Community Involvement and Inclusion Lead - till 31.03.28

at  Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a research team committed to making health care safer for all through innovative and inclusive research. The role will be based within the National Institute for Heath and Care Research (NIHR) Yorkshire and Humber Patient Safety Research Collaboration (PSRC) Yorkshire and Humber Patient Safety Research Collaboration (nihr.ac.uk) . Our vision is to lead research for safe, high quality and sustainable care by embracing diversity of experience and expertise. The post-holder will join a supportive team of researchers and lay leaders and leading in delivering our ambitious EDI and PPIE strategies. You will guide our work, ensuring that diverse members of the public, patients, and health and social care staff are embedded in the work we do.
The role of the Community Involvement and Inclusion Lead is to lead, support and develop patient and public involvement and engagement work and equality, diversity and inclusion activity within the PSRC.
Specifically, the main duties of the role include but are not limited to:
Developing diverse communities of members of the public, staff and patients to play an important role in research.
Integrating and embedding community engagement into a research programme.
Leading the delivery and evaluation of the PPIE and EDI strategies.
Our People Charter outlines the behaviours we can expect from one another and what you can expect from Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust:
We value people
We are one team
We care
We’re keen to meet people who share these values and are passionate about delivering the highest quality of care to our patients.
The post-holder will build on existing work and shape and create new connections and exciting opportunities for the PSRC. In doing so, there will be opportunities for you to use and build on your existing networks or connections and expand your skills. The PSRC in one of six such research collaborations in England, and you will work with colleagues nationally to share learning and develop joint projects.
You will join a caring and motivated team that is committed to delivering inclusive research to inform improvements in the quality and experience of healthcare services. To support this, we are actively working towards a more inclusive and equitable approach within our research community and our projects.
The PSRC is hosted within a wider research network: the Yorkshire Quality and Safety Research group https://yqsr.org . The group comprises researchers and leading academics from the Universities of Leeds, York and Bradford, teamed with clinicians and managers from the Yorkshire and Humber health community, with the ultimate aim of making a real impact on the safety of health and social care services. This means that within your role you will have the opportunity to collaborate with and be a part of a large, multi-disciplinary team

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