Job summary
The post holder will contribute to the co-design, development and implementation of projects and initiatives within the SDE. They will join the team of Practitioners and Researchers based within the Centre for Co-production and Peer Research (CoPPeR) and the SDE Communications Leads to design and implement the Co-production and Community Engagement Strategy for the SDE programme.
They will work closely with community members and voluntary sector partners and statutory organisations in developing and maintaining channels of communication, encouraging active engagement and participation in the SDE and ensuring community ideas and opinions inform the content of the SDE. They will foster collaborations between organisations across the Yorkshire and Humber Region thus building a whole systems approach to ensuring the SDE is acceptable and appropriate to the communities we serve. The post holder will work closely with the Y&H SDE Senior Leadership Team and the SDE Operational Group.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will take a lead role in advancing patient and public involvement and co-production initiatives associated with the SDE programme across the Y&H region. They will engage partner organisations and members of public in order to gauge views about SDE using a variety of innovative and inclusive methods. They will support the SDE Project Officer with planning and delivery of co-production, community engagement and communication.
The post holder will attend all national PPIE forums connected to SDEs and translate the guidance and best practice into a strategy and workplan which will be operationalised in Y&H. To achieve this it will be necessary to foster trusting relationships with all stakeholders (including the Voluntary and statutory sector partners) and ensure the strategy and workplans align with the Senior Leadership Team's plans in Y&H region.
The postholder will work in a team environment and take management responsibility for the SDE Project Officer. The postholder will travel across Y&H to conduct their work and will occasionally need to attend national meetings and conferences to represent the Y&H SDE.
About us
Our People Charter outlines the behaviours we can expect from one another and what you can expect from Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust:
- We value people
- We are one team
- We care
We're keen to meet people who share these values and are passionate about delivering the highest quality of care to our patients.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Work with other SDE PPIE Leads and Managers across the country and to develop and implement a Community Engagement Strategy for the SDE across the designated Y&H areas.
- Engage with public members to ensure their opinions and ideas inform the development and delivery of the SDE projects/initiatives within the Y&H SDE for the duration of the programme.
- Develop and maintain positive and energetic relationship with key stakeholders across the Y&H area, taking particular account of groups that are seldom heard.
- Set up and maintain a Y&H wide SDE PPIE group, ensuring that the right people/organisations (Voluntary sector, faith settings etc.) are engaged and represented. Lead and empower the group to influence decision making about the SDE and ensure this is connected to the wider Y&H SDE programme.
- Take responsibility for leading and organising Citizen Juries to fully understand the perceptions and needs of Y&H communities on the subject of sharing data across services using SDE approaches.
- Ensure communities and organisations are aware of opportunities to apply for SDE funding for initiatives that will support the SDE programme.
- Provide guidance and support to the SDE Senior Leadership Team and Operational group. Help SDE projects to reach public partners.
- Work with research and evaluation colleagues to support service design plans and collect research and evaluation data effectively.
- Work with research colleagues across the Y&H area to organise and facilitate research plans.
- Provide guidance and support to the Senior Leadership Team, Operational group and other working groups relevant to the Y&H SDE on working with different groups and communities.
More details in the Job Description
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Work with other SDE PPIE Leads and Managers across the country and to develop and implement a Community Engagement Strategy for the SDE across the designated Y&H areas.
- Engage with public members to ensure their opinions and ideas inform the development and delivery of the SDE projects/initiatives within the Y&H SDE for the duration of the programme.
- Develop and maintain positive and energetic relationship with key stakeholders across the Y&H area, taking particular account of groups that are seldom heard.
- Set up and maintain a Y&H wide SDE PPIE group, ensuring that the right people/organisations (Voluntary sector, faith settings etc.) are engaged and represented. Lead and empower the group to influence decision making about the SDE and ensure this is connected to the wider Y&H SDE programme.
- Take responsibility for leading and organising Citizen Juries to fully understand the perceptions and needs of Y&H communities on the subject of sharing data across services using SDE approaches.
- Ensure communities and organisations are aware of opportunities to apply for SDE funding for initiatives that will support the SDE programme.
- Provide guidance and support to the SDE Senior Leadership Team and Operational group. Help SDE projects to reach public partners.
- Work with research and evaluation colleagues to support service design plans and collect research and evaluation data effectively.
- Work with research colleagues across the Y&H area to organise and facilitate research plans.
- Provide guidance and support to the Senior Leadership Team, Operational group and other working groups relevant to the Y&H SDE on working with different groups and communities.
More details in the Job Description
Person Specification
Other Requirements
Essential
- Able to travel within Bradford/Leeds/York for meetings and to conduct research across outdoor locations in Bradford
- Able to work flexibly to meet the requirements of the role
Experience
Essential
- Experience of organising and conducting research or consultation in a community setting (for example in healthcare, social care or childcare settings)
- Experience of project management
- Strong experience of implementing co-production or intervention development methodologies to develop systems to improve health.
- Experience in community based participatory research or other participatory research methods
- Experience of developing and implementing qualitative or participatory research projects including analyzing and writing up findings
- Experience of working in collaborative research groups including NHS, academics and other stakeholders
- Previous experience of evaluating data systems, health or environment related systems or interventions
- Previous experience of implementing citizen science activities in relation to health and or / environment
- Experience of developing and implementing quantitative or co-production research projects, including analyzing and writing up findings
- Experience of patient and public involvement in research or service provsion, particularly of working with diverse ethnic and social communities
- Previous experience of developing research proposals and funding applications
Desirable
- An academic track record of peer-reviewed publications or reports
Skills
Essential
- Excellent written and presentational communication skills
- Excellent IT skills including use of Microsoft office (word, powerpoint, excel, access databases)
- Excellent organisational skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Ability to translate a strategic overview into operational plans
- Good time management skills and ability to plan and implement objectives effectively
- Demonstrated facilitative and negotiating skills
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of co-production systems and their application in healthcare settings
- Understanding of Equality and Diversity issues and how this affects patients, visitors and staff
- Knowledge of NHS R&D procedures
- Knowledge of research governance, and good clinical practice
Desirable
- Knowledge of health inequalities, ethnicity and health, maternal and child health
- Knowledge of procedures for NHS ethical approvals
- Knowledge of behaviour change theory and social determinants of health
- Knowledge of methods to develop complex interventions
- Understanding of the Yorkshire and Humber public health context and of the links between data systems and how these can affect health provision
Qualifications
Essential
- First degree in psychology, Information systems, sociology, social science, or other related area with relevance to Secure Data Environments or Community Involvement
- Post graduate diploma or Masters degree in health research, social research, public health or an allied subject.
Desirable
- PhD in any of the following: health psychology, public health, applied health research, medical sociology, or a health related subject
Person Specification
Other Requirements
Essential
- Able to travel within Bradford/Leeds/York for meetings and to conduct research across outdoor locations in Bradford
- Able to work flexibly to meet the requirements of the role
Experience
Essential
- Experience of organising and conducting research or consultation in a community setting (for example in healthcare, social care or childcare settings)
- Experience of project management
- Strong experience of implementing co-production or intervention development methodologies to develop systems to improve health.
- Experience in community based participatory research or other participatory research methods
- Experience of developing and implementing qualitative or participatory research projects including analyzing and writing up findings
- Experience of working in collaborative research groups including NHS, academics and other stakeholders
- Previous experience of evaluating data systems, health or environment related systems or interventions
- Previous experience of implementing citizen science activities in relation to health and or / environment
- Experience of developing and implementing quantitative or co-production research projects, including analyzing and writing up findings
- Experience of patient and public involvement in research or service provsion, particularly of working with diverse ethnic and social communities
- Previous experience of developing research proposals and funding applications
Desirable
- An academic track record of peer-reviewed publications or reports
Skills
Essential
- Excellent written and presentational communication skills
- Excellent IT skills including use of Microsoft office (word, powerpoint, excel, access databases)
- Excellent organisational skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Ability to translate a strategic overview into operational plans
- Good time management skills and ability to plan and implement objectives effectively
- Demonstrated facilitative and negotiating skills
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of co-production systems and their application in healthcare settings
- Understanding of Equality and Diversity issues and how this affects patients, visitors and staff
- Knowledge of NHS R&D procedures
- Knowledge of research governance, and good clinical practice
Desirable
- Knowledge of health inequalities, ethnicity and health, maternal and child health
- Knowledge of procedures for NHS ethical approvals
- Knowledge of behaviour change theory and social determinants of health
- Knowledge of methods to develop complex interventions
- Understanding of the Yorkshire and Humber public health context and of the links between data systems and how these can affect health provision
Qualifications
Essential
- First degree in psychology, Information systems, sociology, social science, or other related area with relevance to Secure Data Environments or Community Involvement
- Post graduate diploma or Masters degree in health research, social research, public health or an allied subject.
Desirable
- PhD in any of the following: health psychology, public health, applied health research, medical sociology, or a health related subject
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.
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.
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).
