Main area Nursing Directorate Grade Band 4 Contract 12 months (Fixed Term 12 Months) Hours
* Full time
* Part time
37.5 hours per week (Part time hours also considered) Job ref 173-38525-COR
Employer Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site St Mary’s House Town Leeds Salary £27,485 - £30,162 Per Annum/Pro Rata for part time post Salary period Yearly Closing 05/09/2025 23:59 Interview date 22/09/2025
Lived Experience Lead Culture of Care
Band 4
Job overview
Leeds and York Partnership Trust (LYPFT) is actively engaged in the Culture of Care programme; a national initiative focused on transforming the quality of mental health inpatient services. As part of this commitment, our inpatient wards are undertaking continuous quality improvement efforts aligned with the Culture of Care Standards. We currently have lived experience practitioners and peer support workers contributing within a number of clinical areas, and we are committed to broadening their presence across our services.
This role will champion coproduction approaches and Culture of Care to build and sustain infrastructure that embeds lived experience within inpatient wards. Additionally, the role will support trust-wide quality improvement initiatives linked to the Culture of Care programme, working collaboratively with other support services to promote a compassionate, inclusive, and continuously improving care environment.
This programme delivers a range of learning and networking opportunities, alongside coaching and training designed to support service transformation and development. A strong emphasis is placed on involving service users and experts by experience throughout. The post holder will play a key role in enabling service users and peer support workers to actively participate in the programme.
Main duties of the job
As a valued member of the Culture of Care project team, the Lived Experience Lead will play a vital role in delivering structured peer support and practical assistance to individuals accessing services. The postholder will help enable meaningful participation in Culture of Care initiatives, promoting service user choice, independence and access to opportunities both within the Trust and through collaboration with external agencies.
Working within a framework of mutual respect and open information sharing, the Lived Experience Lead will draw upon their own personal lived experience to offer insight and guidance that enriches project delivery. Their unique perspective will help shape the Culture of Care approach, ensuring it reflects and responds to the real-world experiences of service users.
The post will offer flexibility and is open to applications for full-time or part-time working.
This role involves regular travel between our sites located in Leeds and York, so candidates should be prepared for travel as a key part of the position.
Working for our organisation
The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.
There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.
We also have an incredible bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank.
Applicants should be aware that any individual requiring a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only (this does not include Healthcare Support Workers). This is an essential requirement, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you do not meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
As an integral member of the project team, the Lived Experience lead will collaborate closely with Support Services and ward-based teams, working on both a one-to-one and group basis. They will play a key role in engaging with service users, peer support workers, and staff, fostering meaningful participation across all levels. The post-holder will provide guidance and encouragement to peer support workers, enabling access to opportunities within the Culture of Care initiative. A vital part of their role will be to amplify the voices of service users, ensuring their experiences and perspectives are represented across a range of forums
The post therefore requires effective liaison with service users, carers, and other professionals and agencies as required.
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading.
So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the Candidate Guide to Values Based Recruitment. This document provides you with information to help you apply.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Minimum NVQ level 3 or equivalent
Skills
* You need to have excellent communication and interpersonal skills which includes where relevant sharing your personal story of mental illness.
Experience
* A lived experience of mental ill-health and/or receiving support from mental health services.
Applications are welcomed from candidates who wish to apply for a position based on a smarter (Hybrid) or flexible working arrangement. Where candidates are successful at interview, flexible working arrangement requests will be taken into consideration and may be accommodated where the needs of the service allow.
Fixed Term Contracts for existing NHS Employees – temporary contracts for employees of LYPFT, or colleagues joining from another NHS Trust, will be offered on a secondment basis wherever possible. In the event this is not possible, an FTC would be issued and this would require a break in service of two weeks.
The purpose of a temporary is role could be for maternity cover, temporary funding or some other reason. At the end of which the need for the temporary work will cease. Temporary roles can stop, be extended and/or made permanent at any point during the period of work. Should the role become permanent then the post-holder will be informed of the process to be followed to convert the position to a permanent one.
All new employees are required to subscribe to the DBS Update Service.
Patient Safety is a priority at LYPFT with a focus on system-based improvement and creating opportunities for learning. We will ensure compassionate engagement with all those involved in an incident and all incidents are met with a proportionate response. LYPFT is committed to upholding its’ statutory responsibilities in relation to safeguarding adults and children. Please refer to job description for further information.
LYPFT is a member of the Disability Confident scheme and is committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process.
As part of the Trust's commitment to its Gold Standard Armed Forces Covenant status, members of the Armed Forces Community are entitled to a guaranteed interview subject to meeting the role criteria.
We welcome applicants with lived experience of providing unpaid care and/or support to a family member or friend with a disability, health condition, frailty, mental health problem, addiction or other health needs.
Please note that the Trust reserves the right to close the vacancy before the closing date if enough applications are received. It is in the candidate’s best interest to apply as soon as possible. In submitting an application form, you authorise Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the ESR IAT process should you be appointed to the post.
In applying for a role please ensure that you only declare qualifications that are relevant to the role itself. We reserve the right to check all declared qualifications on an application form, whether they are directly relevant to the role or not.
Please note: The Trust does not offer reimbursement of interview expenses.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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