Job summary
Join Us in Improving Health Equity through People Involvement and Engagement
Are you passionate about making healthcare more inclusive, equitable, and responsive by ensuring we actively include our patients and communities? We are looking for a dynamic and experienced advocate of public and patient involvement and engagement (PPIE) to help drive the goals of the Population Health Hub at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. This pivotal role will champion innovative strategies and methods to ensure People and Patient Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) in all the Population Health Hub's work. We want to ensure that every voice counts in our mission to reduce health disparities and improve access and experience of care across services by taking a population health approach.
As part of one of the UK's busiest and most respected NHS foundation trusts, you'll be at the heart of transformational change, supporting project leadership to work towards the Trust strategic goal of improving the health of populations to deliver better, faster, fairer healthcare and helping us become a national and international exemplar in population health.
Main duties of the job
Working closely with the Trust wide public/patient involvement and engagement (PPIE) team to provide specialist expertise and advice for all Hub related clinical and non-clinical projects with respect to PPIE and Health Equity, while ensuring compliance with the Trust's statutory and regulatory requirements.
Support integrating PPIE and health equity to support the Trusts strategic approach to improving the health of our population by supporting to inform and guide improvement work.
Work closely with the Population Health Hub (PHH) leadership team and senior GSTT leadership to identify, prioritise and deliver programmes of that advance people participation
Act as a subject matter expert on the topic of PPIE to coordinate and deliver high quality, specialist technical and professional public health expertise to support the objectives of the Trust's new population health and health equity strategy.
Support on identifying, developing and maintaining stakeholder relationships that are relevant to the development of PPIE evaluation and delivery practices on behalf of the Population Health Hub.
Support health equity projects and programmes through their lifecycle promoting PPIE through all phases of the projects.
Support the Population Health Hub to ensure programmes consistently track the delivery of impact from a PPIE perspective.
About us
About the Trust
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best-known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas,' Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton, and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high-quality care, clinical excellence, research, and innovation.
We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer, and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.
We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and - as part of King's Health Partners - we are one of England's eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching, and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research's biomedical research centres, established with King's College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.
We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve.
We strive to recruit and retain the best staff, as the dedication and skills of our employees lie at the heart of our organisation and ensure that our services are of the highest quality, safe and focused on our patients.
Job description
Job responsibilities
See Full Job Description attached
Technical subject matter expertise
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To be responsible for providing specialised knowledge, support and advice upon the topic of PPIE, health equity, related policies and key projects and services, as required for the Hub.
2. Provide sound knowledge and experience of.
a. Patient and Public Engagement
b. Evaluation and Measurement
c. Project and programme management
d. Improvement science3. Contribute to capability development, training and growing a community of subject matter experts in relation to PPIE best practice methodologies.
3. Contribute to capability development, training and growing a community of subject matter experts in relation to PPIE best practice methodologies.
4. To project manage and facilitate patient and public engagement activities, including arranging events, designing surveys, developing copy, writing and producing presentation materials, facilitating focus groups and workshops for the population health hub
5. Identifying, developing and maintaining stakeholder relationships for key internal and external players in the development and delivery of the Improving the health of our populations PPIE framework.
6. Working with quantitative data, qualitative data, and ideally health economic data to evaluate the impact of projects and programmes on Health Equity and Population Health.
7.Maintain a sound understanding of the interplay between the delivery of our clinical services and the delivery of equitable care.
8. Identify and track health equity improvement and transformation activity across the organisation, supporting the management of interdependencies where required.
9. Track the evolving need (including around capability building) for PPIE improvement support across all population health hub activities.
10. Inform the identification, prioritisation and development of health equity improvement and transformation programmes ensuring PPIE is incorporated.
11. Coordinate capability building support in relation to PPIE.To support utilisation of learning resources and planning tools for staff to help them take PPIE into account during grant proposals.
12. To co-develop PPIE training and support for patients, carers and members of the public that supports their involvement in Population Heath Hub activities.
13. To evaluate, audit and report upon the delivery and effectiveness of patient and public engagement projects and plans
14. Support the population health hub to identify and track key measures of population health and inequity on a regular basis.
15.Support the development and utilisation of the PPIE strategy, aims and objectives for the population health hub, including research and development to identify, develop and promote best practice.
17. Support a range of health equity projects and programmes related to Trust services and utilise the transformation and / or improvement science methodology as the basis for the management of programmes through their entire lifecycle.
18. Support PPIE risk and issue identification and management into wider programme management practice within the Hub.
19. Support the design, planning and facilitation of workshops, meetings and events with stakeholders for the development of Population Health Hub practice, ensuring breadth in participation, achieving forum objectives and producing quality outputs.
20.Support the building of a community of practice for health equity and the implementation of PPIE processes, policy and tools.
21. Collaborate on the development and implementation of policies and procedures in relation to the delivery of programmes, which are consistent with Trust standards, particularly where those need to reference PPIE matters.
22. Use a range of IT applications to create high quality and engaging reports and maintain project information in line with best practice and established ways of working. Practice effective document management to ensure appropriate access to a range of audiences.
Job description
Job responsibilities
See Full Job Description attached
Technical subject matter expertise
-
To be responsible for providing specialised knowledge, support and advice upon the topic of PPIE, health equity, related policies and key projects and services, as required for the Hub.
2. Provide sound knowledge and experience of.
a. Patient and Public Engagement
b. Evaluation and Measurement
c. Project and programme management
d. Improvement science3. Contribute to capability development, training and growing a community of subject matter experts in relation to PPIE best practice methodologies.
3. Contribute to capability development, training and growing a community of subject matter experts in relation to PPIE best practice methodologies.
4. To project manage and facilitate patient and public engagement activities, including arranging events, designing surveys, developing copy, writing and producing presentation materials, facilitating focus groups and workshops for the population health hub
5. Identifying, developing and maintaining stakeholder relationships for key internal and external players in the development and delivery of the Improving the health of our populations PPIE framework.
6. Working with quantitative data, qualitative data, and ideally health economic data to evaluate the impact of projects and programmes on Health Equity and Population Health.
7.Maintain a sound understanding of the interplay between the delivery of our clinical services and the delivery of equitable care.
8. Identify and track health equity improvement and transformation activity across the organisation, supporting the management of interdependencies where required.
9. Track the evolving need (including around capability building) for PPIE improvement support across all population health hub activities.
10. Inform the identification, prioritisation and development of health equity improvement and transformation programmes ensuring PPIE is incorporated.
11. Coordinate capability building support in relation to PPIE.To support utilisation of learning resources and planning tools for staff to help them take PPIE into account during grant proposals.
12. To co-develop PPIE training and support for patients, carers and members of the public that supports their involvement in Population Heath Hub activities.
13. To evaluate, audit and report upon the delivery and effectiveness of patient and public engagement projects and plans
14. Support the population health hub to identify and track key measures of population health and inequity on a regular basis.
15.Support the development and utilisation of the PPIE strategy, aims and objectives for the population health hub, including research and development to identify, develop and promote best practice.
17. Support a range of health equity projects and programmes related to Trust services and utilise the transformation and / or improvement science methodology as the basis for the management of programmes through their entire lifecycle.
18. Support PPIE risk and issue identification and management into wider programme management practice within the Hub.
19. Support the design, planning and facilitation of workshops, meetings and events with stakeholders for the development of Population Health Hub practice, ensuring breadth in participation, achieving forum objectives and producing quality outputs.
20.Support the building of a community of practice for health equity and the implementation of PPIE processes, policy and tools.
21. Collaborate on the development and implementation of policies and procedures in relation to the delivery of programmes, which are consistent with Trust standards, particularly where those need to reference PPIE matters.
22. Use a range of IT applications to create high quality and engaging reports and maintain project information in line with best practice and established ways of working. Practice effective document management to ensure appropriate access to a range of audiences.
Person Specification
Knowledge and qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent qualification or experience.
- Project management methods (e.g. Prince 2, Agile)
- Strong working knowledge of relevant national legislation, policies and local guidance and how these should be applied to stakeholder and public engagement activities.
- Strong working knowledge of statistical concepts - analysis of quantitative and qualitative data
- Knowledge of data protection legislation and its application in respect to patient data, feedback and involvement
Desirable
- Academic background in social policy / science or social /statistical research
Previous Skills and experience
Essential
- Significant experience of PPIE evaluation to inform change and improvements in healthcare
- Significant experience of the broader PPIE agenda and relevance to a variety of public sector organisations
- Significant experience in an operational, strategic or research role in the public or voluntary sector
Desirable
- Experience of working with senior teams, stakeholders and outside bodies and working across organisations to influence strategies, policies and behaviour.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Technical subject matter expertise skills acquired through demonstrable experience in one or more of the following; oPatient and Public Engagement oDigital optimisation and transformation oEvaluation and Measurement oHealth Equity oPublic health/population health
- Specialist knowledge across a range of stakeholder engagement practices, techniques and approaches underpinned by theoretical knowledge from study and relevant practical experience preferably in a social / market research or academic environment.
- Track record in project management of improvement projects Proven ability to plan and manage projects, using project management techniques
- Excellent communication and report writing skills with ability to and experience of developing a wide range of communications materials including publications, presentations, web materials.
Person Specification
Knowledge and qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent qualification or experience.
- Project management methods (e.g. Prince 2, Agile)
- Strong working knowledge of relevant national legislation, policies and local guidance and how these should be applied to stakeholder and public engagement activities.
- Strong working knowledge of statistical concepts - analysis of quantitative and qualitative data
- Knowledge of data protection legislation and its application in respect to patient data, feedback and involvement
Desirable
- Academic background in social policy / science or social /statistical research
Previous Skills and experience
Essential
- Significant experience of PPIE evaluation to inform change and improvements in healthcare
- Significant experience of the broader PPIE agenda and relevance to a variety of public sector organisations
- Significant experience in an operational, strategic or research role in the public or voluntary sector
Desirable
- Experience of working with senior teams, stakeholders and outside bodies and working across organisations to influence strategies, policies and behaviour.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Technical subject matter expertise skills acquired through demonstrable experience in one or more of the following; oPatient and Public Engagement oDigital optimisation and transformation oEvaluation and Measurement oHealth Equity oPublic health/population health
- Specialist knowledge across a range of stakeholder engagement practices, techniques and approaches underpinned by theoretical knowledge from study and relevant practical experience preferably in a social / market research or academic environment.
- Track record in project management of improvement projects Proven ability to plan and manage projects, using project management techniques
- Excellent communication and report writing skills with ability to and experience of developing a wide range of communications materials including publications, presentations, web materials.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
