Communications and Engagement Lead - Sutton, United Kingdom - Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

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Sutton, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Description

Band 7:

Main area

Communications

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Grade

Band 7

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Contract

Permanent

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Hours

Full time 30 hours per week

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Job ref

343NN A&C-Z
Site
Green Wrythe Lane Health Clinic

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Town

Sutton

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Salary
- £49,178 - £55,492 pa pr incl HCAS (outer)
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Salary period

Yearly

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Closing

26/02/2024 23:59 As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID19._

At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect.

We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork.

This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values

Job overview:

The Communications and Engagement Lead is a joint post between the London Borough of Sutton (LBS) and Epsom and St.

Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust (ESTH) whose role is centred around leading the communications agenda on behalf of Sutton Health and Care (SHC) across the wider arena of the Sutton Alliance and Sutton Place.

The post will have strong links into LBS and ESTH and engages with both communications teams to ensure communication links into and between organisations.

The aim of this post is to bring together the communication's agenda for ESTH and LBS under the umbrella of SHC where relevant to do so, so this messaging makes sense to the staff within SHC and to the patients it serves.

Main duties of the job:

The Communications and Engagement Lead within SHC plays an instrument role in

Understanding communications and engagement requirements for SHC
Providing advice and solutions to SHC; helping to strengthen its reputation
Being a point of contact for ESTH and LBS communication colleagues
Ensuring that the role is embedded within the SHC/Surrey Downs Health and Care (SDHC) integrated care agenda
Delivering communications and engagement services, supporting the delivery of both the SHC core contract and other noncore contracts
Leading and project performance managing allocated programmes of work
Delivering day to day communications and engagement activities for the SHC.

Working for our organisation:

Thank you for taking the time to consider this opportunity to work with us.

We are firmly committed to beign the best possible provider of healthcare and place to work in the NHS and we have an exciting opportunity to recruit a Communications and Engagement Lead.

Epsom and St.

Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 500,000 people living across south west London and north east Surrey.

Sutton Health and Care was an innovative joint venture between local partner health and social care organisations, which sees community services fully integrated to support the delivery of a new model of care for the people of Sutton.

Hosted by Epsom and St.

Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust, the model ensures the breaking down of traditional organisational barriers to enable the provision of care that is wrapped around the patient.

We pride ourselves in having a highly dedicated team and offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment with a wide range of staff benefits and development opportunities.

We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our vision and values and can play a crucial role in our ongoing achievements.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities:

Responsibilities and Results
Strategic Communications and Engagement Support

Providing advice and solutions to SHC staff, assimilating the issue, risks and implications and providing clear direction to protect and strengthen SHC's reputation
Leading on researching, creating, writing and delivering effective communications and engagement plans for the SHC
Overseeing and leading projects and campaigns, ensuring delivery to time, cost and quality standards
Managing internal and external communications and engagement for SHC, including media relations (both reactive and proactive), issues management, public awareness campaigns, digital communications, internal and external events and briefings for key external stakeholders.

External Communications

Implementing SHC communications and engagement strategies, policies and functions
Communicating information to patients, staff, GPs and communities locally and nationally
Working with senior leaders and other communication leads in partner organisations to support SHC's response to complex and politically sensitive media enquiries
Managing the compilation and publication of reports for SHC
Building on existing relationship with local partners across the health and social care system and other stakeholders to ensure a consistent and coordinated approach to all communications and engagement activity
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