UHBW believe that meaningful coproduction and community involvement is essential to meet our vision for person-centred, compassionate and inclusive care every time, for everyone, from birth through to end of life.
We are looking for a Community Involvement and Partnership lead to join the Trust's innovative and dynamic Experience of Care and Inclusion team.
To be successful in this role, you will have a strong and demonstrable record of working with people and communities and an understanding of the important role experts by experience and volunteers play as partners in designing and delivering care.
As a team, we live our Trust's values and our commitment to collaboration is demonstrated in our approach to our day-to-day work with our colleagues, and how we work with people and communities. You will be a person who will strengthen our approach further, by being a team player and a compassionate leader, willing to work flexibly to drive and enable the delivery of the team's broad and exciting portfolio.
Importantly, you will understand and have a demonstrable commitment to the value people and communities bring to our service delivery and development. You will be an enabler for change, influential, a pusher of boundaries, an expert in the field. You will be an ambassador for the effective and impactful involvement of a diverse community of people and communities across our healthcare services.
To lead the Trust’s approach to working with people and communities with a portfolio of:
- Integrating the involvement of patients, carers and community partners who have lived experience in service and organisational developments as standard practice at UHBW, as lead for the relevant objectives within the Experience of Care Strategy
- Leading the development, growth and impact of the volunteering service in line with the Trust’s Volunteer Strategy
- Developing effective and reciprocal community partnerships with the Voluntary and Community Sector (VCSE) together with the Health Equity & Inclusion Manager to build a better understanding of the needs and experiences of the diverse communities that UHBW serves.
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward- thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Matthew Areskog Job title: Head of Experience of Care & Inclusion Email address: matthew.areskog@uhbw.nhs.uk Telephone number: 0117 3263638
Email matthew.areskog@uhbw.nhs.uk to arrange informal discussion regarding role.
