EMPC Involvement & Co Production Lead

Job Summary

Are you passionate about Co‑production and value lived experience in shaping services? This exciting opportunity is within the East Midlands Provider Collaboratives (EMPC) for Specialist Mental Health Services for Children and Young People, Perinatal and Adult Eating Disorders. Working across the East Midlands in partnership with six NHS Trusts, you will lead the development of the EMPC Co‑production strategy that drives inclusive and meaningful partnership with stakeholders, patients and their families.

• Lead development and implementation of partnership working with people with lived experience, parents/carers and stakeholders to deliver the broad involvement and co‑production agenda aligned with Trust and System priorities.
• Implement creative and innovative approaches to encourage engagement from diverse groups.
• Create systems and processes that support safe, effective and meaningful service‑user and carer involvement.
• Provide strong and effective leadership for involvement and co‑production.

NHFT is an NHS Community and Mental Health Foundation Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in hospital settings and in the community. We provide over 200 services across the county – as well as specialist services in bordering and nearby counties. We work together with our partners to ensure that everyone who comes through our doors receives compassionate, person‑centred care, regardless of background or circumstances.

NHFT promotes a culture of learning, to improve the care and safety of our patients and colleagues. We have achieved our ‘outstanding’ rating by encouraging opportunity, innovation, development and growth across our workforce.

• Date posted: 16 February 2026
• Pay scheme:
  Agenda for Change
• Band:
  Band 7
• Salary: £47,810 to £54,710 a year pro‑rata
• Contract:
  
  Permanent
• Working pattern:
  Full‑time
• Reference number: 270‑TG738‑CORP
• Job location:
  
  St Marys Hospital, Kettering, NN15 7PW

The 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 role will develop, lead and embed a co‑production strategy that improves outcomes, experience and insight for service users, families and carers through genuine partnership working.

You will work with people with lived experience, EMPC partners, Lead Providers, Family Ambassadors and advisory groups across specialised inpatient and enhanced community service provision. The position is line‑managed by the EMPC Quality and Governance Lead.

• Lived experience of accessing and/or caring for someone within Mental Health Services and used this experience to promote positive change and co‑production within health.
• Knowledge of person‑centred care, co‑production principles and participation approaches, and how these apply across health and social care services.
• Experience in working in leadership roles, ideally across organisational boundaries or provider collaboratives.

• A sound knowledge of CAMHS, Perinatal and Adult Eating Disorders pathways.
• Experience of providing coaching or mentoring to colleagues.

• Ability to communicate at all levels (written, verbal and non‑verbal) to engage and influence change across the Provider Collaboratives.
• Ability to set up systems and processes, evaluate and implement changes to existing working practices.
• Ability to analyse complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources.
• Ability to use various Microsoft applications.

• Project management skills.

• Commitment to promote equal partnership between people with lived experience and professionals.
• Demonstrable leadership qualities and the ability to perform as a role model.

• Willingness to work flexibly, including non‑social hours.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a Disclosure and Barring Service check to identify any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled‑worker sponsorship will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information, visit the UK Visas and Immigration website. From 6 April 2017, skilled‑worker applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years.

Employer name:
Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Address:
St Marys Hospital, Kettering, NN15 7PW

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