Call for residents with Long Term Conditions lived experience in Lewisham

Do you have lived experience or care for someone with cardiovascular or respiratory disease? Are you passionate and enthusiastic about the future of your NHS and health and care and want to help us shape the future of services?

We are currently looking for four local people who have experience of using cardiovascular or respiratory services within Lewisham to join the Cardiovascular and Respiratory Operational Groups or carers of people using these services. As a member with lived experience you will attend meetings and speak from the perspective of having lived with cardiovascular (CVD) or respiratory disease and used local health services, or cared for someone who has, acting as a critical friend. Your experience will inform discussions and support improvement outcomes, help design further engagement and ensure wider views of local people are considered in the work of the operational group.

Benefits of being a member include developing a range of skills and experience and access to development and support. You will be offered remuneration at an hourly rate for your participation. We will support you to participate through training, induction meetings and one to one support.

More information about Operational Groups in Lewisham

We want to develop and transform cardiovascular and respiratory services in Lewisham. To do this, we have set up Long Term Condition Operational Groups which help shape and improve local health care services. Our Operational Groups are made up of staff, including clinicians, from across the NHS, local authority and public health. Being part of this group will give you the opportunity to contribute to discussions about local health services and share what is important to you, based on your own experiences.

The main focus of the work is to lead transformations and improvements in CVD and respiratory services in Lewisham.

What does the role involve?

Your role will be to attend meetings to bring in the voice and experience of patients/carers to discussions, acting as an independent critical friend.

Meetings will be held every two months and will usually take place by MS Teams during the week. Pre-reading documents for the meetings will be sent in advance.

Interested?

You can apply if you:

• Are over 18
• live in Lewisham or are registered at a Lewisham GP practice
• can commit to two hours every other month to attend MS Teams meetings; and
• are passionate and committed to improving the quality of care for local people

Please read full details of the role outline here or if you need more information please contact us at LHCPcommunications@selondonics.nhs.uk

Send you expression of interest before Wednesday 27 November 2024.