An NHS trust has been criticised for advertising for a 'director of lived experiences' on £115,000 per year while tens of thousands of nurses go on strike over a pay dispute
Picture: Google Street View/Health Service Jobs UKAn NHS trust is advertising for a "director for lived experience" on £115,000 per year, amid nurses striking over pay and spiralling waiting lists.The Midlands Partnership NHS Trust, which posted the job ad, said it was proud of creating the first role of its kind in the NHS.
The successful candidate for the new job will be "interpersonally talented" and a "strategic bridge-builder", according to adverts for the job placed on the NHS recruitment website and LinkedIn. One of the main tasks for the person who gets the job will be tackling power imbalances in the health service, a supplementary document says.
The director will also make "brave spaces" for patients and families to be able to give feedback on the trust.
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