Job summary Health Innovation East Midlands (HIEM) operates as the innovation arm of the NHS, and this exciting role sits within our small, dynamic Patient Public Leadership & Equalities (PPLE) Team.
HIEM's role is to support healthcare organisations transform patient outcomes by adopting innovative technologies and ways of working - and our PPLE Team helps ensure we take a robust approach to public participation, equity, and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) across our activity.
In addition to supporting our internal programme teams to deliver effective PPI and EDI, we offer external advice and expertise to our NHS and healthcare partners, including delivering specific PPI and EDI work packages.
We are seeking an experienced, organised and dynamic team player - a person who is passionate about patient involvement and EDI and is excited by the opportunity to work across the East Midlands health and care system at the forefront of healthcare transformation.
This role is offered on an initial 12-month fixed term period or secondment.
The provisional date for interviews are: Tuesday 7 or Tuesday 14 January 2024.
Main duties of the job We are looking for someone with expertise in patient and public participation and equality, diversity, and inclusion.
The role will focus on the following areas: Deliver HIEM's Patient and Public Leadership programme - ensuring patient and public views are embedded across our work.
Support and advise HIEM's internal teams on the approach to, and delivery of equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI), including production of Equality Impact Assessments/Equality Analyses.
Plan and coordinate thought leadership events and webinars and produce PPI and EDI resources.
Provide expertise and support the delivery of a series of PPI and EDI work packages for HIEM's external health and care partners and innovators.
About us We are one of 15 Health Innovation Networks around England that operate as the innovation arm of the NHS.
We bring together partners from all sectors involved in health and care including the NHS, social care and public health, patients, research, third sector and industry - to identify, test and spread new technologies and better ways of working.
We save the NHS money, generate economic growth, empower health and care staff, and improve lives for patients.
We work closely with our health and care stakeholders to establish their priorities then provide support.
As part of a national network, we import evidenced solutions from other Health Innovation Network regions and export our successful East Midlands programmes on a national basis.
We have a range of objectives, but our overarching aim is always to make a difference for patients.
To find out more, visit the 'About Us' and 'Join our Team' sections of our HIEM website Job description Job responsibilities Please familiarise yourself with the Job Description and Person Specification attachments located within the supporting documents section of this advert.
These documents provide a comprehensive overview for this role and the key knowledge, experience and skills required for your application.
We are looking for a dynamic, enthusiastic individual with the ability to provide enabling PPI and EDI expertise and support to internal and external colleagues.
The ability to respond and adapt, undertake several tasks and manage competing demands are key skills for this role.
Person Specification Experience Essential Extensive experience and successful delivery of Patient and Public Involvement within a health/social care/voluntary sector or other settings and across multi systems and teams Extensive experience of coordinating Equality Diversity Inclusion (EDI) activities, working directly with people from protected characteristics and staff to progress this agenda Experience of undertaking Equality Impact Assessments/Equality Analysis of projects and supporting delivery of action plans Demonstrable experience of data collection processing, presentation and report writing Communication and relationship skills Essential Communicate complex concepts effectively and appropriately to a range of audiences / able to adapt communication to meet the needs of people with diverse communication needs Competent use of MS PowerPoint, Teams, Zoom, Outlook, Excel and Word.
Analytical and judgement skills Essential Identifies new approaches and ideas to support service development and solve problems Planning and organisation skills Essential Ability to prioritise, organise own workload and manage competing demands