Engagement Manager | Barts Health NHS Trust

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and experienced Engagement Lead to join our brand new team within the new Academic Centre for Healthy Ageing (ACHA).ACHA, hosted at Whipps Cross Hospital, is anchored to the Barts Health ambition to transform Whipps Cross to become a world class centre of excellence, leveraging academic collaborations with Queen Mary University London and other partners to achieve outstanding care and support patients within North East London to live healthier lives for longer.Our Approach

ACHA is taking a unique and innovative approach by placing research on the front line of local health and care services to create a ''living laboratory''. This will bring together frontline experience and \''real-world\'' situations with academic research to improve understanding of the specific needs of local populations and develop targeted interventions and services accordingly.Engagement and PPIE

We are committed to building strong, meaningful patient and public involvement and engagement (PPIE) and to strengthen PPIE across the entire integrated care system. This means ensuring the ACHA\''s output truly adds value to people\''s lives and the local community through continuous engagement and co-production to accurately capture consumer knowledge, expertise and experience.Role and Responsibilities

The post holder will be an active and enthusiastic member of the ACHA team, leading on patient and public engagement and involvement, and working to ensure the patient and public voice is embedded throughout ACHA\''s work. This will include coordination, communication and engagement with key stakeholders through a variety of methods. This role is for a strategic PPIE specialist who has a track record of delivering coproduction and innovative engagement activities and has a passion for working with people.Impact and Collaboration

This is an exciting opportunity to be a part of a team working to create an inclusive community of practice around research delivery across Barts Health, to share learning and contribute to the evidence base, ensuring that PPIE impact evidence is accessible and shared in a way which will benefit the development of future research projects, policy and practice.Location and Working Pattern

Your primary base will be at Whipps Cross Hospital. However, there will be an expectation to work across north east London as required with some home-working.Organisation Context

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain\''s leading healthcare providers.The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.WeCare and Inclusion

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.Flexible Working

We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting ..... full job details .....