Service User and Carer Involvement Co-ordinator | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 26 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £37,259 - £45,356 per annum inclusive of HCAS |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 25 September 2025 |
| Location: | London, SW9 9SP |
| Company: | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7400964/334-NUR-7400964-LF |
Summary
Are you passionate about service user, carer and community involvement in bettering mental health services?
Are you able to adapt your communication style to best meet the needs of the users of our services to support them to have their voice heard?
Are you able towork with others with strength, kindness, and compassion?
Do you have the skills, creativity and can-do attitude to support the varied specialisms within our Directorate to expand on its co-production and involvement work?
If the answer is yes then we encourage you to apply to the newly created Service User and Carer Involvement Co-ordinator role for the Psychological Medicine, Older Adult and Neurodevelopmental Services Directorate.
We are committed to supporting our staff in their career aspirations. We offer a range of ongoing development and training opportunities within our service. This includes regular supervision, yearly appraisals, in-house training sessions and access to external training courses facilitated by subject matter experts.
The Service User and Carer Involvement Co-ordinator will lead on a specified engagement portfolio within the Directorate which covers the specialisms of; mental health and older adults, neuropsychiatry, eating disorders, affective disorders, psychosis, perinatal mental health and neurodevelopmental services.
This is a patient and public facing role which will require the post holder to co-locate with our teams and spend time in our local communities to support the expansion of our involvement work.
We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close knit team at SLaM. It is important to us that you feel valued and appreciated and that is why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer.
Some of our benefits are highlighted here:
• Generous pay, pensions and leave, we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.
• Work life balance, flexible working and supporting a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.
• Career development, There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes
• Car lease, our staff benefit from competitive deals to lease cars
• Accommodation, our staff benefit from keyworker housing which is available on selected sites
• NHS discounts, with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands through Health Service Discounts website.
Other benefits include:
• Counselling services
• Wellbeing events
• Long service awards
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Childcare vouchers
• Staff restaurants
Full details and list of key responsibilities are included in the attached job description.
About the location:
This role includes travelling between Directorate Services in Lambeth, Southwark, Lewisham, Croydon, Bexley & Bromley.
Preference for work base will be discussed at interview but there is an expectation that you will travel between Trust and Non-Trust sites.
This advert closes on Tuesday 9 Sep 2025