Patient Research Ambassador

Transskribo; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job description

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

About

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides specialist mental health and learning disability services to the people of Leeds and across the Yorkshire and Humber region. Service users are at the heart of our organisation. We constantly strive to provide the best possible care and support, working closely with related organisations to provide effective, accessible and modern mental health and learning disability services.

Working in partnership with our local communities, our core purpose is to improve the mental health and well-being of the people who use our services. Our Trust was awarded NHS foundation trust status on 1 August 2007. On 1 February 2012 our Trust became known as Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. As a Foundation Trust, we are accountable to the people we serve. Our Board of Directors is made up of executive and non-executive directors and is led by a Chair that is a non-executive director.

From 1 October 2015 our Trust has provided specialist mental health and learning disability services to people within Leeds and specialist services in York.

Our purpose

Our purpose is improving health, improving lives and this is supported by our vision, values, and behaviours. The Trust is on a journey to embed collective and distributed leadership as close to services and service users as possible, so everyone is working towards shared goals, decision making, and working collaboratively.

Key details

Location: St Marys House, Leeds, LS7 3JX
Major / Minor Region: West Yorkshire
Contract type: Fixed term: 12 months (Ends 31st March 2026)
Hours: Part time - 15 hours per week (Starting 1st April 2025, fixed term until 31st March 2026)
Salary: £26,530 - £29,114 Per Annum
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (Band 4)

Job Overview

Are you passionate about mental health research and the importance of public involvement? If so, here’s an opportunity to put this interest into practice! Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is committed to finding better ways to care for service users, carers, and staff. We are looking to recruit a Patient Research Ambassador who will play an important role in ensuring that a service user and carer voice is reflected in all stages of research from the planning stage to the sharing of study findings.

You will work alongside existing service user and carer groups within the Trust, as well as with third sector organisations.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

The candidate will act as the main point of contact for service user and carer involvement in adult mental health research. They will chair and manage the Help from Experts by Experience for Researchers. Attendance at various internal and external meetings and events will be part of this role e.g. the Trust’s Service User Network. They will help to promote diversity in research by engaging with underrepresented groups within local communities. They will raise the profile of service user involvement in research e.g. by delivering training or sharing best practices. There may be a requirement for flexibility to work evenings and weekends on occasion.

Applications are welcomed from candidates who wish to apply for a position based on a smarter (Hybrid) or flexible working arrangement. Please contact the Recruitment Team if you have any queries regarding this in terms of your initial application. Where candidates are successful at interview, flexible working arrangement requests will be taken into consideration and may be accommodated where the needs of the service allow.

Person Specification

Knowledge

• A good understanding of how service user involvement and co-production works in practice.

Experience

• Experience of mental health services or research as a service user or carer, or as an advocate or representative of service users and carers.

Skills

• Ability to plan, manage & prioritise workload effectively.
• Excellent non-verbal and verbal communication skills.

Further details / informal visits contact
Name: Sinead Audsley
Job title: [Job Title]
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 07779416847