Patient Advocate Liaison

Patient Advocate Liaison

(Spinal Services, Grade VII)

Purpose of the Role:

The purpose of this post is to develop strategies to enable increased Patient Advocacy,

Patient and Family partnership across the Hospital/Hospital Group and specifically in the CHI Spinal Unit. The post holder will play a vital role in building and strengthening relationships with patients, their families, Patient Advocacy Groups, Charities and staff through the delivery of a number of actions designed to enable patient partnership and improved outcomes for patients.

Essential Criteria:

• Expertise and evidence of partnering with patients and service users in the design, delivery and management of projects and programme within a health and social care context

• Experience and evidence of co- designing, co-developing, implementing and delivering programmes in the area of partnering with patients and service users.

• Experience of leading and managing projects in a healthcare and/or social care environment which partner with patients and service users

• Experience and evidence of managing and working in partnership and collaboratively with multiple internal and external stakeholders and subject matter experts in including patient and service user representative groups

• Experience of project management in a complex service delivery environment

• Evidence of working in collaboration with multiple internal and external stakeholders e.g. service users, government departments, senior managers, trade unions, NGO’s and Advocacy organisations

• Experience in working with Patient Advocacy Groups, Charities, Patients and Families.

How to Apply and Informal Enquiries:

* Please note that you must submit a cover letter with your CV, this forms part of your application and CV’s will not be accepted without a detailed cover letter.

The closing date for submissions of CV’s and cover letter is Tuesday 21st May 2024 at 5pm. Applications must be completed through the advertised post on CHI.jobs by clicking ‘Apply for Job’.

Applications will not be accepted through direct email or any other method.

For informal enquiries for this specialty/department, please contact Kevin O'Farrell, Patient Experience and Feedback Lead on 01-4096715.

For other queries relating to this recruitment process, please contact recruitment@nchg.ie.