Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
About
Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides specialist mental health and learning disability services to the people of Leeds and across the Yorkshire and Humber region. Service users are at the heart of our organisation. We constantly strive to provide the best possible care and support, working closely with related organisations to provide effective, accessible and modern mental health and learning disability services.
Working in partnership with our local communities, our core purpose is to improve the mental health and well-being of the people who use our services.
Key details
Location
Site: St Mary’s House
Town: Leeds
Postcode: LS7 3JX
Major / Minor Region: West Yorkshire
Contract type & working pattern
Contract: Fixed term: 12 months (Ends 31st March 2026)
Hours: Part time - 15 hours per week (Starting 1st April 2025, fixed term until 31st March 2026)
Salary
Salary: £26,530 - £29,114 Per Annum
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (Band 4)
Specialty
Main area: Research and Development
Job overview
Are you passionate about mental health research and the importance of public involvement? If so, here’s an opportunity to put this interest into practice! Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is committed to finding better ways to care for service users, carers and staff. We are looking to recruit a Patient Research Ambassador who will play an important role in ensuring that a service user and carer voice is reflected in all stages of research from the planning stage to the sharing of study findings.
Key Responsibilities
* Manage and chair the Trust’s service user and carer research group (Help from Experts by Experience for Researchers)
* Communicate and liaise with a wide range of people i.e. service users and staff, external agencies about the role of research in mental healthcare.
* Help to provide the service user perspective in all aspects of research.
* Attend Trust wide and external meetings to promote research and share the service user perspective.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The candidate will act as the main point of contact for service user and carer involvement in adult mental health research. They will chair and manage the Help from Experts by Experience for Researchers. Attendance at various internal and external meetings and events will be part of this role e.g. the Trust’s Service User Network. They will help to promote diversity in research by engaging with underrepresented groups within local communities. They will raise the profile of service user involvement in research e.g. by delivering training or sharing best practice. There may be a requirement for flexibility to work evenings and weekends on occasion.
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Person specification
Knowledge
Essential criteria
* A good understanding of how service user involvement and co-production works in practice.
Experience
Essential criteria
* Experience of mental health services or research as a service user or carer, or as an advocate or representative of service users and carers
Skills
Essential criteria
* Ability to plan, manage & prioritise workload effectively.
* Excellent non-verbal and verbal communication skills.
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