Patient and Public Involvement Research Fellow/Manager

Full-time: 35 hours per week

Fixed-term: available from 1^st September 2025 – 31^st August 2029

The Centre for Medical Informatics at the Usher Institute within The University of Edinburgh is looking for a Patient and Public Involvement Research Fellow (Patient and Public Involvement Manager) to deliver meaningful involvement with patient, public and community members, as part of the LifeArc Centre for Rare Respiratory Diseases.

The opportunity:

We wish to appoint an outstanding Research Fellow to develop and deliver Patient and Public Involvement (PPI). Playing a key delivery role in the LifeArc Centre for Rare Respiratory Diseases, the post holder will be responsible for facilitating high impact PPI within the Centre and its work. They will build excellent working relationships with research collaborators, partners, funders, patient organisations and the public, including the provision of training and support for these different groups. They will use NIHR standards in their work, and will develop new methodologies for research studies where required. Partnership working and leadership are key for this role, and the successful applicant will be enthusiastic, confident and have experience of working with different groups in a research environment.

Informal enquiries may be directed to Dr. Tracy Jackson, Senior Research Fellow and PPI Respiratory Lead, tracy.jackson@ed.ac.uk

We will consider requests for hybrid working (on a non-contractual basis) that combines a mix of remote and on-campus working.

Your skills and attributes for success: 

• PhD (or near completion) or Masters in a health or social science discipline. 
• Experience of developing, implementing and evaluating PPI activities.
• Ability to work independently, work to tight deadlines and use initiative to move work forward.
• Proven experience of working in partnership with others to develop and deliver strategic work. 
• Ability to build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders.

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