julie saunders

Director, OMNIsector Limited

Julie is a highly respected Business Change professional with over 30 years of experience leading complex, large-scale initiatives across the public and private sectors. A people-focused leader, she specialises in “People Change Management” and the patient journey—ensuring that systems, digital platforms, and communication channels work harmoniously for both staff and service users.

 

Current Focus: Healthcare & Digital Continuity

Julie works at the heart of the Crane Valley Primary Care Network (PCN) and local GP practices, ensuring their digital presence remains effective and patient-centred.

  • Digital Transformation: Supporting practices to align capacity with patient need, improving the experience for both patients and staff.
  • Social Media Management: Actively managing social media accounts for GP surgeries to improve patient engagement, share vital health information, and build community trust.
  • Ongoing Website Management: While Andy leads the initial design and build of our website projects, Julie provides the essential ongoing management, ensuring content remains accessible, accurate, and relevant.

 

Key Areas of Expertise

  1. The Patient & Customer Journey

Julie believes that every digital or operational change must be viewed through the eyes of the person using the service.

  • User Experience (UX): Mapping out the patient journey to ensure that booking an appointment, finding information, or giving feedback is as seamless as possible.
  • Digital Engagement: Bridging the gap between the surgery and the patient through consistent, clear, and professional digital communication.
  1. People-Led Change Management

Julie’s core philosophy is that change is only successful if the people involved are prepared for it.

  • Transition Planning: Expert in developing Stakeholder Management and Training plans that bridge the gap between “old ways” and “new systems.”
  • End-User Readiness: Managing the human side of technology deployments, ensuring staff feel confident and competent before a new system goes live.
  1. Operational Excellence & Lean Systems

With 20 years of experience in the private sector and multi-national organisations, Julie brings a rigorous, quality-oriented approach to every project.

  • Lean Methodology: Skilled at applying Continuous Improvement and Lean Systems to identify and remove duplication and waste.
  • Strategic IT Implementation: Analysing business needs to find the right IT solutions and leading the programmes that introduce them without disrupting “business as usual.”
  1. Public Sector Transformation

Julie has a proven track record of helping public sector organisations navigate structural and technological shifts.

  • Aspire Adoption: Successfully oversaw the design and implementation of one of the UK’s first Regional Adoption Agencies.
  • BCP Council Data Migration: Led the complex migration of property and facility data from legacy systems into a unified IT Asset Management cloud for the newly formed BCP Council.

See what our clients say about working with Julie and the OMNIsector team