Lived Experience Partner Lead - Healthcare

At Priory, we believe the voices and experiences of the people we support should be at the heart of everything we do, helping us shape and continuously improve care across our divisions, regions and our local services. As Lived Experience Partner Lead, you’ll help shape and deliver our Lived Experience Partnership strategy across Priory Healthcare, working with colleagues and senior leaders to ensure patient voice and coproduction meaningfully influence our services and the way we work.

This is an evolving senior role, offering the opportunity to shape the strategic vision for lived experience across Priory. You’ll provide leadership, governance and strategic influence across a range of projects, workstreams and engagement activity, ensuring the voices and experiences of the people we support are meaningfully embedded in how we deliver and improve care. The role is offered on a full-time remote basis, with occasional travel required.

What you'll be doing

You’ll play a key role in shaping how lived experience influences our services, working collaboratively across Priory to turn insight into meaningful action.

• Lead our Lived Experience approach, helping to develop and lead the Priory Healthcare strategy and framework and embedding lived experience across our services.
• Champion patient voice and a culture of coproduction, working with senior leaders, managers and teams to turn lived experience feedback into meaningful service improvements.
• Lead and support our team of Divisional Lived Experience Partners, from recruitment and coordination through supervision, development and training, ensuring they can make a meaningful contribution.
• Share insight and influence change, preparing reports, presentations and updates and representing Lived Experience Partnership work at divisional committees and forums.
• Shape the future of lived experience at Priory, supporting policy development and helping build a culture where lived experience is valued, celebrated and genuinely influences how we work.

What you'll bring to the role

We’re looking for someone who can bring their lived experience, expertise and leadership skills to help shape meaningful change across our Healthcare services.

• Personal lived experience of mental health services, alongside previous experience in a Lived Experience role at a senior regional or divisional level, with responsibility for multiple projects or workstreams.
• Strong knowledge of mental health services and the challenges facing the sector, with the ability to use lived experience, insight and information from different sources to develop a collective perspective.
• Confident and credible leadership skills, with the ability to work collaboratively with clinicians, senior colleagues, service users, carers, families and wider teams, influencing positive change and supporting strategic decision-making.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, including the confidence to co-deliver training, present to colleagues and clinicians, and chair or co-chair meetings and committees.
• Highly organised and self-motivated, with the ability to work autonomously, manage competing priorities, meet deadlines and maintain a high standard of work.
• A commitment to inclusive and culturally aware partnership working, with the confidence and ability to help embed lived experience meaningfully across Healthcare.

Please familiarise yourself with the Recruitment Pack and Job Description before making an application.

What we will give you in return

We want you to succeed at Priory and thrive in your role. You will be well supported with regular career conversations. We also offer full training and numerous pathways into leadership and qualified clinical positions to help you shape your career with us.

• 25 days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays + additional day’s leave for your Birthday!
• Annual leave entitlement increases based on length of service: 27 days after 5 years’ service and 30 days after 10 years’ service
• Length of service recognition awards – every 5 years
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Initial Disclosure Check Cost covered, if applicable to role
• ‘My Possible Self’ App and health-related benefits
• Online discounts and cashback rewards – Priory Perks
• Smart Technology scheme (qualifying period)
• Cycle to work scheme (qualifying period)
• Smart Holidays (qualifying period)
• Gym Flex (qualifying period)
• Healthcare Cash Plan – Simply Health Scheme
• Eye Care Vouchers
• ‘Cash for Colleagues’ – Employee referral scheme
• Access to development opportunities
• Sponsorship of professional qualifications through our Individual Professional Development (IPD) panel
• Leadership & management development
• Parental Leave Gift

Please take the time to familiarise yourself with the full job description attached prior to making an application.

Shortlisting may begin upon receipt of applications, and the Recruiting Manager may close the vacancy early if enough suitable candidates are identified.

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