Head of Lived Experience & Co-Production for Specialist Services

Job overview

Do you hold lived experience accessing (and building a meaningful life following the use of) services which would fall under MPFTs Specialist care group (eg Drug & Alcohol treatment, Forensic services, Eating Disorders, Health and Justice or Prison services, Sexual Health services or Learning Disabilities services) or caring for a family member or loved one who has accessed one or more of these services?

Are you an experienced peer/ lived experience leader with a track record of bringing insights from lived experience into strategic contexts? Do you hold expertise in supporting others to understand and apply different engagement methodologies- from co-production to involvement and participation?

If so, this could be the perfect opportunity to join our passion team who truly believe that patient, carer, and family experience is central to delivering outstanding care.

You will need to travel independently over a large geographical area and will require suitable transport.

Main duties of the job

• The Head of Lived Experience and Co-Production will work highly autonomously within their allocated care group, reporting closely into the Deputy Director for Lived Experience and care group senior leadership.
• Responsible for ensuring that lived experience and co-production is embedded in your care group, developing relationships and programmes of work to support MPFT’s Co-Production, Lived Experience & Community Voice Strategy (CLEVES).
• Identify and lead cross-cutting initiatives that reflect and amplify the voices of people who use services, improving outcomes and strengthening person-centred approaches across care groups, thereby supporting your care group to realise its strategic aims.
• You will also spend a portion of time considering the central activities and work programmes which pertain to MPFT as a whole and is based in the Lived Experience and Co-Production Directorate, holding a specialised lens on the agenda as it pertains to the communities served by the care group with which you link.
• Responsible for promoting the vision and values of MPFT and for MPFT’s priorities regarding Lived Experience, Co-production and Community Voice.
• You will lead by example and ensure that you demonstrate the trust’s values in collaborative work with communities and colleagues across the organisation, playing a critical role in ensuring service developments are inclusive, responsive, and aligned with the NHS 10 Year Plan.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

This vacancy is only open at this stage to internal employees of the following organisations within the Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care System:

• Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
• North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust
• University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, inclusive of Black Country Procurement Group and North Midlands and Cheshire Pathology Service.
• Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board

Before applying for his unique and challenging role we encourage you to view the full job description and person specification

Please note that we are advertising for three Heads of Co-Production & Lived Experience, each will work closely with either Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin, Specialist, or Children & Families care group. If you feel you have the lived experience required for one or more of the other care groups, as well as this one, please do refer to this explicitly in your supporting statement

The recruitment process for these roles will include an online presentation, planned for 23rd and 25th September and panel interview/stakeholder group on 29th and 30th September. Candidates will only be required to attend a timed slot on one of the presentation days and either the 29th OR 30th September for interview.