Lived Experience Researcher & Educator – Flexible NHS Role

The Methodist Church in Britain; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working where possible

27 days annual leave plus bank holiday

NHS pension scheme

Maternity, paternity and adoption 
BEN

Incremental pay progression

Employee assistance programme 24/7

Yearly appraisal and learning and dev

Health service discounts and benefits

Job summary

The Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for a 12-month role in the psychiatry education department. The post holder will recruit, support and coordinate lived experience volunteers in teaching, and help deliver research and service evaluation in medical education, including leading the Expert Patient programme in Chesterfield.

Applicants must have lived experience as a service user or carer in psychiatry and experience of research from design to completion.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in psychology or another relevant area.
• Lived experience as a service user or carer in psychiatry.
• Experience of undertaking research from design to completion.
• Good understanding of NHS healthcare systems, ethical procedures and confidentiality.
• Computer literacy in Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coordinate and develop the Expert Patient programme in Chesterfield.
• Recruit, induct and support expert patients in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.
• Plan lived experience sessions with Clinical Teaching Fellows and co-facilitate teaching in Derby.
• Monitor safeguarding, wellbeing and risk management of expert patients.
• Act as first point of contact for lived experience contributors and monitor teaching quality.
• Coordinate and carry out service evaluation, quality improvement and research projects.
• Contribute to questionnaire and interview study design, ethics applications, renewals and grants.
• Identify, clean and analyse data using Excel, NVivo, SPSS and Rayyan.

Skills

Microsoft Office

Education

Undergraduate degree in psychology

Tools

NVivo

SPSS

Rayyan

Excel

Job description

The Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for a 12-month role in the psychiatry education department. The post holder will recruit, support and coordinate lived experience volunteers in teaching, and help deliver research and service evaluation in medical education, including leading the Expert Patient programme in Chesterfield.

Applicants must have lived experience as a service user or carer in psychiatry and experience of research from design to completion.