Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity to join a vibrant and ambitious psychiatry education department.We are looking for a compassionate and enthusiastic person with lived experienced of mental health conditions to help embed the voices and perspectives of people with experience of mental health conditions and/or services within psychiatry education and medical education research. Drawing thoughtfully on their own lived experience, the successful candidate will recruit, support and facilitate lived experience volunteers to contribute to educational activities, ensuring involvement is inclusive, meaningful and appropriately supported. They will also draw on their own lived experience to contribute to the research and evaluation work taking place in the department. Working alongside volunteers, educators, researchers and clinicians, they will help co-design and coordinate teaching activities and research and evaluation projects. This is an exciting opportunity to champion co-production and help shape more compassionate, person-centred mental health care through the education of future and current professionals.

Main duties of the job

Derbyshire Healthcare NHS FT (the Trust) provides psychiatry placement opportunities for medical students attending the University of Nottingham. The Trust seeks to deliver a teaching programme that places the lived experience of mental ill health at the heart of its offer. This is achieved via the delivery of a long established, award winning 'expert patient' and 'carer' programme.

This role is an integrated Band 5 role combining leadership of the Lived Experience Programme with a Peer researcher role within Medical Education.

The post holder will:

o Lead and coordinate the Lived Experience (Expert Patient) programme in Chesterfield

o Work with the Research Project Manager to coordinate and deliver research and service evaluation projects within Medical Education across both Derbyshire and Chesterfield

The post-holder will work across two sites, managing defined workstreams, supporting lived experience volunteers, and contributing significantly to the research profile of the Medical Education Department.

The post holder will be managed by the Research Project Manager but will also have wider support from nurse educators and lived experience facilitators.

About us

Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of 'making a positive difference in people's lives'.

CQC rated us as 'GOOD' overall, commenting on how our colleagues "treated patients with compassion and kindness" and "felt positive and proud about working for the trust."

Benefits include:

• Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
• 27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years' service
• Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
• Health service discounts and online benefits
• Incremental pay progression
• Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7
• Access to our LGBT+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network
• Health and wellbeing opportunities
• Structured learning and development opportunities

Details

Date posted

27 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£32,073 to £39,043 a year pa, pro-rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

383-MED-7915-26

Job locations

Albany House

Derby

DE22 3LZ

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

Lived Experience Educator:Chesterfield (x2 days per week) -The post holder will:

• Lead, coordinate and develop the Expert Patient programme in Chesterfield
• Recruit, induct and support Expert patients involved in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching
• Plan and organise lived experience sessions in collaboration with Clinical Teaching Fellows
• Ensure safeguarding, wellbeing and risk management of Expert Patients and escalate concerns to senior clinical lead of lived experience programme
• Act as first point of contact for lived experience contributors
• Monitor quality and consistency of lived experience teaching delivery
• Lead service development initiatives to expand and improve lived experience involvement

Derby (Kingsway)The post holder might be needed to support occasionally with the following:

• Help support and co-facilitate teaching sessions involving Expert patients
• Deliver and support simulated patient sessions when the team need additional support
• Support induction and reflective learning sessions for medical students

Lived Experience researcher - Derby (Kingsway) (x 3 days per week)

The post holder will:

Co-ordination of projects

• Co-ordinate and carry out work as part of ongoing service evaluation, quality improvement and research determined by the Research Project Manager and wider PTU team
• Bring the wisdom of your own lived experience of mental health conditions into the research process
• Provide assistance with ethical applications, renewals and reports
• Contribute to the conception, construction and administration of questionnaire or interview studies
• Facilitate the development of evidence-based standards of teaching that incorporate lived experience and research and development
• Assist in the development of outcome measures relating to lived experience and teaching impact
• Contribute to grant applications where appropriate

Data Analysis & Reporting

• Identify, clean and collate quantitative and/or qualitative data
• Prepare data for statistical analyses and undertake descriptive and inferential data analysis when asked
• Prepare written reports for Trust and University partners
• Present service evaluation, quality improvement and research findings to Trust, regional and national meetings
• Represent the Psychiatry Teaching Unit or Research and Development Department at information, training events and conferences
• Ensure compliance with GDPR, ethical standards and Trust governance requirements
• Ensure that data is collected to meet project requirements and in line with legal, ethical and data sharing agreements
• Collate and record feedback
• Support monitoring of equality, diversity and inclusion within teaching programmes

FOR BOTH ROLES:Leadership

• Exercise autonomy in managing the dual responsibilities across sites, and leading in your defined service area
• Supervise and support volunteers/Expert patients
• Contribute to recruitment of expert patients and induction processes of expert patients and students
• Promote recovery-focused and anti-oppressive practice
• Support the strategic development of lived experience teaching
• Strive to develop and maintain personal competencies with respect to culture and gender and to promote the same
• Promote a culture of mutual respect and collaboration between different professional disciplines to encourage interprofessional learning
• Ensure trust policies, procedures, and legislative directives are adhered to
• Promote the role of academic and experiential expert patient and carer teaching within the multi professional strategy
• Be self-motivated in liaising within community and in-patient teams in developing new student placement opportunities both from a lived experience facilitator and a peer researcher perspective

Clinical and professional issues

• Monitor the wellbeing of Expert Patients during teaching activities and to escalate safeguarding concerns appropriately to the Lived Experience Manager
• Have a basic overview of general psychiatry clinical services and relevant trust policy to communicate issues of concern relating to an expert patient to the appropriate clinical team
• Demonstrate autonomy, actively managing own workload effectively and efficiently, prioritising competing demands
• Be aware of professional codes of practice governing students and will report any concerns about these to the medical tutors and associate clinical sub-dean
• Exercise accountability and responsibility

Education & development

• Monitor and maintain personal practice and development ensuring that all CPD requirements are maintained, with emphasis on research and development in psychiatry
• Attend statutory and mandatory training as identified by the Trust
• Engage in supervision and reflective practice
• Ensure personal development promotes good evidence based standardised practice, prevents poor practice, and intervenes in unacceptable practice
• Contribute to the development of a positive learning environment/culture

Strategy and Service Development

• Develop the Lived Experience Programme in Chesterfield and contribute to the strategy of developing the work at that site
• Contribute to the development and ongoing evaluation of the service

Information resources/information systems

• Manage and maintain a range of learning materials and retain records of learning activity and feedback
• Use databases and libraries to access up-to-date literature
• Use software such as Excel, NVivo, SPSS and Rayyan to manage and analyse data

Autonomy/scope within role

• Work within a supportive team, but have more autonomy during the time spent at Chesterfield where they will take a lead in the development of the lived experience programme there
• Although supervised by the Research Project Manager there will be scope to work autonomously on areas of agreed responsibility to enable career progression

Job description Job responsibilities Lived Experience Educator:Chesterfield (x2 days per week) -The post holder will: Lead, coordinate and develop the Expert Patient programme in Chesterfield Recruit, induct and support Expert patients involved in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching Plan and organise lived experience sessions in collaboration with Clinical Teaching Fellows Ensure safeguarding, wellbeing and risk management of Expert Patients and escalate concerns to senior clinical lead of lived experience programme Act as first point of contact for lived experience contributors Monitor quality and consistency of lived experience teaching delivery Lead service development initiatives to expand and improve lived experience involvement Derby (Kingsway)The post holder might be needed to support occasionally with the following: Help support and co-facilitate teaching sessions involving Expert patients Deliver and support simulated patient sessions when the team need additional support Support induction and reflective learning sessions for medical students Lived Experience researcher - Derby (Kingsway) (x 3 days per week) The post holder will: Co-ordination of projects Co-ordinate and carry out work as part of ongoing service evaluation, quality improvement and research determined by the Research Project Manager and wider PTU team Bring the wisdom of your own lived experience of mental health conditions into the research process Provide assistance with ethical applications, renewals and reports Contribute to the conception, construction and administration of questionnaire or interview studies Facilitate the development of evidence-based standards of teaching that incorporate lived experience and research and development Assist in the development of outcome measures relating to lived experience and teaching impact Contribute to grant applications where appropriate Data Analysis & Reporting Identify, clean and collate quantitative and/or qualitative data Prepare data for statistical analyses and undertake descriptive and inferential data analysis when asked Prepare written reports for Trust and University partners Present service evaluation, quality improvement and research findings to Trust, regional and national meetings Represent the Psychiatry Teaching Unit or Research and Development Department at information, training events and conferences Ensure compliance with GDPR, ethical standards and Trust governance requirements Ensure that data is collected to meet project requirements and in line with legal, ethical and data sharing agreements Collate and record feedback Support monitoring of equality, diversity and inclusion within teaching programmes FOR BOTH ROLES:Leadership Exercise autonomy in managing the dual responsibilities across sites, and leading in your defined service area Supervise and support volunteers/Expert patients Contribute to recruitment of expert patients and induction processes of expert patients and students Promote recovery-focused and anti-oppressive practice Support the strategic development of lived experience teaching Strive to develop and maintain personal competencies with respect to culture and gender and to promote the same Promote a culture of mutual respect and collaboration between different professional disciplines to encourage interprofessional learning Ensure trust policies, procedures, and legislative directives are adhered to Promote the role of academic and experiential expert patient and carer teaching within the multi professional strategy Be self-motivated in liaising within community and in-patient teams in developing new student placement opportunities both from a lived experience facilitator and a peer researcher perspective Clinical and professional issues Monitor the wellbeing of Expert Patients during teaching activities and to escalate safeguarding concerns appropriately to the Lived Experience Manager Have a basic overview of general psychiatry clinical services and relevant trust policy to communicate issues of concern relating to an expert patient to the appropriate clinical team Demonstrate autonomy, actively managing own workload effectively and efficiently, prioritising competing demands Be aware of professional codes of practice governing students and will report any concerns about these to the medical tutors and associate clinical sub-dean Exercise accountability and responsibility Education & development Monitor and maintain personal practice and development ensuring that all CPD requirements are maintained, with emphasis on research and development in psychiatry Attend statutory and mandatory training as identified by the Trust Engage in supervision and reflective practice Ensure personal development promotes good evidence based standardised practice, prevents poor practice, and intervenes in unacceptable practice Contribute to the development of a positive learning environment/culture Strategy and Service Development Develop the Lived Experience Programme in Chesterfield and contribute to the strategy of developing the work at that site Contribute to the development and ongoing evaluation of the service Information resources/information systems Manage and maintain a range of learning materials and retain records of learning activity and feedback Use databases and libraries to access up-to-date literature Use software such as Excel, NVivo, SPSS and Rayyan to manage and analyse data Autonomy/scope within role Work within a supportive team, but have more autonomy during the time spent at Chesterfield where they will take a lead in the development of the lived experience programme there Although supervised by the Research Project Manager there will be scope to work autonomously on areas of agreed responsibility to enable career progression

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• An undergraduate degree or in psychology or another relevant area.

Desirable

• Working towards a post-graduate degree or equivalent level in psychology or another relevant area

Knowledge

Essential

• Lived experience and knowledge of mental health services as either a service-user or carer in psychiatry.
• Experience of undertaking research from design to completion.

Desirable

• Experience of working with patients within a care setting

Skills

Essential

• Computer literacy skills: The ability to use Microsoft Office (including Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
• A good understanding of healthcare systems, ethical procedures and confidentiality in the NHS.

Desirable

• Experience of qualitative data analysis

Person Specification Qualifications Essential An undergraduate degree or in psychology or another relevant area. Desirable Working towards a post-graduate degree or equivalent level in psychology or another relevant area Knowledge Essential Lived experience and knowledge of mental health services as either a service-user or carer in psychiatry. Experience of undertaking research from design to completion. Desirable Experience of working with patients within a care setting Skills Essential Computer literacy skills: The ability to use Microsoft Office (including Word, Excel and PowerPoint) A good understanding of healthcare systems, ethical procedures and confidentiality in the NHS. Desirable Experience of qualitative data analysis

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Albany House

Derby

DE22 3LZ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://www.derbyshirehealthcareft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Albany House

Derby

DE22 3LZ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://www.derbyshirehealthcareft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)