Lived Experience Partner inLondon inLondon PUBLISHED THU 20 MAR 2025

Our Involvement team is recruiting two Lived Experience Partners with the passion and drive to support South London's health and care services to deliver positive change through innovation and meaningful involvement.

The post holders will support meaningful patient and public involvement at the HIN. They will provide expertise on the involvement of people with lived experience in healthcare. The post holder will work with a wide range of stakeholders including clinicians and managers to ensure provision of the best possible patient experience and service delivery.

We are looking for two people with excellent interpersonal skills, who have a track record of using their own lived experience of healthcare to develop and improve services. We are also looking for people who have strong connections to the South London community.

The award-winning HIN is a vibrant and exciting place to work. We are hosted by Guy's and St Thomas's NHS Foundation Trust. Our office is based near Waterloo/Westminster stations, and we offer great health and wellbeing support. Our HIN Academy provides fantastic training to upskill staff to work collaboratively across the system. We also offer regular opportunities for staff to work from home.

To find out more about our Involvement work, including our Involvement Strategy, click here: Health Innovation Network Involvement Strategy 2022-2025 - Health Innovation Network

Working Pattern - Hybrid

Proposed Interview Dates - 29th / 30th April 2025

We are looking for someone who:

Has demonstrable lived experience of healthcare improvement with evidence of affecting change within a health and/ or care setting.

Is well connected to the local community particularly with those who have experience of using health and care services in south London.

Can work flexibly and prioritise in response to changing demands and requirements.

Has excellent interpersonal skills and is comfortable working with a wide range of people at different levels of seniority and from different organisations.

Has strong organisational skills, reliability and the ability to work to deadlines and communicate effectively.

Is IT literate, including competency in Microsoft Office programmes and willing to learn new IT systems.

About us

Please see attached JD and Person Specification for full information.

We are committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and ensure we have a diverse panel for all our recruitment.

Dont meet every single requirement in the person specification?

Studies have shown that women and people from global majority backgrounds are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single criteria. At the HIN we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you are excited about this role but your experience does not align perfectly with what is stated, we encourage you to apply anyway or contact us to discuss. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Find out more by attending our drop-in sessions

We are holding online drop in sessions via Microsoft Teams where you can ask more questions about the role. These sessions are being held on the following dates and times:

Friday 28th March (between 12.30-13.30pm). The meeting link is here: Join the meeting now Meeting ID: 394 583 386 659, Passcode: wC23qy9T

Thursday 3rd April (between 5.30-6.30pm). The meeting link is here: Join the meeting now, Meeting ID: 310 119 250 100, Passcode: LY26BZ9B