Patient Participation Lead (Brighton) – Common Ambition Project

We are looking for an outstanding candidate to fulfil the role of Participation Lead for Brighton and Hove Common Ambition, a patient involvement project, partnering with Arch Health, Brighton and Hove CCG, Brighton and Hove City Council Public Health department and the University of Brighton. This is a fixed term role to cover maternity leave.

Common Ambition is a 3-year project, funded by the Health Foundation which aims to involve people with lived experience in the evaluation, design and delivery of health services for people experiencing homelessness in Brighton & Hove. The focus of the project is on ensuring patient voice and expertise is included in the design, commissioning and delivery of homeless health services in the city.

The role will focus on managing the lived experience participation within the Brighton and Hove Common Ambition project, and project support, working alongside the Project Lead and other stakeholders to develop, deliver and communicate the project, working toward the objectives.

The Participation Lead will build good rapport and trust with lived experience participants, ensure the project is widely known about and accessed, and that the participants are able to have a meaningful involvement in the design and delivery of the health services and wider system.