Member of the Patient Advisory Council, Center for Brain and Senses

Do you want to help think about the care of tomorrow? Have you come to know the care at Radboudumc from the inside as a patient or a relative, due to a condition affecting the brain or senses? And do you want to contribute to better care for others based on your experiences? Then we are looking for you.

We are establishing a Patient Advisory Council (PAR) for the Center for Brain and Senses. As a member of this council, you will think along about topics that are important to patients with brain and sensory disorders. These include neurological, neurosurgical, and psychiatric disorders, as well as conditions related to hearing, the face, muscle diseases, and movement disorders. You will provide advice on themes such as quality and the organization of care. In doing so, you help the center to continuously improve care.

Together with other members, you will discuss topics that are relevant within the center. You will think along about plans, projects, and developments, bringing in the perspective of patients and relatives. It is important that you look beyond your own experiences and pay attention to what is important for different patient groups.

The council meets approximately once every two months. You will receive the documents for preparation in advance. Meetings preferably take place on-site at Radboudumc, or possibly digitally.

The Center for Brain and Senses is one of the care centers within Radboudumc. This center focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of patients with brain and sensory disorders. Within the center, collaboration with patients to improve care has been ongoing for a long time. With the arrival of the new PAR, patient participation will receive a permanent place at the level of the center's strategy and policy.

As a member of the PAR, you will work together with other patients, relatives of patients, and staff from the center. Additionally, there is regular contact with the center's management, so that your advice can actually be incorporated into policy and developments.

Travel expenses will be reimbursed, and when you come to Radboudumc for a meeting, you can make use of an exit card for the parking garage.

At Radboudumc, we also have a central patient advisory council. They advise on strategy and policy for the entire hospital. Additionally, we have decentralized patient advisory councils for various centers and departments. This vacancy concerns such a decentralized patient advisory council.

You are a former patient, a patient, or a relative of a patient who has experience with care from Radboudumc for a brain or sensory condition, such as within neurology, neurosurgery, psychiatry, ENT, or rehabilitation.

Additionally:

• You enjoy thinking along about improving care;
• You can translate your experiences into broader points of attention for patients and relatives;
• You think constructively and dare to give your opinion.

• We cordially invite you to respond with a short motivation. After receiving your motivation, we will contact you as soon as possible to schedule an introductory meeting.
• You will be appointed by the center's management. We will determine the term together.
• A Certificate of Good Conduct (VOG) is required for this position. We will request this on your behalf in due course.