King’s Improvement Science Patient and Public Involvement Co-ordinator at King’s College London

Job description

The post-holder will bring together their lived experience of accessing health and/or social care services with research & project management skills to coordinate patient and public involvement (PPI) for King’s Improvement Science (KIS).

KIS is a King’s Health Partners funded applied research &  evaluation programme, hosted within the Centre for Implementation Science (CIS) at King’s College London.

This part-time post is a job-share and the post-holder will work closely & collaboratively with the existing KIS PPI Co-ordinator. The post-holder will work with members of the King’s Improvement Science team, members of the public, and staff in partner organisations, to embed the involvement of public members within KIS projects. The post-holder will also be involved in research activities including the planning, delivery and dissemination of research and evaluation projects.

Further information about King’s Improvement Science can be accessed via: www.kingsimprovementscience.org

Further information about the Centre for Implementation Science can be accessed via: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/research/cis

We welcome and encourage applicants from diverse communities and backgrounds, including those from racialised groups and those with disabilities, lived experience of ill health and/or neurodivergent individuals. Potential applicants are warmly encouraged to contact the job-share partner for the post with any questions.

Disability-related support can be provided through the Department of Work & Pension’s Access to Work programme to support the post-holder with access requirements, including advice, equipment, financial support, a range of assistive technologies, and coaching and mentoring for staff.

Contract type

This post will be offered on a fixed-term contract until 30/09/2024.

This post is available part-time at 50% – 80% full time equivalent (17.5 hours per week – 28 hours per week).

This post allows for some flexibility in working hours and patterns. The post holder will be expected to work from our offices in Denmark Hill, south London for around 40-60% of their time, and will be able to work remotely from home for the remainder of their time if they wish to do so.

Key responsibilities

• Ensure patient & public involvement is present in KIS work where possible
• Co-ordinate patient and public involvement within KIS projects and activities
• Arrange meetings and events to be attended by a diverse group of patients/service users, carers and the public
• Arrange payment and expenses for public members who are involved in activities
• Maintain frequent communication with and provide updates to our patient & public involvement group via different modes of communication, e.g., through email, phone calls or video calls
• Work closely with patient & public involvement leads across partner organisations, including a close collaborative relationship with the Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) South London PPI Co-ordinator
• Learn about improvement & implementation science and work with the team to apply this knowledge within research projects
• Contribute to study design, data collection and analysis – in partnership with researchers, health and social care staff & PPI colleagues
• Disseminate KIS work through presentations and reports &  collaborate on peer reviewed publications
• Contribute to and attend appropriate meetings and events, as required
• Contribute to teaching, training and other learning activities
• Communicate regularly and effectively with relevant colleagues and stakeholders from King’s College London/Health Service & Population Research Department/Centre for Implementation Science, Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) South London, King’s Health Partners (KHP) and other stakeholders

The above list of responsibilities may not be exhaustive, and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks and responsibilities as may reasonably be expected within the scope and grading of the post.