Band 6 Inpatient Lived-Experience Project Lead-Bath

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

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Job summary

This is an exciting new role that has been introduced to help drive the Inpatient Programme. This role across multiple teams, including the Programme Management Office, and we are seeking an exceptional candidate who can shape and develop the role to meet the organisation's needs. The ideal candidate will be someone who is interested in supporting the improvements needed with engagement and inpatient related transformation. As a developmental role, it will provide a career pathway in either project/programme management or quality improvement/engagement.

The successful candidate will work closely with transformation, IT and clinically operational colleagues, as well as corporate support services to to deliver quality improvements and change and help support the organisation's strategic objectives.

We are seeking a candidate with a robust understanding of the workings of the NHS, excellent communication and organisational skills and strong analytical capabilities. The candidate will require sound clinical governance and programme governance capabilities.

The successful candidate will relish working in a change environment. This will ideally suit someone who is a strong all-rounder, able to engage effectively at all levels and creative at finding solutions to complex challenges.

The successful candidate will have influence in developing the specific job description for this role.

Informal contact : Cintia Faria.

Main duties of the job

To provide lived experience leadership in the core programme transformation team. This post will be visible at a senior level and will help ensure that all elements of the Inpatient programme are co-produced through working with existing lived experience groups, the sub group attendees and chairs and the commissioned provider. It will embed co-production in the ongoing development, delivery and monitoring of the inpatient plan. As our intelligence develops they will contribute to outreaching to seldom asked/heard communities who have experience of inpatient care but have not previously had their experiences captured including, but not limited to all of the areas of experience noted within the NHSE key lines of enquiries (KLOEs).

To champion service user/patient and carer involvement and coproduction in the Trust, and across mental health and social care in order to support the development and ongoing facilitation of groups and initiatives. They will establish effective, consistent and coherent processes, support structures and communications to ensure that meaningful involvement and co-production is at the heart of AWP practice, research, training, recruitment, design and evaluation processed.

They will develop and maintain strong and close relationship with existing and new independent service user groups, networks, and related mental health voluntary and community organisations as well as user groups that operate within the Trust.

About us

We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust) a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care. We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset. Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.

At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.

Date posted

30 January 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

18 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working, Home or remote working

Reference number

342-CS010-0125

Job locations

Bath NHS House

Newbridge Hill

Bath

BA1 3QE

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for full details of this role. Informal contact is welcomed and applicants are encouraged to make contact.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for full details of this role. Informal contact is welcomed and applicants are encouraged to make contact.

Person Specification

Skills

Essential

Strong understanding of the workings of the NHS
Exceptional data analytical skills
Excellent engagement and communication abilities
Experience/understanding of the project lifecycle

Desirable

Experience of change in the NHS

Qualifications

Essential

Degree level qualification or diploma level qualification plus relevant experience
Significant experience of working in a complex organisation.

Desirable

Experienced in the delivery of training and educational programmes

Skills

Essential

Excellent written and verbal communication, presentation, interpersonal and liaison skills.
Ability to prioritise and manage own workload when faced with competing demands.
Ability to work to strict deadlines and manage changing priorities effectively

Experience

Essential

Significant experience of working in a complex organisation
Experience of delivering projects against timescales
Experience of maintaining and updating information systems and producing reports

Desirable

Experience of clinical change

Person Specification

Skills

Essential

Strong understanding of the workings of the NHS
Exceptional data analytical skills
Excellent engagement and communication abilities
Experience/understanding of the project lifecycle

Desirable

Experience of change in the NHS

Qualifications

Essential

Degree level qualification or diploma level qualification plus relevant experience
Significant experience of working in a complex organisation.

Desirable

Experienced in the delivery of training and educational programmes

Skills

Essential

Excellent written and verbal communication, presentation, interpersonal and liaison skills.
Ability to prioritise and manage own workload when faced with competing demands.
Ability to work to strict deadlines and manage changing priorities effectively

Experience

Essential

Significant experience of working in a complex organisation
Experience of delivering projects against timescales
Experience of maintaining and updating information systems and producing reports

Desirable

Experience of clinical change

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

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