5 X PART TIME POSITIONS AVAILABLE FOR:
PEOPLE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE OF MENTAL HEALTH DIFFICULTIES, FAMILY
MEMBER / SUPPORTERS, OR MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC
BECOME A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC AND PATIENT INVOLVEMENT PANEL OF THE
VISTA RESEARCH PROGRAMME!
SPECIFIED PURPOSE CONTRACT
3.5 YEARS PART TIME (2 HOURS PER WEEK) AT €**APPLY ON THE WEBSITE**
PER HOUR
PLEASE QUOTE REFERENCE NUMBER **APPLY ON THE WEBSITE** WITH YOUR
APPLICATION. EMAIL ONLY PLEASE
We are looking for 5 people to join our Public and Patient Involvement
Panel in the VISTA Research Programme. The PPI Panel member will be
responsible for communicating their opinions, views, and perspective
regarding different parts of the VISTA research programme. By doing
this, they will influence how research is carried out and how it will
impact mental health services and society.
The VISTA research programme, which is funded by the Health Research
Board, aims to carry out research to identify how best to support the
implementation of Ireland’s Mental Health Policy: ‘Sharing the
Vision’. VISTA involves researchers from the Royal College of
Surgeons in Ireland, Trinity College Dublin, University of Galway, and
Dublin City University, and representatives from the Health Service
Executive, the Department of Health, and other collaborators (e.g.
Mental Health Reform and Spunout).
We are looking for people who come from a broad range of types of
people (e.g. service users, family members/supporters, members of the
general public) with different experiences and backgrounds. We want
people from different genders, ethnicities, who are at different
points of the recovery journey, who are of different ages, and who
have different educational backgrounds. Diversity is desired.
PLEASE NOTE:
* No specific educational qualification or work experience is
required for this role.
* You do NOT need to have any experience with, or knowledge of, the
research process. We welcome candidates who both have, and do not
have, experience with, or knowledge of, the research process.
* Mental health service use is NOT a requirement of these roles.
Instead, applicants need to self-identify as having lived experience
or be a member of the general public with an interest in the mental
health landscape and system.
TO APPLY FOR THIS POSITION, YOU MUST BE OVER **APPLY ON THE WEBSITE**
YEARS OF AGE AND:
* Have experience of mental health difficulties, or
* Be a family member/supporter of someone who has mental health
difficulties, or
* Be a member of the general public with an interest in the mental
health landscape and system.
Mental health difficulties can include psychosis, eating
‘disorders’, personality ‘disorders’, low mood, anxiety,
post-traumatic stress, experience of involuntary psychiatric inpatient
admission, and more.
The PPI panel will use their life experiences, wisdom, and insights to
shape all aspects of VISTA’s 6 different research projects. These
are focused on: (1) social media and youth mental health; (2) physical
and sexual health; (3) digital interventions in youth mental health;
(4) factors that a person can change to promote recovery; (5)
improving involuntary mental health care; and (6) increasing
authenticity and diversity in Public and Patient Involvement in mental
health research.
EXAMPLES OF DIFFERENT TASKS THAT WILL BE INVOLVED IN THIS ROLE
INCLUDE:
* Helping to decide what are the most important research questions
to ask.
* Reviewing documents and sharing your thoughts on them by phone or
email.
* Attending online/in person meetings to discuss research projects.
* Being involved in a research study that aims to explore your
experience and the barriers and facilitators to meaningful involvement
of people with Lived Experience and the General Public in research.
* Helping to interpret research findings using your unique
perspective.
* Coming up with ideas about how best to share research findings
with different communities.
* Working with other members of the VISTA PPI Team (e.g. Dr Donal
O’Keeffe, Dr Shaakya Anand-Vembar, Dr Rebecca Murphy, and Professor
Agnes Higgins).
This position is a specified purpose fixed term contract and a hybrid
post (with work being conducted both online and in relevant in-person
locations).
HOW TO APPLY:
To apply for a position, please complete and submit the
We need : English (Good)
Type: Permanent
Payment:
Category: Others
