Lived Experience Researcher/Educator


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	£32,073 to £39,043 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Derby, DE22 3LZ
Job type:	Contract
Posting date:	27 Oct 2026
Closing date:	10 Nov 2026

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Summary

Lived Experience Educator: Chesterfield (x2 days per week) - The post holder will: Lead, coordinate and develop the Expert Patient programme in Chesterfield Recruit, induct and support Expert patients involved in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching Plan and organise lived experience sessions in collaboration with Clinical Teaching Fellows Ensure safeguarding, wellbeing and risk management of Expert Patients and escalate concerns to senior clinical lead of lived experience programme Act as first point of contact for lived experience contributors Monitor quality and consistency of lived experience teaching delivery Lead service development initiatives to expand and improve lived experience involvement Derby (Kingsway) The post holder might be needed to support occasionally with the following: Help support and co-facilitate teaching sessions involving Expert patients Deliver and support simulated patient sessions when the team need additional support Support induction and reflective learning sessions for medical students Lived Experience researcher - Derby (Kingsway) (x 3 days per week) The post holder will: Co-ordination of projects Co-ordinate and carry out work as part of ongoing service evaluation, quality improvement and research determined by the Research Project Manager and wider PTU team Bring the wisdom of your own lived experience of mental health conditions into the research process Provide assistance with ethical applications, renewals and reports Contribute to the conception, construction and administration of questionnaire or interview studies Facilitate the development of evidence-based standards of teaching that incorporate lived experience and research and development Assist in the development of outcome measures relating to lived experience and teaching impact Contribute to grant applications where appropriate Data Analysis & Reporting Identify, clean and collate quantitative and/or qualitative data Prepare data for statistical analyses and undertake descriptive and inferential data analysis when asked Prepare written reports for Trust and University partners Present service evaluation, quality improvement and research findings to Trust, regional and national meetings Represent the Psychiatry Teaching Unit or Research and Development Department at information, training events and conferences Ensure compliance with GDPR, ethical standards and Trust governance requirements Ensure that data is collected to meet project requirements and in line with legal, ethical and data sharing agreements Collate and record feedback Support monitoring of equality, diversity and inclusion within teaching programmes FOR BOTH ROLES:Leadership Exercise autonomy in managing the dual responsibilities across sites, and leading in your defined service area Supervise and support volunteers/Expert patients Contribute to recruitment of expert patients and induction processes of expert patients and students Promote recovery-focused and anti-oppressive practice Support the strategic development of lived experience teaching Strive to develop and maintain personal competencies with respect to culture and gender and to promote the same Promote a culture of mutual respect and collaboration between different professional disciplines to encourage interprofessional learning Ensure trust policies, procedures, and legislative directives are adhered to Promote the role of academic and experiential expert patient and carer teaching within the multi professional strategy Be self-motivated in liaising within community and in-patient teams in developing new student placement opportunities both from a lived experience facilitator and a peer researcher perspective Clinical and professional issues Monitor the wellbeing of Expert Patients during teaching activities and to escalate safeguarding concerns appropriately to the Lived Experience Manager Have a basic overview of general psychiatry clinical services and relevant trust policy to communicate issues of concern relating to an expert patient to the appropriate clinical team Demonstrate autonomy, actively managing own workload effectively and efficiently, prioritising competing demands Be aware of professional codes of practice governing students and will report any concerns about these to the medical tutors and associate clinical sub-dean Exercise accountability and responsibility Education & development Monitor and maintain personal practice and development ensuring that all CPD requirements are maintained, with emphasis on research and development in psychiatry Attend statutory and mandatory training as identified by the Trust Engage in supervision and reflective practice Ensure personal development promotes good evidence based standardised practice, prevents poor practice, and intervenes in unacceptable practice Contribute to the development of a positive learning environment/culture Strategy and Service Development Develop the Lived Experience Programme in Chesterfield and contribute to the strategy of developing the work at that site Contribute to the development and ongoing evaluation of the service Information resources/information systems Manage and maintain a range of learning materials and retain records of learning activity and feedback Use databases and libraries to access up-to-date literature Use software such as Excel, NVivo, SPSS and Rayyan to manage and analyse data Autonomy/scope within role Work within a supportive team, but have more autonomy during the time spent at Chesterfield where they will take a lead in the development of the lived experience programme there Although supervised by the Research Project Manager there will be scope to work autonomously on areas of agreed responsibility to enable career progression

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