Head of External Communications - Nottingham, United Kingdom - Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Description
NHS AfC:
Band 8B
Main area
- Communications and Engagement
Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8B
Contract
- Permanent
Hours
- Full time hours per week
Job ref
Site
- QMC
Town
- Nottingham
Salary
- £56,164 - £65,262 per annum
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Salary period
- Yearly
Closing
- 02/04/2023 23:59Job overview
As Head of External Communications for one of the biggest and busiest NHS Trusts in the country, you will develop NUH's strategy for communicating and engaging with our external audiences, including our patients, the public, the media, our partners and stakeholders.
This new role provides an opportunity to make a real difference to the people we serve and deliver on the ambitions set out in the recently published People First strategy - our new plan for improvements across NUH.
Key to this improvement is our commitment to work openly and transparently with our stakeholders and the media, particularly our local media.
Main duties of the job
You will lead the newly-established external communications function and help build trust and confidence in the services we provide through the development of proactive and open media, stakeholder and community engagement.
An essential part of the role is to lead, mentor, manage and inspire the external communications team to ensure that people know what their NHS is trying to achieve and how we're doing it and to help people believe in what we're doing and to bring them with us.
NHS experience is not essential - what matters most is your commitment to improvement and your desire to deliver a quality external communications service.
Our teams at NUH make a difference every day and we are proud to play a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of people in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire and our surrounding communities.
We provide a range of national and internationally renowned specialist services and we are at the forefront of new surgical procedures and research programmes.
We are home to the East Midlands Major Trauma Centre, Nottingham Children's Hospital and in partnership with the University of Nottingham we host a Biomedical Research Centre carrying out vital research into hearing, digestive diseases, respiratory, musculoskeletal disease, mental health and imaging.
We offer flexible working and will agree a way of working that supports you and NUH.You will be based at the Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham and will work across all Trust and external sites as needed.
You will be part of the out-of-hours on-call rota for the communications team, for which there is an additional payment.
Detailed job description and main responsibilitiesPlease see the job description and personal specification for full details about the responsibilities for this role.
Person specification
Training and qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to a Masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Evidence of leadership development
Essential criteria
- Specialist knowledge and experience of external communications and considerable experience of leading communications at a senior level.
- Experience of working with the media and external stakeholders.
- Evidence of successful communication strategy, development and implementation.
- Experience of dealing with senior executives; providing counsel and where appropriate, training.
- Experience of managing and motivating staff and teams.
- Understanding of the public sector and awareness of the relevant social and political environments and impact on the health economy.
Bring your whole self to work for us at NUH. We love diversity and we value your difference, your unique skills, knowledge and experience.
Becoming one of our people may realise your potential, helping us to raise our performance in delivering world class healthcare to the diverse patient populations we serve.
Salary:
The quoted salary will be on a pro rata basis for part time workers.
Disability Confidence:
All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.
At Risk of redundancy:
NHS employees within the East Midlands who are 'at risk' of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.
ID and Right to work checks: NUH authenticate all ID and right to work documentation such as passports, visa's and driving license through a system called Trust ID.
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