This is an exciting and varied role within a growing team working within health research in Greater Manchester. Vocal (www.wearevocal.org) creates opportunities for people to find out about, and have a say in, health research. By bringing together patients, carers, artists, researchers, scientists and others to share their views, expertise and lived experiences, we deliver creative, innovative, award-winning programmes that enhance health and research. Based in Greater Manchester, we work locally, nationally and internationally to make a real difference. We are a not-for-profit organisation, hosted by Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust in partnership with The University of Manchester.
We are part of the NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre (MBRC) www.manchesterbrc.nihr.ac.uk and Manchester Clinical Research Facility (MCRF) www.research.cmft.nhs.uk/facilities-services/clinical-research-facility . This role is office based working at the Nowgen Centre, on the Oxford Road Hospital campus (M13 9WU) and will require occasional meetings at our partner hospital sites across Greater Manchester, e.g. The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust. Currently, the team is mainly working from home. We are financially independent and not-for profit. This role is based at the Nowgen Centre but also involves working off site within Greater Manchester in order to deliver projects.
Role purpose
• To support development, delivery and evaluation of projects and events undertaken by Vocal
• To facilitate involvement of patients and members of the public in Vocal activities and projects
• To support project planning by contributing to project plans, timelines and administrative tasks.
• To organize events, meetings and activities for a range of patient and public groups.
• To support development of patient involvement and public engagement initiatives, by researching sector information and partners, identifying possible approaches and assessing opportunities and risks of options.
• To support monitoring and evaluation of all activities, through a range of methods including eliciting feedback, designing questionnaires, making observations and establish learning from these events, contributing to the learning culture within the team.
• To help maintain Vocal’s Customer Relationship Management (CRM) database, so as to ensure data integrity, information held within is up to date and fully compliant with GDPR requirements,
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
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To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team atresourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
This advert closes on Tuesday 26 Mar 2024
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