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Job Overview
Bristol NHS Group believes that meaningful coproduction and patient involvement is essential for accessible, equitable and sustainable healthcare services. We have committed to designing and delivering our healthcare services together with our communities in our Joint Clinical Strategy.
We are looking for a Patient and Public Involvement Lead to join the Clinical Services Transformation Team, being supported by the Experience of Care teams at NBT and UHBW.
To be successful in this role, you will have a strong and demonstrable record of working with people and communities and an understanding of the important role experts by experience play as partners in designing and delivering care.
At Bristol NHS Group, we live by our values and our commitment to collaboration is demonstrated in our approach to our day-to-day work with our colleagues, and how we work with people and communities. You will be a person who will strengthen our approach further, by being a team player and a compassionate leader, willing to work flexibly to drive and enable the patient and public involvement in the delivery of the Joint Clinical Strategy.
Importantly, you will understand and have a demonstrable commitment to the value people and communities bring to our service delivery and development. You will be an ambassador for the effective and impactful involvement of a diverse community of people and communities across our healthcare services.
Main duties of the job
To lead the Bristol NHS Group’s approach to working with people and communities in the context of the delivery of the Joint Clinical Strategy
To integrate the involvement of patients, carers and community partners who have lived experience in the development of Group Clinical Services in line with the Joint Clinical Strategy.
To develop, grow and evaluate the impact of the newly formed Community Participation Group, ensuring patient and community voice shapes the formation of Bristol NHS Group and local hospital services.
Working for our organisation
North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) is part of the Bristol NHS Group, a partnership with University Hospitals Bristol and Weston (UHBW).
As two major NHS organisations, we have come together as an NHS Group to deliver seamless, high-quality, and equitable care for every person across Bristol, Weston, South Gloucestershire, and the wider South West.
With 28,000 staff and a combined turnover of over £2.2 billion, this partnership gives us the scale, influence and expertise to transform the way healthcare is delivered locally.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
Person specification
Qualifications And Training
Essential criteria
Desirable criteria
- Masters-level qualification in a subject related to qualitative research or equivalent job-based experience
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Substantial experience of successfully planning and implementing community events within budget
- Experience of successfully influencing behaviour and organisational culture
- At least three years’ experience in a role with a significant community stakeholder-relations element
- Experience of working with senior managers and Executives at an advisory level
- A thorough understanding of why working in partnership with people in communities is essential to delivering high quality healthcare
- Significant practical experience of the use and application of patient involvement and coproduction methodologies
- An understanding of relevant legislation and best practice guidance relating to patient involvement / coproduction
Desirable criteria
- Experience of managing projects
- Extensive experience of facilitating focus groups in sensitive situations
Skills And Abilities
Essential criteria
- Ability to work on several projects at once, to tight timescales, prioritising work appropriately
- Conflict resolution skills and an ability to manage emotional situations
- Ability to assimilate complex, sensitive and contentious information and explain it to a range of audiences
- Ability to work independently and autonomously
- Report writing and presentations for a range of audiences up to Board-level
- Ability to think laterally and creatively
- Ability to influence staff at all levels
- Highly developed problem-solving skills
- Excellent organisational skills
- Ability to manage a budget effectively
- Thematic analysis of qualitative data
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The successful applicant(s) will normally commence at the minimum of the scale unless they have previous NHS service at the same band. Progression through the scale is by annual increments.
At North Bristol Trust (NBT), we know diverse and inclusive environments lead to happier and healthier teams and improved patient care and outcomes. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are currently underrepresented in NBT’s workforce at Band 8a and above. These include people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, disabled people and LGBTQIA+ people.
Please note that stringent pre-employment checks are undertaken on all successful applicants prior to commencement in post.
