouthwarkPCT
 Line managementof analystsandcontractors.
 Clinical assurance andcompliance lead foranumberof software deployments.
 Data qualityleadforchildhealthdatasetswithresponsibilityforimprovingrecordingof life-
critical informationsuchasimmunisationsandhealthreviews.
 Internal andexternal stakeholdermanagementwithbusinessandclinical management,BT
and ServerlecHealthcare.
 SuccessfullydeployedFirstof Type release of clinical application usedby1000+ usersand
storing5M+ records forover300,000 clients
 Successfullymigratedorganisationto RiOclinical application frompaperrecordsand
disparate databases.
 Successfully improvedrecordingof childhealthinformationenablingTrusttoachieve
improvedhealthoutcomesforchildrenincludingthose mostvulnerable.