Chief Technology Officer
With 24 years' experience leading enterprise scale, high availability IT provision across the NHS.
Passionate about delivering operational and measurable improvements with IT Managed Service, Suppliers, Digital Teams, Technology and Infrastructure that enable exceptional patient care.
James Gingell
About Me
Hello, I’m James Gingell.
I've spent more than half my life working in digital, and I wouldn't have it any other way. As the saying goes, "If you do a job you love, you'll never work a day in your life." I've been fortunate enough to live that truth.
Over the past 24 years in NHS IT, I've experienced organisational change, restructures, TUPE transfers, and redundancy. Every one of the 12 roles I've held has taught me something valuable. Along the way, I've learned from exceptional leaders and had the privilege of leading talented, committed teams.
For me, IT has never been just about technology. It's about how infrastructure, systems, and managed services enable meaningful change, improve efficiency, and deliver value where purpose matters most.
Ensuring the availability of critical IT systems that support patient care has been both a responsibility and a privilege that I remain passionate about.
If you'd like to connect, feel free to reach out via LinkedIn or Contact me
Experience
Professional Journey
2026 | Director
James Gingell Consultancy Ltd
Providing interim Chief Technology Officer support to NHS organisations with IT managed service, contract management, procurement, transition, technology, infrastructure, licensing & cyber security.
2022 | Chief Technology Officer
Acute NHS Foundation Trust
Enterprise scale IT provision with Epic EPR, managing IT Service Delivery, Technical Services, Enterprise Architecture, Application Management, Projects, Commercial, Cyber & Information Governance.
2021 | Associate Director of IT
Acute NHS Foundation Trust
IT Service, Commercial & Information Governance functions overseeing technical and contractual transition of IT managed service.
2017 | Assistant Director of Digital
Community NHS Trust
Overseeing IT, Clinical Systems, Informatics, Workforce Informatio & Software Development.
IT managed service procurement and transition from six, into one.
Technology & Infrastructure projects.
Digital response to Covid.
Member of the Trust Management Team & Director on Call rota.
2015 | Head of IT & Clinical Systems
Community NHS Trust
Management of IT & Clinical Systems Teams. Development of IT Strategy & Digital Transformation Strategy. Management of outsourced IT service contracts. Response to Wannacry.
2014 | IT Project Manager
Community NHS Trust
Transition & implementation Project Management delivering Technology, Infrastructure deployments, VoIP telephony solutions, EPR transitions & upgrades.
2008 | IT Programme Manager
NHS Shared Services
Managemnet of IT Project Managers & IT Project Engineers, undertaking Infrastructure & End User Compute deployments at scale.
2006 | IT Project & Information Security Manager
NHS Shared Services
Investigated IT security incidents. Wrote Internet & Email Acceptable Use Policies. Deployment email filtering and internet monitoring capabilities. Deployed laptop encryption.
2003 | Senior IT Engineer
NHS Shared Services
3rd line technical support to servers, networks, backups and storage. Supported large IT projects. Provisioned data centre applications via Citrix. Supervised IT staff.
2001 | IT Engineer
NHS Shared Services
2nd Line Desktop Support & Server Administration
2000 | Assistant IT Engineer
NHS Shared Services
1st & 2nd Line Technical Support to users
1999 | IT Support Assistant
Community NHS Trust
Helpdesk & in person 1st line technical support. Desktop deployments.
Providing interim Chief Technology Officer Senior Leadership support to NHS organisations. Please get in contact to discuss how we can help in these areas.
IT Managed Service
IT Transition
IT Contract Management
Technology & Infrastructure
IT Procurement
Cyber Security
Contact
Please get in touch for any enquiries. We look forward to hearing from you.