Public and Patient Involvement Engagement Officer (XN06)

Integrated Care System; Leeds; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare organization is seeking a Public and Patient Involvement Engagement Officer to enhance engagement through various research initiatives. This full-time role is pivotal for building partnerships, ensuring compliance with various standards, and delivering public engagement activities across Leeds. Candidates should have a postgraduate diploma and a strong background in community engagement and healthcare research. Excellent communication and project management skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in community engagement and health service delivery.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and has public meeting management experience.
• Experience working in healthcare or health research setting.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and manage public engagement activities.
• Work with commercial partners and volunteer champions.
• Deliver annual PPIE objectives in alignment with NIHR standards.

Skills

Community engagement

Project management

Excellent communication skills

Microsoft Office proficiency

Public meeting management

Education

Postgraduate diploma in related discipline

Tools

Microsoft Office Software

Google Workspace

Job description

Public and Patient Involvement Engagement Officer (XN06)

TheResearch and Innovation Department is continuing its exciting expansion. Wehave several research specialities, and the NIHR Leeds Clinical ResearchFacility is looking for a Public and Patient Involvement Engagement Officer.It is a full-time post (1.0 WTE) and will be based at Leeds TeachingHospitals NHS Trust with travel across Leeds.

Thepost holder will contribute actively to the conduct, coordination, anddelivery of the PPIE Research Portfolio. The main tasks are: delivering theNIHR Leeds CRF annual PPIE plan, focusing on enhancing engagement withunderserved groups; managing the RIDERS (Research & Innovation DocumentEngagement and Review Service) commercial programme, providing patient/publicreview of research documents for pharmaceutical companies; and coordinatingvolunteer Research Champions and PPIE Advisory Groups across multiple diseasespecialities.

Inaddition to ensuring that high standards of patient and public involvement inplanning, delivery, safety, and satisfaction are met to very high standards,compliance with Trust policy, NIHR requirements, local and national PPIEguidance, and legislation is required.

Ifyou are interested in the position, we encourage you to contact Hanif Ismail,PPIE Manager, for an informal discussion.

Main duties of the job

Weare seeking to recruit a proactive and self-motivated individual with a keeninterest in research to join the NIHR Leeds Clinical Research Facility PPIEteam.

Thepost-holder will: work alongside commercial pharmaceutical companies,Clinical Research Organisations, and the National Institute for HealthResearch (NIHR) Clinical Research Network Yorkshire and Humber (Y&H),attending regional and national meetings as required. They will play a leadrole in the RIDERS commercial service, coordinating patient and public reviewpanels to evaluate research documents for international sponsors. The roleinvolves managing diverse volunteer Research Champions across cancer,cardiovascular, dental, children's, and multimorbidity specialities, whilstdeveloping community partnerships with grassroots organisations to enhanceengagement with underserved populations. The post holder will deliver virtualoutreach programmes, support the Multi-morbidity Joint Enablement Group, andcontribute to the NIHR Leeds CRF's annual PPIE objectives. Workingcollaboratively with NIHR family colleagues, local government public healthteams, voluntary sector partners, and community organisations, they willcoordinate public engagement activities at local and regional levels. Therole requires excellent project management skills to deliver complexinitiatives spanning multiple partners whilst ensuring compliance with NIHRframeworks and Trust policies.

About us

Researchis at the heart of our Trust. Leeds Teaching Hospitals is involved inresearch at all levels, developing and trialling new treatments for patients.We believe that being involved in cutting-edge research helps us providebetter care to our patients.

Overthe next 5 years, we aim to be the best Trust to deliver high-qualityclinical research and to champion research amongst our staff. We also aim tosupport and grow our world-class clinical infrastructure and assets forresearch and innovation.

Wehave a very proactive Research Academy. It offers an extensive programme ofeducation and training tailored to meet the needs of individuals, teamsinvolved in clinical research delivery in Health and Social Care.

Ourfive Trust values are part of what make us different. They have beendeveloped by our staff. They are:

-Accountable

-Empowered

LeedsTeaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk'members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job advertsare subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or removeadverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in theshortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while thisprocess is completed, and contact the named contact if you have anyquestions.

Job responsibilities

TheNational Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) providesinfrastructure funding to the NIHR Leeds Clinical Research Facility (NIHRLeeds CRF). The NIHR Leeds CRF supports the delivery of early translationaland experimental medicine research, from studies testing new treatments inpatients for the very first time (first-in-human trials) through to earlysafety and efficacy trials (Phase IIa trials) and complex later phase trials.The NIHR Leeds CRF is one of 28 NIHR funded CRFs and provides dedicatedpurpose-built facilities and expertise for the delivery of high-intensitystudies funded by the NIHR, the life sciences industry and otherorganisations.

TheNIHR Leeds CRF has 5 delivery sites across the trust:

St Jamess CRF: Specialist Early Phase CRF All adult specialities

Leeds General Infirmary CRF: Cardiovascular & Neurosciences

Overthe next 5 years we aim to:

Increase the volume of high quality experimental medicine translationalresearch trials

Enhance PPIEP and inclusion of patients from underserved groups

Attract, retain and develop a diverse group of the best multidisciplinary,diverse individuals as researchers

Expand partnerships with public funders/charities/life sciences industry

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Postgraduate diploma in related discipline and/or significant experience in community engagement and involvement in service planning and delivery in health and social care services

Experience

• Proficient in Microsoft Office software including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access
• Public meeting management experience which includes, arranging and supporting meetings as well as supporting volunteers who attend these meetings
• Previous experience of working within a healthcare setting and/or health and social care research setting
• Experience in working with Google Workspace
• Community Action Planning skills

other criteria

• Willingness to undergo personal development and learn new skills
• Willingness to work flexibly, sometimes from home and/or in various partner facilities utilising hot-desks as required
• Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for the post (with reasonable adjustments if necessary)

Skills and Behaviours

• Highly motivated and able to motivate and develop others
• Enthusiastic and proactive approach to work
• Friendly, professional and outgoing manner
• Mature, flexible and co-operative approach
• Committed to Equality Diversity and Inclusion
• Aware of and observant Health and Safety issues especially as they relate to working with the general public in varied locations
• Excellent organisational skills and ability to prioritise work and meet deadlines
• Excellent communication, oral and written skills
• Excellent presentation skills
• Ability to convey complex information to a range of stakeholders
• Ability to identify opportunities and approaches to achieve goals and improve results
• Team working skills and the ability to develop excellent working relationships with all levels of staff within the Network as well as external organisations
• Ability to adhere to a wide range of work procedures without supervision
• Tenacious in relation to problem solving and good attention to detail
• Can speak and write in other languages, such as East European and South Asian languages
• Driver with a clean UK/UK approved drivers licence

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.