Patient and Public Engagement Specialist

7 months ago


London, United Kingdom Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Would you like to join the patient and public engagement (PPE) function of one of the country's most successful NHS Foundation Trusts? Are you committed to involving patients, families and carers in the design and delivery of NHS services?

We are looking for a self-motivated individual to join us and manage projects relating to the implementation of patient and public engagement (PPE) strategy across the Evelina London Women’s and Children’s Clinical Group.

You must have proven experience in developing & implementing PPE strategies (including with children, young people, and families) in two or more of the following areas, including strategy development, major transformation, capital or digital programmes

You will have a demonstrable working knowledge of legal and regulatory frameworks relating to PPE. Specialist expertise across various engagement practices, skills, techniques and approaches are essential.

You will drive good practice, working with colleagues to involve patient-public stakeholders in their work.

You will have proven data skills, with the ability to analyse and interpret quantitative and qualitative data.

Please note, if shortlisted, you may be invited to complete assessments before the interview.

Patient and Public Engagement is a public involvement duty, a statutory requirement, and a key priority. The Evelina London Patient and Public Engagement Specialist will act as a source of expertise and advice for all clinical and non-clinical departments of Evelina London with respect to patient and public engagement, including the clinical group’s statutory and regulatory requirements. Supporting staff to involve patients and the public is part of everyday business in the clinical group.

Based within the Evelina London Women’s and Children’s Clinical Group and reporting to the Head of Strategy, the post holder will work closely with the Trust Head of Patient and Public Engagement to develop and implement Evelina London’s patient and public engagement priorities/objectives. The Trust Patient and Public Engagement Team will be a key source of professional advice and guidance for this post.

Please take time to read the full Job Description and Person Specification for more details about the duties and responsibilities of the role.

The Patient and Public Engagement Specialist is based in the Evelina London Strategy Team - a corporate department that works closely with directorates and corporate functions across the Clinical Group, as well as colleagues from other provider trusts and external partner organisations such as the Evelina London Children’s Charity, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Charity and Local Authorities. The team is led by the Head of Strategy.

**Trust values**:
As part of Guy’s and St Thomas’, our values help us to define and develop our culture, what we do and how we do it. It is important that you understand and reflect these values. The post holder will:

- Put patients first: ‘What would I want for my family?’
- Take pride in what we do: ‘Am I doing my very best?’
- Respect others: ‘What would it be like if I was in your shoes?’
- Strive to be the best: ‘How could we do it better?’
- Act with integrity: ‘Am I doing the right thing?’

Our values and behaviours framework describe what it means for every one of us in the Trust to put our values into action.

Patient and public engagement in strategy, service delivery, transformation, and capital investment schemes
- Ensure that Evelina’s engagement priorities support the delivery of Evelina London’s clinical group priorities whilst maintaining alignment with the Trust’s PPE strategy, which supports the delivery of the Trust’s objectives.
- To further develop and lead the implementation of the engagement plan for the Children’s Hospital Programme which includes developing and consolidating our specialist children’s services. Working with colleagues in the Evelina London Children’s Hospital Programme Team and the Trust Patient and Public Engagement Team, the role will provide assurance that engagement plans and activities are undertaken, in compliance with internal policy and relevant legislation, advise on the appropriate engagement methods, and where necessary work together with others to deliver engagement activities.
- To lead patient and public engagement for Evelina London, particularly in relation to clinical service transformation and service improvement, working closely with relevant clinical teams to ensure that all relevant stakeholders’ views are taken into consideration in the design and delivery of schemes. This includes seeking professional advice from the Trust Head of Patient and Public Engagement on activities that trigger the public involvement duty.
- To work with colleagues in the Patient Experience Team to interrogate existing patient experience survey data (local and national) that may help to inform improvements and changes to services.
- To ensure, th



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