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Employer Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site PRESTWICH Town Manchester Salary £38,682 - £46,580 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 21/08/2025 23:59 Lived Experience Lead - Culture of CareBand 6Job overviewGreater Manchester Mental Health places great emphasis on Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) / Lived Experience (LEx). Underpinning everything within the Culture of Care programme is the commitment to Lived Experience leadership, co-production, and collaboration. This post is required to help develop and implement the 12 Culture of Care standards within the programme. The post holder is required to have excellent communication skills and will be required to speak to a wide range of individuals and organisations daily. The role of Lived Experience Lead has been developed specifically for people who have lived of experience of mental health or a dual diagnosis such as mental health and substance misuse / Learning Difficulties / Autism to support those within the Culture of Care programme to use their experiences and voice to ensure the guiding principles (Autism-informed, trauma informed and Anti-racist) of the Culture of Care remain at the forefront of the work. The post holder will be based in the Knowsley Building at Prestwich Hospital. Project teams are based in Prestwich and Wythenshawe Hospitals. The post holder will be required to travel occasionally to South Manchester (Wythenshawe Hospital). Occasionally, the post holder will be invited to attend meetings further afield where necessary, for example network sessions in Birmingham, Liverpool, or Newcastle (expenses available for all travel). Main duties of the jobCreate links with existing PPI groups and patient partners, and other local and national PPI organisations, enhancing patient involvement and engagement in quality improvement. Liaise with and develop existing relationships with patients, carers and members of the public, local organisations, third sector organisations, faith organisations and other stakeholders in the local health and social care environment, to support them in getting involved in Culture of Care activities. To act as a positive role model to those people using our services and your colleagues, demonstrating GMMH values within your work. To establish supportive and respectful relationships with people using our services within professional boundaries. To model personal responsibility, self-awareness, self-belief, self-advocacy, and hopefulness (via the telling of own recovery story if appropriate) to inspire and instil confidence in peers. To support service users to identify and overcome issues they are facing on the ward and elicit and share solutions they would find beneficial to improve the experience they are having on the ward. To support service users to complete the Patient CARE survey, the Patient Experience survey, and the Carer survey, to ensure accurate data and reporting on the Culture of Care project. Motivate and encourage other service users and carers to get involved in the Culture of Care programme.Working for our organisationGreater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7000 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 122 locations. We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford,Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond. Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options. Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity. Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users. Detailed job description and main responsibilitiesPay Enhancements – 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays. 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years Lived Experience of Mental Health problems Experience of accessing services and actively contributing to own treatment/interventions to support own recovery. Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team Experience participating in Quality Improvement projects Important Information about working for GMMH:All positions within the Trust are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks, for further information on the checks required please visit the NHS Employers website The Trust mandates all post holders who require a DBS for their role to subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £16 per year and maintain registration throughout your employment with GMMH. Applicants are encouraged to apply for posts at Greater Manchester Mental Health who have direct experience of mental health, learning disability or drug and alcohol services either as a service user or a carer. The Trust is also committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are aspiring to ensure our workforce is representative of the diverse communities that we serve, and we are strongly committed to removing barriers to employment for candidates from under-represented groups, for example BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ communities. If you would like to have an informal chat about the recruitment process for this role or would value some additional support, we’d love to hear from you. Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) when writing job applications A candidate may utilise the help of AI when writing job application.The assessment of an application is made on its entirety and most times AI-generated content does not fully grasp the context and requirements of the job one applies for thus producing inaccurate and misleading information, especially in the supporting statement section of an application that can lack real life examples of one’s achievements, success and challenges. We have added a disclaimer to our application process advising that the use of AI is monitored. GMMH reserves the right to follow up with a candidate at the interview on specific responses and those examples used in the supporting statement to explore it further. Sponsorship We are proud to be an approved sponsor for the Skilled Worker visa. Applications from individuals who require sponsorship will be considered alongside all other applications. Please be aware that not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible roles and salary requirements on the UK Government’s website – clickhere . If you are offered a role with us and you require sponsorship, we will check your eligibility in line with the information on the above website. Your offer of employment could be withdrawn if the role is not eligible for sponsorship, and you are not otherwise able to evidence your right to work in the UK. The Home Office introduces new changes from 22/07/2025 that impact the health and care sector, you may wish to familiarise with it here . Do you have experience outside the NHS? We want to attract and retain people with diverse skills and experience, to deliver inclusive healthcare services to our communities. We will consider relevant experience outside the NHS to calculate your salary on appointment. Please contact our Recruitment Team for more information. **Please note, this vacancy may be closed at any time if sufficient applications have been received** Employer certification / accreditation badgesThis 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.#J-18808-Ljbffr