Patient & Public Involvement & Engagement Manager; PPIE

Overview

UCLH, together with leading university UCL, is a centre for world-class clinical research and has one of the largest portfolios of studies. UCLH is home to one of the country's most innovative biomedical research centres (BRCs). At our BRC we have built up a good reputation delivering world-class training in Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) and in engaging communities who have typically been under-represented in research.

PPIE is essential to the work we do at UCLH and the BRC and is considered crucial to making our research more impactful and inclusive.

We now have an exciting opportunity for a part-time (0.5

FTE) Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) Manager to join the team and take a lead in developing and delivering our PPIE strategy, with a specific focus on providing support, advice and training on PPIE for researchers and clinicians at UCLH and UCL.

This opportunity is for someone who has a passion for ensuring the meaningful and effective engagement, involvement and participation (PPIE) of patients and the public in research. You will work closely with academics, clinicians, patients and the public to facilitate PPIE activities, as well as advise senior staff and researchers.

You will work alongside a second part-time PPIE manager to support proactive outreach work with local communities to diversify the groups of people involved in biomedical research at UCLH and UCL.

• Work alongside a second part-time PPIE Manager to develop and implement a strategy for PPIE in line with the Biomedical Research Centre aims
• Devise, manage and deliver an expert PPIE support service for researchers within a defined budget
• Support activity to engage and involve patients and the public from harder to reach groups in our work
• Monitor and evaluate PPIE activities across biomedical research and UCL and UCLH

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.

We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:

• University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
• National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
• Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
• University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
• Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
• University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
• The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
• University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.

For further details / informal visits contact:
Name:
Clare Walton

Job title:

Joint Head of PPIE and Research Communications
Email address:

For further information of how the role fits into the wider team, please reach out to the Joint Heads of PPIE and Research Communications to discuss the role informally before application. Rosamund Yu R  and Clare Walton