Community Engagement and Involvement Officer (Clinical Research)

The post holder will coordinate public contributor involvement, community engagement, communications, meetings, training and events across the Clinical Research Facility (CRF) and the Commercial Research Delivery Centre (CRDC).

They will lead on developing relationships with communities, community organisations and the voluntary sector to support the Public Patient Involvement Engagement (PPIE) and Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Manager in delivering the PPIE and EDI strategy.

The post holder will offer support to initiatives aimed at increasing awareness of research, improving access to research opportunities and promoting inclusive participation amongst underserved communities.

They will contribute to the collection of impact and activity data, support reporting requirements and assist in the development of communication materials that showcase the value of public involvement and community engagement in research.

• Be responsible for supporting the planning and delivery of community engagement

activities, outreach events and awareness campaigns and attend those events.

• Develop and maintain relationships with VCFSE organisations
• Assist with and attend engagement activities aimed at improving participation in

research amongst underserved communities

• Assist in addressing inclusivity and diversity within research participation and community

engagement .

• Leading on gathering feedback from communities and public contributors and support its
• Compiling data and reports for Research Governance purposes.
• Monitoring the PPIE inbox .
• Enter attendance, demographic data and feedback into computerised systems.
• Support other teams, and key stakeholders as required.
• Maintain stocks of merchandise and order when necessary

O Arrange meetings and workshops.

• Prepare agendas and papers.
• Take minutes and monitor actions.
• Support annual showcase events
• Make recommendations for process improvement and support with

implementation of change as required.

• Assist and develop recruitment information on the CRF/CRDC website and social media accounts.

Support the PPIE and EDI Manager in delivering the PPIE Group action plan

NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group (UHL Group) was formed on 1 November 2024, born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our communities.

We are one of the largest employers in region, with over 18,900 colleagues who are dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services that extend to more than two million people in the North West.

We operate from five hospital sites: Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside, and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to several elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital provide specialist services in cardiothoracic surgery, cardiology and respiratory medicine, both in the hospital and out in the community. Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single en-suite bedrooms and mainly focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

Communtiy Engagement and Inclusion

• Be responsible for supporting the planning and delivery of community engagement

activities, outreach events and awareness campaigns and attend those events.

• Develop and maintain relationships with VCFSE organisations
• Assist with and attend engagement activities aimed at improving participation in

research amongst underserved communities

• Assist in addressing inclusivity and diversity within research participation and community

engagement .

• Leading on gathering feedback from communities and public contributors and support its

incorporation into service improvement and further research activity

General

• Compiling data and reports for Research Governance purposes.
• Monitoring the PPIE inbox .
• Enter attendance, demographic data and feedback into computerised systems.
• Support other teams, and key stakeholders as required.
• Maintain stocks of merchandise and order when necessary

Meeting Support

o Arrange meetings and workshops.

• Prepare agendas and papers.
• Take minutes and monitor actions.
• Support annual showcase events

EDI

• Help identify groups that may be under-represented in research
• Assist with targeted engagement to improve inclusion of underserved communities
• Support EDI training events
• Support initiatives aimed at increasing diversity in research participation
• Make recommendations for process improvement and support with

implementation of change as required.

• Assist and develop recruitment information on the CRF/CRDC website and social

media accounts.

• Performs other related duties as

assigned. PPIE Group and Research

Volunteers

The post holder will support the PPIE and EDI Manager in delivering the PPIE

Group 10-point plan. This will include:

• Act as a key point of contact for public contributors and research volunteers
• Suport the recruitment, onboarding and retention of public contributors and

volunteers

• Arranging and co-ordinating bi-monthly PPIE group meetings including

distribution of papers prior to planned meetings.

• Taking minutes and progressing actions at the PPIE group meetings.
• Arranging and supporting inclusive and accessible PPIE events and campaigns

including booking, advertising and attendance.

• Processing payments to patient contributors in line with the local processes and NIHR guidance