Public and Patient Involvement (PPI) Lead

NHS; London; On-site; GBP 61,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

Join South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust as a leader in patient engagement where you will develop strategic initiatives to enhance service user involvement. For this key role, we seek candidates with strong management experience and a proven track record in NHS projects relating to engagement and equality development.

Benefits

Generous pay, pensions and leave

Flexible working options

Career development programs

NHS discounts

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Master's degree or equivalent qualification.
• Senior management experience in NHS contexts.
• Experience developing engagement or equality strategies.

Responsibilities

• Lead on patient and public involvement within adult services.
• Develop effective service user participation.
• Engage local stakeholders across geographical areas.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Education

Educated to masters standard or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Suite

Job description

Job summary

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trusthas a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.

We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good'.

The boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark have high social and psychological needs with considerable cultural diversity. The postholder will work to engage with the local service user and carers in their local communities to ensure as wide a range of involvement as possible.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will lead on patient and public involvement within adult services in two Operations Directorates. They will develop effective service user and carer involvement in the work of the Directorates, enact the Trust Involvement and Engagement strategy and develop and implement Directorate strategies that foster service user and carer involvement and engagement. This will be supported through:

1. Leading on the development of effective action plans to meet relevant CQUINs targets, NHSE requirements and local contracts and Quality and Information requirements

2. Working with operational Deputy Directors, Medical Leads, Heads of Nursing and Quality and Professional Heads to support embedding of engagement of people who use our services as part of business as usual

3. Working in conjunction with the Equality and Diversity lead to deliver the Directorates' Equality Delivery Scheme action plan and to deputise as needed

4. Developing cross cutting involvement opportunities with Kings Health Partners (KHP) acute care colleagues

5. Leading on maintaining good quality communication and engagement with all relevant stakeholders/ partners across geographical areas served by the Directorates.

6. Leading on communication and information provision.

7. Providing Directorate input to local mental health partnership forums, Local Authority Overview and Scrutiny and Healthwatch as required.

About us

We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close knit team at SLaM. It's important to us that you valued and appreciated and that are why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer

Some of our benefits are highlighted here:

Generous pay, pensions and leave, we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.

Work life balance, flexible working and support a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.

Career development, There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as

mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes

Car lease, our staff benefits from competitive deals to lease cars

Accommodation, our staff benefits from keyworker housing available which is available on selected sites

NHS discounts, with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands though Health Service Discounts website. Other benefits include:

Counselling services

Wellbeing events

Long service awards

Cycle to work scheme

Season ticket loan

Childcare vouchers

Staff restaurants

Details Date posted

07 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£61,927 to £68,676 a year inclusive of HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

334-NUR-7239739-LF

Job locations

Maudsley Hospital

Denmark Hill

London

SE5 8AZ

Job description Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Job description Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person Specification Education Essential

• Educated to masters standard or equivalent
• Ongoing professional development

Experience Essential

• Experience of developing Involvement and Engagement or Equality and diversity strategies
• Senior clinical and/or managerial experience which demonstrates the ability to initiate, develop and implement significant programmes of work without close supervision
• Experience of managing resource, in particular budgetary responsibilities
• Experience of service development/project management in the NHS in relation to service user involvement or equality and diversity
• Experience of working with children and young people in statutory and/or voluntary services

Desirable

• Experience of working in an inner city, multicultural environment

Skills Essential

• Ability to think strategically, to plan, implement and review
• Sound understanding of current management arrangements of NHS
• Ability to analyse and draw conclusions from sometimes complex data and present it clearly to a wider audience
• Ability to work with minimum supervision and ability to set priorities in line with local and national priorities

Desirable

• Knowledge and experience of Gender diversity

Other Essential

• Computer literate and competent in the use of Microsoft suite
• Excellent numerical skills
• Lived, direct or indirect experience of mental health problems
• Strong planning and organisational skills

Person Specification Education Essential

• Educated to masters standard or equivalent
• Ongoing professional development

Experience Essential

• Experience of developing Involvement and Engagement or Equality and diversity strategies
• Senior clinical and/or managerial experience which demonstrates the ability to initiate, develop and implement significant programmes of work without close supervision
• Experience of managing resource, in particular budgetary responsibilities
• Experience of service development/project management in the NHS in relation to service user involvement or equality and diversity
• Experience of working with children and young people in statutory and/or voluntary services

Desirable

• Experience of working in an inner city, multicultural environment

Skills Essential

• Ability to think strategically, to plan, implement and review
• Sound understanding of current management arrangements of NHS
• Ability to analyse and draw conclusions from sometimes complex data and present it clearly to a wider audience
• Ability to work with minimum supervision and ability to set priorities in line with local and national priorities

Desirable

• Knowledge and experience of Gender diversity

Other Essential

• Computer literate and competent in the use of Microsoft suite
• Excellent numerical skills
• Lived, direct or indirect experience of mental health problems
• Strong planning and organisational skills

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).

Additional information 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).

Employer details Employer name

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Maudsley Hospital

Denmark Hill

London

SE5 8AZ

Employer's website

https://www.slam.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details Employer name

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Maudsley Hospital

Denmark Hill

London

SE5 8AZ

Employer's website

https://www.slam.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)