Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) Co-ordinator

At University of Hull, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world's talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in University of Hull workplace.

These include people from global majority backgrounds; people who have a declared disability; LGBTQI+ people; and women particularly for our Grade 9 and 10 roles.

We reserve the right to close the advert early if a satisfactory amount of applications.

This is a 5 year, fixed-term contract, funded by the NIHR in which the appointed person will become part of a larger interdisciplinary team of researchers and professional service staff investigating addiction and mental health conditions. Under the leadership of Professor Thomas Phillips, Professor of Nursing in Addiction and Professor Judith Cohen, Hull Health Trials Unit, the research team has secured a five-year award, supported by our partners at the University of York and King’s College London, to develop addiction and mental health research based at the University of Hull. The research targets national priorities and the mental health needs of our population with the aim of improving access to care and treatment that works. Working closely with health and social care providers as well as patients and the public, we have developed an ambitious programme of research across three themes: 

Theme 1:Young people with substance use and mental health presentations. 

Theme 2: Adults with substance use and mental health presentations. 

Theme 3: Defining the needs of adults with alcohol-related cognitive impairment (ARCI). 

The post holder will be supported by our Public Co-Applicant, Mrs Alison Sharpe and work alongside the Community Engagement Co-ordinator, who will also be employed under this award. Our structure for the Research Partnership’s PPIE builds on the existing PPIE infrastructure that supports the Institute for Clinical and Applied Health Research (ICAHR) at the University of Hull, known as “Involve Hull”. Ideally the PPI Co-ordinator will be an expert by experience who will report directly to both Professor Thomas Phillips and Professor Judith Cohen and supported by the Involve Hull Team based in the Allam Medical Building. 

The post holder will engage, recruit and support public contributors who have personal experience of addiction and mental health conditions, either themselves or by caring for someone else, and of using health and care services. This will be done in two ways, firstly by managing a public involvement network that members of the public can join, and secondly through community engagement with other individuals and groups. The post holder will work across youth and adults service areas, building a network of relationships with existing service user groups. There is a specific need for these networks to engage under - represented groups often marginalised by services. Uniquely, we have identified the need to offer ‘research internships’ so that young people are employed under the project and fully contribute to the development and implementation of theme 1.

This post requires an enhanced clearance from the Disclosure and Barring Service for Adult & Child Workforce.

For queries or further information, please contact: Professor Thomas Phillips Email: thomas.phillips@hull.ac.uk or Professor Judith Cohen Email: judith.cohen@hyms.ac.uk

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