Patient and Public Involvement Research Fellow/Manager

Job title:

Patient and Public Involvement Research Fellow/Manager

Company

University of Edinburgh

Job description

Job Category: AcademicJob Description:Patient and Public Involvement Research Fellow (Patient and Public Involvement Manager)Grade UE07: £40,497 – £48,149 per annumCMVM / MGPHS / USHER Institute – Edinburgh BioquarterFull-time: 35 hours per weekFixed-term: available from 1st September 2025 – 31st August 2029The Centre for Medical Informatics at the Usher Institute within The University of Edinburgh is looking for a Patient and Public Involvement Research Fellow (Patient and Public Involvement Manager) to deliver meaningful involvement with patient, public and community members, as part of the LifeArc Centre for Rare Respiratory Diseases.The Opportunity:We wish to appoint an outstanding Research Fellow to develop and deliver Patient and Public Involvement (PPI). Playing a key delivery role in the LifeArc Centre for Rare Respiratory Diseases, the post holder will be responsible for facilitating high impact PPI within the Centre and its work. They will build excellent working relationships with research collaborators, partners, funders, patient organisations and the public, including the provision of training and support for these different groups. They will use NIHR standards in their work, and will develop new methodologies for research studies where required. Partnership working and leadership are key for this role, and the successful applicant will be enthusiastic, confident and have experience of working with different groups in a research environment.Informal enquiries may be directed to Dr Tracy Jackson, Senior Research Fellow and PPI Respiratory Lead, tracy.jackson@ed.ac.ukWe will consider requests for hybrid working (on a non-contractual basis) that combines a mix of remote and on-campus working.Your skills and attributes for success:

• PhD (or near completion) or Masters in a health or social science discipline.
• Experience of developing, implementing and evaluating PPI activities.
• Ability to work independently, work to tight deadlines and use initiative to move work forward.
• Proven experience of working in partnership with others to develop and deliver strategic work.
• Ability to build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders.

Click to view a copy of the full job description.Please include your CV and a supporting statement with details of how you meet the knowledge, skills and experience required for this post.Non-University of Edinburgh employees (i.e. external applicants) – please refer to the system user guide.Current University of Edinburgh employees (i.e. internal applicants) interested in applying for this role – you must apply as an internal applicant through the People and Money Current Jobs tile. Please refer to the system user guide.As a valued member of our team you can expect:

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(opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits.Championing equality, diversity and inclusionThe University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our (opens new browser tab).On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role. International workers will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.Key dates to noteThe closing date for applications is 10th June 2025.Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm GMT. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone.– where inquiring minds work together to improve lives across the world.Join our growing team of academics and professional services staff and work in a vibrant, multi-disciplinary environment. Our vision is to catalyse the transformation of health in society by working with people, populations and their data.Our greatest asset is our people, working together to improve public health using evidence-based research.We are a key applied and translational arm of the Edinburgh Medical School, within the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine at The University of Edinburgh. Working with partners across UK and international universities, health and care providers, policymakers, industry and the public is central to our highly collaborative ethos.

Expected salary

£40497 – 48149 per year

Location

Edinburgh – Midlothian

Job date

Thu, 15 May 2025 01:33:40 GMT

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