Role Overview
We are recruiting lived experience engagement facilitators to work on adult mental health wards in Warwick. The role embeds lived experience across inpatient services and focuses on co‑production, patient voice and partnership.
Key Responsibilities
* Work on the ward to ensure patients’ voices are heard at all levels – from ward rounds to partnership board meetings.
* Facilitate group and one‑to‑one sessions with patients, carers and staff, holding spaces for ideas on service delivery.
* Champion co‑production and feed findings into transformation workstreams to co‑design inpatient services.
* Represent patient perspective in discussions with clinicians, service planners and organisational leaders.
Qualifications & Experience
* Lived experience of mental ill health, trauma or distress as a patient or carer.
* Experience of an inpatient mental health ward or a carer of an inpatient.
* Passion for co‑production and improving patient experience.
* Ability to represent the patient perspective in discussions at all organisational levels.
Benefits & Development
* Generous annual leave entitlement increasing with tenure.
* Flexible working opportunities.
* Excellent learning and development opportunities – apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring.
* Salary sacrifice schemes – lease car/vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership.
* Discounts with retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues via Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes.
* Well‑being support – in‑house counselling service, external helpline.
* Staff networks and support groups.
How to Apply
For more information see attached support information. If you are unsure please contact Claire Handy on claire.handy@covwarkpt.nhs.uk. Full‑funded application and interview support available for people living within Coventry and surrounding areas.
Advert closes Thursday 18 Dec 2025.
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