CLINICAL WORKSTREAM LEADS & PATIENT GROUP MEMBERS
RECRUITMENT PACK
Background
Better Care Together is the largest review of health and social care ever to take
place in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland (LLR). It sets out a 5 year plan for the
future. http://www.bettercareleicester.nhs.uk/.
The emphasis is on bringing the delivery of care closer to people's homes.
It will involve reshaping clinical and social services and it is vital that the public and
patients are involved in planning these new services.
There are 8 major work streams and each work stream will have a Patient and Public
(PPI) representative who will lead the input of patient views.
Each individual workstream will also have its own patient group which will help bring
a wide range of views to the table.
This recruitment pack seeks candidates for the roles of both workstream lead and
patient group members. Where roles have already been filled these names are
inserted. All vacant posts are marked "vacancy". If you are interested in being either
a lead or a patient group member, see "how to apply" on page 3.
What will a workstream PPI lead be expected to achieve?
Work is underway to plan new services and this involves professionals, managers
and patient representatives working together to develop new models of care.
It is hoped that by the spring/summer of 2015 the possible shape of new services will
be emerging in a form that that be taken out to discuss with the public.
The role of the workstream lead is to help ensure that the views of patients and the
public are fully taken into account at the early planning stage and beyond. In each
workstream the lead will be supported by a group of patients with direct experience.
To achieve this, the workstream lead will need to carry out a number of tasks. These
will range from ensuring that PPI representatives are involved in the work of each
workstream, to working with leads in other workstreams to ensure they are all
consistent.
The 8 workstreams are:
1. Urgent care
2. Long term conditions (including respiratory medicine, cardiovascular disease,
cancer and dementia)
3. Frail older people
4. Mental health
5. Planned
Care
(including
urology,
general
surgery,
orthopaedics,
gastroenterology, ENT, cardiology, dermatology, nephrology, rheumatology,
gynaecology, pain Management, general medicine, respiratory medicine,
neurology and obstetrics)
6. Learning disabilities
7. Maternity and neonatal
8. Children’s services
The 8 workstream leads will be members of the Better Care Together PPI Reference
Group and will report to that group, to give it assurance that the patient and public
voice is being effectively heard. Through this Group, the lead can call on the
additional views of voluntary organisations, patient and public groups. The Better
Care Together Team communicates monthly with all these organisations via a
monthly bulletin.
Duties of a workstream lead
He/she will be responsible to the PPI Reference Group Chair.
General
1. To champion service users, patients, carers and families viewpoints about
treatment.
2. To give a voice about public views.
3. To review programmes and documentation.
4. To attend steering/work group meetings.
5. To comply with NHS standards and respect confidentiality.
Specific duties for 8 workstream leads
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To help recruit both subsidiary leads and patient group members to individual
work streams.
Give them support and coordinate their work.
Where a workstream has subsidiary workstreams e.g. planned care and long
term conditions, to meet regularly with those subsidiary workstream leads, to
ensure they feel both heard and supported, and look for any trends.
Allow each group to have a voice at PPI Reference Group meetings if required.
Meet leads of other workstreams regularly to discuss similarities and
overlapping problems. This will be a sub group of the LLR PPI Subgroup.
Co-ordinate details of any concerns from each group and feed back to BCT PPI
meetings.
Attend regular meetings of the workstream, and go on visits to outside
organisations with their team(s).
Duties of a subsidiary workstream lead (planed care and long term conditions)
Planned care and long term conditions each have a number of subsidiary
workstreams, and each of these will have its own lead and its own group of
volunteers. These leads will work together as a team with guidance from the main
planned care or long term conditions lead, and their individual duties for their
subsidiary workstream will be similar to those listed above.
Duties of a patient representative (all workstreams)
Patient and service user representatives will form part of each workstream, bringing
their relevant experience. The patient representative team will be led by a
workstream lead.
They will attend regular meetings of the workstream and go on visits to outside
organisations with the team.
They will keep in touch with individuals and organisations to hear peoples' concerns
and seek their views.
Skills and experience required
These roles will be held by volunteers who can bring specific experience of
the relevant condition either as a patient, carer or in some other way.
Experience of being a representative or of managing a similar project would
be a great advantage.
Volunteers must have good listening skills and be able to articulate how
services feel to those experiencing them.
Organising skills would be an advantage.
Commitment
There will be an intensive period of planning work from winter 2014 to summer
2015, when planning will move into the implementation phase. Volunteers will
need to be prepared to offer at least 4 days per month and more as demand
requires.
Reimbursement of expenses
Volunteers will be entitled to reimbursement of reasonable out of pocket
expenses. Carers may be eligible to reimbursement of backfill cover.
How to apply
A list of vacancies follows overleaf, along with an application form. Queries should
be made to the Office Manager on 0116 295 1125.
WORK STREAM
PPI WORKSTREAM LEAD
Urgent care
Philip Parkinson
Long term conditions
Eric Charlesworth
Respiratory Medicine
CVD and diabetes
Cancer
Dementia
Sue Mason
Ballu Patel
Eric Charlesworth
Steve Kendall
Frail older people
Tony Donovan (Age UK) /
Fiona Barber
Mental health
Pamela Campbell / 2nd rep
Vacancy / David Barsby
Planned care
Urology
General surgery
Orthopaedics
Gastroenterology
ENT
Ophthalmology
Cardiology
Dermatology
Nephrology
Rheumatology
Gynaecology
Pain management
General medicine
Diabetic medicine
Respiratory medicine
Neurology
Obstetrics
Liz Jones / Chris Faircliffe (HW)
Vacancy
Vacancy
Diana Osborn
David Matthews
Tba
Steve Payne (Vista)
Christine Stanesby
Vacancy – post Dec 2014
Vacancy – post Dec 2014
Vacancy – post Dec 2014
Vacancy
Vacancy
John Penny
John Penny
Sue Mason
Vacancy – post Dec 2014
Same as maternity work stream
Learning disabilities
Steph Chapman
Maternity and neonatal
Candidate about to be
interviewed
Gill Bridgen / 2nd rep Vacancy
Children's services
PATIENT REPRESENTATIVE
Patient and service user
representatives to be
identified and to form part of
each workstream, bringing
their relevant experience.
The patient representative
team will be led by a
workstream lead.
APPLICATION TO BE VOLUNTEER LEAD OR MEMBER OF A BETTER CARE TOGETHER
WORKSTREAM
(please tick as appropriate )
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I am interested in being a workstream lead volunteer 
I am interested in being a workstream volunteer 
I am interested in being a patient representative volunteer 
Personal details
Surname/family name
First names
Name in which you are registered
with a professional body (if
applicable)
Title
UK national insurance number
Address
Postcode
Country
Home telephone
Mobile telephone
Work telephone
May we contact you at work?
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Yes
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Email address
Are you DBS checked/certified?
Adult  Children 
No
Workstreams
Which workstream interests you? Please tick and indicate why.
Urgent care
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Respiratory medicine
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CVD and diabetes
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Cancer
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Dementia
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Frail older people
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Mental health
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Urology
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General surgery
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Orthopaedics
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Gastroenterology
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ENT
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Ophthalmology
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Cardiology
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Dermatology
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Nephrology
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Rheumatology
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Gynaecology
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Pain management
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General medicine
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Diabetic medicine
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Respiratory medicine
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Neurology
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Obstetrics
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Learning disabilities
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Maternity and neonatal 
Children's services
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Your experience
Our aim is to include patients and their carers in designing services for the future. Please
describe here the experience you could bring, that you feel is relevant to the Better Care
Together Programme.
References
Referee 1
Surname/family
name
First name
Title
Job title
Address
Postcode
Country
Telephone
Email
Relationship
Referee 2
Surname/family
name
Can the referee be
contacted prior to
interview?
 Yes  No
First name
Title
Job title
Address
Postcode
Country
Telephone
Email
Relationship
Can the referee be
contacted prior to
interview?
 Yes  No
When complete, please return this form to:
The Office Manager, Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Better Care Together, 4th Floor,
St John's House, 30 East Street, Leicester LE1 6NB or via email to
BCT@EastLeicestershireandRutlandccg.nhs.uk.