EMPC Involvement & Co Production Lead
| Posting date: | 16 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | £47,810.00 to £54,710.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £47810.00 - £54710.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 March 2026 |
| Location: | Kettering, NN15 7PW |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9270-26-0131 |
Summary
This innovative post focuses on the need to bring strong leadership to involvement, participation and co production across the three East Midlands Provider Collaboratives (EMPC) pathways for Children, Adolescents Mental Health Service (CAMHS), Perinatal and Adult Eating Disorders (AED). The partners within the EMPC are: Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust Derbyshire Healthcare Foundation Trust Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Trust Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation TrustThe aim of this role is to develop, lead and embed a co-production strategy that improves outcomes, experience and insight for service users,families and carers through genuine partnership working. The post holder will lead the development and implementation of an EMPC Involvement and Coproduction Strategy for CAMHS, Perinatal and AED pathways, aligned with NHFT and wider system strategies. The role will interact with the co-production and involvement arrangements within the Lead Providers for the three Provider Collaboratives.As the Involvement and Co-production Lead, you will be working in partnership with people with lived experience, EMPC Partners, Lead Providers, Family Ambassadors, already established Perinatal and CAMHS lived experience advisory/strategic groups, local Integrated Care Boards (ICB) and NHSE to ensure inclusive coproduction activity spanning across specialised inpatient and enhanced community service provision. The role will be line managed by the EMPC Quality and Governance Lead.The job description and person specification are an outline of the tasks, responsibilities and outcomes required of the role. The job holder will carry out any other duties as may reasonably be required by their line manager.As this is a new role within EMPC, the job description and person