Engagement Lead - Rehabilitation and High Support (RHS)


Location
Stockport, England
Salary
£49,387 - £56,515 per annum, pro rata
Profession
Communications officer
Deadline
26 Oct 2026
Contract Type
Permanent
Posted Date
12 Oct 2026
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Job requirements

Essential

34 listed

Requirements the employer expects applicants to meet.

  • Knowledge

    Excellent knowledge of IT - Word, Excel, data collection models.

  • Knowledge

    knowledge of NHS England commissioning arrangements

  • Knowledge

    Working knowledge of new code of practice (MHA 183) and other government policies to improve mental health services

  • Knowledge

    Knowledge of the self-care agenda and ‘recovery college’ model

  • Knowledge

    Awareness of whole person care

  • Knowledge

    Knowledge and awareness of the role of co-production in design and delivery of quality services

  • Knowledge

    Awareness of the importance of engaging those with lived experience in the design and delivery of quality care

  • Knowledge

    wareness of the importance of engaging carers in the design and delivery of quality care

  • Experience

    Experience of leading clinical projects and implementing change

  • Experience

    Proven track record of achieving targets

  • Experience

    Experience in a leadership role and managing / developing more junior staff

  • Experience

    Experience of analysing and evaluating complex data

  • Experience

    Experience of writing and presenting high quality reports to a range of stakeholders

  • Experience

    Experience of delivering training or workshops across staff teams and disciplines

  • Experience

    Promotion and development of external and internal partnerships

  • Experience

    Experience of co-design and patient partnership initiatives

  • Experience

    Project management skills with demonstrable experience in leading projects.

  • Skills and Abilities

    Ability to prioritise work and manage time effectively and meet strict deadlines

  • Skills and Abilities

    Ability to work collaboratively with a wide range of external and internal partners, patients and carers

  • Skills and Abilities

    Excellent interpersonal skills both written and verbal

  • Skills and Abilities

    Able to analyse complex data or information to develop new ways of working

  • Skills and Abilities

    Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team.

  • Skills and Abilities

    Demonstrable leadership skills

  • Skills and Abilities

    Evidence of supporting a range of staff in the delivery of project objectives

  • Skills and Abilities

    Ability to action plan and problem solve

  • Skills and Abilities

    Ability to have vision and to work this up in to a meaningful action plan

  • Skills and Abilities

    Ability to effectively evaluate projects and use ongoing improvement methodologies to plan changes

  • Education / Qualifications

    Professional clinical qualification / registration (Nursing, OT, SW)

  • Education / Qualifications

    Educated to degree level or equivalent in relevant health related area of practice

  • Education / Qualifications

    Experience of change management within health related area of practice.

  • Work Related Circumstances

    Undertake any other duties which are appropriate to grade as requested

  • Work Related Circumstances

    Use of a car or access to a means of mobility to travel across the Trust footprint in line with service needs

  • Work Related Circumstances

    Willing to carry out all duties and responsibilities of the post in accordance with the Trust’s Equal Opportunities and Equality and Diversity policies

  • Work Related Circumstances

    Appointments to regulated and controlled activities require an enhanced DBS disclosure

Desirable

6 listed

Additional qualities the employer would prefer.

  • Experience

    Previous management / leadership of a recovery / CQUIN initiative

  • Experience

    Experience of working with families and carers

  • Skills and Abilities

    An ability to understand operational service structures within an NHS Trust setting, and to work within these settings to deliver service improvement.

  • Education / Qualifications

    Recognised leadership or management qualification

  • Education / Qualifications

    Recognised project qualification or willingness to work towards e.g. PRINCE 2

  • Education / Qualifications

    Educated Masters level in relevant health related area of practice

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity two Band 7 Engagement Leads, one part time vacancy. This is a unique opportunity in which you will be able to solely focus on service development and improvement. You will work closely with service users, their loved ones, and staff to ensure their views, ideas and feedback shape the service and remain at the centre of all discussions, enabling coproduction and collaboration. In doing so, you will enhance and lead within our quality agenda and have a positive impact on service user and carer care and experiences.

We are looking for someone who is passionate around improving the experience of our service users and their loved ones, alongside recognising the significant value in working collaboratively with both.

You would take a key role in the delivery of the Care Hub’s quality strategy and clinical effectiveness, ensuring this links with the Trustwide Quality Strategy.

The role is based over the Trust footprint and our services include Low Secure Units, Inpatient and Community Rehabilitation Services, services for Military Veterans and the Wellbeing College. You would be working alongside the Rehab and High Support Quality Team.

You would be expected to travel across the Trust footprint to our services, however we can offer flexibility in terms of base or hybrid working. In return we offer a flexible and rewarding opportunity, within a friendly, supportive, and quality driven team.

Main duties of the job

Key tasks will include monitoring and analysing development opportunities and providing project management; leading on specific and agreed work streams.

Examples of work streams which meet the above quality objectives will include, but are not limited to:

  • Delivery of specific identified actions from peer reviews, our quality strategy, auditing, feedback, etc.
  • Improving service user experience.
  • Delivery of a sustainable health and wellbeing college to support self-management for our service users.
  • Implementation of the Triangle of Care and Family and Carer Strategy to ensure a sustainable quality experience of care for loved ones and carers.
  • Development of co-production within the Care Hub.
  • Development of patient forums and patient experience dashboards in collaboration with the Head of Quality.
  • Supporting the development of a specialist training programme for RHS staff.
  • Providing clinical leadership and supervision where required

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification to support your application for this post. Please refer to the essential criteria in the person specification which will highlight the skills, knowledge and experience you will need to demonstrate in your application, by way of example, to give yourself the best opportunity to be shortlisted.

Should you wish to discuss this opportunity any further, please contact Kirsty Vernon (Interim Head of Quality – RHS) on kirsty.vernon@nhs.net or via teams

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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