Lay Representative Recruitment

Essential Attributes 

Desirable Attributes 

Qualifications/Experience

Have a degree level qualification or equivalent experience in one or more of the following fields:

• Health or Social Care services
• Education
• Quality assurance
• Corporate governance
• Equal opportunities
• Patient advocacy
• Consumer affairs
• Recruitment and selection

Personal skills and attributes

• Have the ability to understand patient, carer and trainee concerns
• Put views across clearly, constructively and sensitively
• Be able to look at a situation from a variety of viewpoints and be objective
• Be a good communicator and put forward opinions succinctly; orally and in writing
• Demonstrate team working skills and take an active part in meetings
• Demonstrate tact, discretion and maintain confidentiality
• Be able to interpret (sometimes complex) information and make reasoned judgements
• Good negotiating and problem solving skills with the ability to influence opinions
• Able to travel to the sites involved in the delivery of PPME training programmes
• Able to engage with individuals at all levels, and build effective working relationships
• Able to take legible notes and to complete relevant documentation
• Understanding of equality and diversity legislation and equal opportunities issues and a commitment to applying these principles to all aspects of the role
• Motivation to help improve the quality of postgraduate medical education and training

Have experience in at least one of the following

• A leadership role
• Board or senior executive level role in a large complex private, public or voluntary sector organisation
• Risk, governance or quality management
• The voluntary sector
• Community services
• Best practice assessment and appraisal procedures
• A similar role such as Non-Executive Board member, school governor, patient / service user advocate

Have knowledge of at least one of the following:

• Local and national health service strategy, policy development and implementation
• Local health commissioning
• Commissioning and budget management
• Public health
• Postgraduate Medical Education and Training structures and governance arrangements