SERVICE USER DEVELOPMENT IN ADULT MENTAL-HEALTH SERVICES
The National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health (NCCMH) is now recruiting for the following positions for the Guidance and Quality Standard Development Group (GDG) on Service user experience in adult mental health services.
Service user chair:
closing date 24 November 2010, at noon
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We are looking for a mental health service user (past or present) with experience of working with multi-disciplinary groups of professionals, service users and carers with strong communication and leadership skills and a clear interest in improving service user experience in mental health. Applicants will understand guidance development, the work of NICE and the role of evidence in planning and delivering healthcare. When appointed they will work closely with the Professional Chair of the guidance and Quality Standard Development Group and the Director and team in the NCCMH, leading and supporting this work.
Professional chair:
closing date 24 November 2010, at noon
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We are looking for a mental health professional with demonstrable experience of working with service users and carers and multi-disciplinary groups of professionals at a national or regional level. Strong communication, written and leadership skills, and a clear interest in improving service user experience in mental health are required. Applicants will understand guidance development, systematic reviews, critical appraisal methods and the work of NICE. When appointed they will work closely with the ‘service user chair' of the guidance and Quality Standard Development Group and the Director and team in the NCCMH, leading and supporting this work.
Professional members:
closing date 26 November 2010, at noon
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We are looking for a mental health professional with demonstrable experience of working with service users and carers and multi-disciplinary groups of professionals at a national or regional level. Strong communication, written and leadership skills, and a clear interest in improving service user experience in mental health are required. Applicants will understand guidance development, systematic reviews, critical appraisal methods and the work of NICE. When appointed they will work closely with the professional and service user chair of the guidance and quality standard development group and the Director and team in the NCCMH, leading and supporting this work.
If you would like to apply for, or inform other members of your organisation, about these positions, please click on the NICE website links above. Queries regarding these positions should be directed to Katherine Leggett, Guideline Development Manager for this guidance at the National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health: kleggett@cru.rcpsych.ac.uk
OTHER POSITIONS
The Patient and Public Involvement Programme (PPIP) at NICE are also recruiting for service user/carer members of the Guidance and Quality Standard Development Group (GDG) for which the deadline for applications is 3 December 2010. For information on this recruitment, click here.
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