Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) Officer

Inhabitants Sciences

Location:  

Southampton Basic Hospital

Wage:  

£34,980 to £42,978
each year

Full Time Mounted Time period till 30/09/2028

Closing Date:  

Thursday 18 April 2024

Interview Date:  

To be confirmed

Reference:  

2665424LG

That is an thrilling alternative to affix the workforce of the Nationwide Institute for Well being and Care Analysis (NIHR) Analysis Assist Service Hub, and the Nationwide Specialist Centre for Public Well being delivered by the College of Southampton and Companions (RSS USP), positioned within the College of Drugs. 

Who’re we? 

The NIHR funds, permits and delivers world-leading well being and social care analysis that improves folks’s well being and wellbeing. Our analysis helps flip discoveries into new or improved remedies, diagnostics, medical applied sciences and companies. It offers these working within the NHS, public well being, international well being and social care with the proof they should higher assist sufferers, the general public and individuals who want care.

The NIHR RSS is a brand new nationwide analysis initiative offering seamless entry to analysis assist, recommendation, design and collaboration, from planning by means of to supply for researchers working throughout the remit of NIHR in England.  Our Hub has additionally been designated to supply the Nationwide RSS Specialist Centre in Public Well being.

A full vary of assist for the event of public well being analysis funding purposes is offered, from recommendation on very early analysis concepts to analysis design, recommendation on organising research, neighborhood partnership and involvement, and collaboration alternatives.

What’s going to you do? 

As somebody who’s passionate in regards to the significance of how sufferers and the general public will help form the way forward for the well being analysis and healthcare, you function will concentrate on the promotion and facilitation of public involvement in analysis. This can contain constructing hyperlinks with affected person and neighborhood teams, and facilitating session and collaborations with the general public and researchers. You’ll assist analysis groups to assist be sure that suggestions from the general public helps form their analysis plans, and assist the writing of purposes to make sure plans for PPI are embedded all through proposed analysis. 

The function is being marketed as full time, nonetheless half time or job-share can be attainable. Please simply tell us. 

Why be a part of us? 

We perceive that our employees are our best asset, and we take the care of our employees severely. Among the perks of working with us, embrace:  

Hybrid Working– We’re happy to supply a hybrid-working association as we all know the various advantages this could deliver to our employees and us as an organisation. We attempt for cohesive and collaborative groups so our expectation is you spend round 20% of your time within the workplace. 

Office Wellbeing– As a college we goal to create an atmosphere the place everybody can thrive and are proactive in fostering a tradition of inclusion, respect and equality of alternative. We consider that we will solely actually meet our targets if we’re reflective of society, so we’re obsessed with making a working atmosphere through which you’re free to deliver your complete self to work. With a beneficiant vacation allowance in addition to further college closure days we’re dedicated to supporting our employees and college students and open to a versatile working method. 

Potential candidates wishing to debate the put up informally might contact the PPI Lead Megan Barlow-Pay [email protected]

Additional particulars:

We’re dedicated to equality, variety and inclusion and welcome candidates who assist our mission of inclusivity.

Apply by midnight on the time limit. For help contact Recruitment on +44(0)2380 592750 or [email protected] quoting the job quantity.