Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement PPIE Officer
Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement PPIE Officer
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Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) Officer
Us
We are a health innovation partnership. Our mission is to help people within our region live longer healthier lives. We solve the biggest health challenges through research and innovation speeding up the delivery of solutions that improve health and care.
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The role
Patient and public involvement and engagement (PPIE) is a fundamental approach in our work at UCLPartners. This is an excellent opportunity for an individual with some experience in patient involvement or community engagement to coordinate and support activities to ensure patients carers and communities are at the forefront of UCLPartners work.
Reporting to the Head of Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement and closely working with our Patient Carer and Public Advisory Panel you will use your excellent communication and interpersonal skills to support development and delivery of projects that support inclusive and meaningful PPIE.
Key responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:
PPIE Planning and Coordination:
- Support the delivery and evaluation of the UCLPartnersPatient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) strategy.
- Support the development of new ways of equitably involving patients carers and the public from across our region in what we do ensuring we work with communities facing the biggest health challenges.
- Support the delivery of the UCLPartners Patient Carer and Public Advisory Panel including organising panel meetings cofacilitating sessions and providing guidance and training to current members
- Support the continued development of the Lived Experience Network including recruitment and demographic monitoring.
PPIE Support and Development:
- Support the provision of PPIE advice to staff and innovators including providing additional facilitation and handson activity support (when required).
- Support patient carer and community contributors with induction ongoing training and feedback processes.
Operational duties:
- Act as a point of contact for patient carer and public contributors to ensure clear twoway communication.
- Support patients carers and communities through the Contributor Payment Process to ensure timely reimbursement
- Lead the safe and secure data management and uptodate record keeping within PPIE activities
- Develop content to share and promote our PPIE work including patientfacing newsletters
- Carry out any other duties as requested by the line manager
You
- Experience of designing or delivering patient/public involvement or community engagement activities
- Ability to involve and work with diverse groups of patients carers and community groups in a way that builds trust and transparency
- Experience of delivering involvement and engagement activities such as workshops focus groups and coproduction sessions
- Familiarity with online tools to support engagement (i.e. Zoom Padlet Miro Slido)
- Experience of developing content for external communications such as newsletters
- A strong understanding and commitment to equity diversity and inclusion in healthcare
- Ability to work flexibly in the planning and organisation of multiple strands of work
- Ability to work as both as part of a team and independently according to project needs
- Experience of advising and supporting the development of involvement activities and projects is desirable
- Experience of working with researchers professionals and innovators in the health and care sector is desirable
The PPIE Officer will report into the Head of Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement and work closely with all our teams and functions. The remuneration for this post is competitive depending on skills and experience with a salary range of 36010 to 51500 per annum.
This is a fulltime permanent position although 4 days a week will also be considered. Some evening and weekend working will be required to support involvement activities.
Please note: The postholder is expected to view this job description as a guide rather than an exact description of all duties and responsibilities which may be subject to change as our work develops.
We offer flexible working arrangements and support hybrid working at UCLPartners. All staff will typically spend a minimum of 40 of their working time at the UCLPartners office i.e. for a minimum of 2 days/week if fulltime or 40 of your working time for parttime staff. This can be averaged over a 3month period.
As part of our benefits package employees are entitled to 27 days of annual leave (plus bank holidays) company pension (employer contribution 10 of annual salary) life assurance coverage cycle to work scheme travel season ticket loans and flexible working.
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Please note we may close job adverts early even when theres a published deadline so if you are keen please apply as soon as possible.
Closing date: Sunday 18th May
Interviews will be held in w/c 2nd June
Diversity and Inclusion
We are committed to equality diversity and inclusion. We aim for our workforce to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve; for those who work for us to feel heard valued and a sense of belonging; and for our work to help tackle wider health inequalities. Read more about our approach. UCLPartners is committed to equal opportunities and all people acting on its behalf must perform their duties in a manner that supports and promotes this commitment.
We welcome applications from candidates who are neurodiverse have a disability or longterm health condition.
Once the job closes you may lose access to the job description and person specification so please download a copy before the closing date.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
