Experience

Irish Council for Psychotherapy

• Ireland
• Mental Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Lead Project Manager

  • May 2019 - Present

  Instrumental role reporting on operational matters to the Chair and ICP Board who in turn, are responsible for the strategic direction of ICP. Drives / influences communications with designated board members on specific topics relating to legal, financial issues and training guidelines. Proactively finds / retains ICP Board Directors and nurtures / develops relationships with existing directors through persuasion / negotiation. Actively utilises / encourages organisational memory systems to enhance efficiencies Generates ideas and recognises opportunities within mental health field and subsequently evaluated / packaged these as products, processes, services or concepts. Instigates / partakes in advocacy / corporate meetings with health insurance providers; government bodies; third sector organizations on behalf of ICP Empowers Senior Administrator with regard to execution of user-centric web development / smarter social media management Provides leadership in governance best practice / strategic planning Employs key controls / strategies to mitigate against potential organisational risk Show less



Laker Pharmaceuticals Ltd

• Healthcare Product & Patient Advisor

  • Feb 2016 - Apr 2019

  Health care product advisor and patient support. Part time position undertaken during studies towards PhD qualification. Health care product advisor and patient support. Part time position undertaken during studies towards PhD qualification.



Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (Bahrain)

• University Lecturer

  • 2012 - 2016

  Lecturing/Tutoring: Developed the MSc Nursing online module Lecturer, School of Medicine: Research Methods, Medical Ethics and Communication Skills Lecturer, School of Nursing and Midwifery at under-graduate and post-graduate level Project Management: Academic Projects Lead: Designed and delivered pilot project, Inter - professional Education (IPE) based on Irish Medical Council (IMC) recommendations Member of Accreditation team for BSc Nursing (Bridging) Programme, Saudi Aramco, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Research: Managed the Research Office for Academic Staff and Students as part of the RCSI Bahrain College development strategy- (temporary position) Coordinated College research events for students and academic staff Managed the award grant funding applications for students and academic staff Initiated the development of RCSI Bahrain research database in line with RCSI Dublin Show less



Health Service Executive (RCSI & HSE Dublin North East GP Training Scheme)

• Programme Director /Project Manager

  • 2008 - 2012

  Co-ordination, planning and management of curriculum and timetable on HSE GP Training programme Course design and delivery to GP trainees Secured and managed new clinical placements Liaised with GP Trainers and Hospital Consultants to assess performance of GP trainees Support Tutor for Year 2 GP Trainees Developed Curriculum changes and policies with National Association of Programme Directors (NAPD) and Irish College of General Practitioners (ICGP) Co-ordinated annual Training workshops for GP trainees Show less



Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

• Ireland
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Lecturer (Department of General Practice)

  • 2005 - 2012

  Created the RCSI Framework Document for Medical Graduate Profile (MGP) Personal and Professional Development (PPD) Created RCSI Policy Documents pertaining to professionalism;Mapped teaching of professionalism across the RCSI curriculum to support production of policy documentsContributed to Curriculum development Lecturer in Primary Healthcare to undergraduate medical students in Senior CycleModule co-ordinator and course delivery in Junior CycleDesigned and implemented GP Portfolio Assessment tool for Senior Cycle studentsDeveloped Inter-departmental Formative and Summative AssessmentsLiaised with Extern examiner in under-graduate medical assessment examinationsCollege Support Tutor to allocated number of students in junior yearsOrganised annual meetings and workshops for General Practitioners(GP) and GP tutorsContributed to RCSI Degree Awarding Status (DAS) committee on quality improvements implemented by Department of General Practice Show less

• Research Fellow, Irish National Audit of Stroke Care (INASC)

  • 2009 - 2009

  Managed Irish National Audit Stroke Care (INASC) Community Audit: Nursing Home Survey Designed Audit survey questionnaires Data collection and analysis within project deadlines Lead author on final report: Irish National Audit of Stroke Care (INASC) Community Audit: National Survey of Nursing Homes; Conference Presentations



MSc Primary Health Care

• Programme Director

  • 2005 - 2008

  Designed, co-ordinated and managed Course Curriculum for MSc Students Delivered course content and assessment Liaised with Module Co-ordinators relating to course content and assessments Provided academic support to MSc students Liaised with External Examiner based in UK Designed, co-ordinated and managed Course Curriculum for MSc Students Delivered course content and assessment Liaised with Module Co-ordinators relating to course content and assessments Provided academic support to MSc students Liaised with External Examiner based in UK



EHMA - European Health Management Association

• Belgium
• Public Policy Offices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project & Development Manager

  • 2003 - 2004

  Managed the co-ordination and completion of the CARMEN project (Care and Management of Services for Older People in Europe) supported by the European Commission ‘Quality of Life and Management of Human Resources’ Programme 2001-2004 as part of the DG Research Fifth Framework Programme; (Budget Euro 3M) Co-ordinated the production of five publications – deliverables for the 5th Framework Programme Involved in application processing for EC funding applications; Health Access and HealthBasket Collaborator with EuroHealthNet to report on National Action Plans for Poverty and Social Exclusion Show less



Health Research Board (HRB)

• Ireland
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Management Co-ordinator

  • 2001 - 2003

  Research Manager on Irish Genetic Study of Spina Bifida and other Neural Tube defects-collaboration between HRB Dublin, Trinity College Dublin and National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, USA Research Manager on Irish Genetic Study of Spina Bifida and other Neural Tube defects-collaboration between HRB Dublin, Trinity College Dublin and National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, USA