Are you passionate about ensuring that people in care have a voice? If so, join The Spinney Hospital, a 97 bedded all-male unit offering comprehensive services for forensic inpatients.

As the Recovery and Patient Engagement Co- Ordinator you will ensure that all service users voices are heard and you will be supporting service users to be actively involved in wide ranging areas of practice relating to The Spinney.

You will support The Spinney in demonstrating commitment to the recovery of the people they support by positively promoting mental health recovery. Working with various MDT members as well as external stakeholders and organisations, you will be leading on co-production, coordinating and leading on the running of the Patient's Council, coordinating and leading on service user initiatives and promote the overall co-production strategy.

As the Recovery and Patient Engagement Co-ordinator your responsibilities will include:

• Leading and organising patient council meetings, patient initiatives in line with co production and identifying projects
• Regularly attend community meetings, reviewing themes and trends to feedback to governance meetings.
• Review and reflect on personal practice and performance through participation in established supervision and appraisal system.
• Promote the role of co-production with service users, family and friends and external agencies who engage with the multi-disciplinary team.
• Building relationships and establishing communication networks with patients as well as internal and external stake holders and organisations.
To be successful as Recovery and Patient Engagement Co-ordinator you will:
• Have the ability to demonstrate person centred care through the use of a range of communication skills to facilitate caring relationships and effective teamwork.
• Be able to demonstrate caring and compassionate behaviours with service users, family/friends and colleagues, maintaining dignity and respect within all interactions and therapeutic interventions.
• Have initiative and creativity.
• Be flexible and adaptable, well organised and able to manage time and workload effectively in line with service needs.
• Have a desire to expand professional development and support organisational change.

What you will get in return:

• Annual salary of £26,325
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (inc Bank Holidays) - plus your birthday off!
• Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance.
• Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals.
• Pension contribution to secure your future.
• Life Assurance for added peace of mind.
• Enhanced Maternity Package so you can truly enjoy this special time.

Where you will be working:

Location: Everest Road, Atherton, Manchester, M46 9NT

You will be working at The Spinney, a service which offer a range of care settings for male patients with personality disorder and/or mental illness. The purpose-built medium, low secure and rehabilitation wards, as well as a psychiatric intensive care unit (PICU) are all set within an 11 acre site with extensive woodland and landscaped areas.

About your next employer:

You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.
Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person's individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure