Communications and Engagement Officer - Camberley, United Kingdom - Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

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Are you brilliant at capturing content and stories that can inspire? Are you able to run creative and organic campaigns that can increase engagement? And can you activity promote our values and be an ambassador for the Trust? If you answered yes, then we have the perfect role for you.


We are offering a once in a generation opportunity to be part of the team behind a new Frimley Park Hospital.

We are looking for a motivated individual who is eager to contribute, spark fresh ideas and go beyond expectations.


You will source and create material for external and internal audiences to increase engagement and understanding, and maintain and develop content for a dedicated website.

You are a quick thinker, committed to building fresh and exciting campaigns to engage with various stakeholders. And you are a team player, who is also able to manage your own workload.


Frimley Health is a Trust committed to providing the best possible care and experience for patients, while also being a truly great place to work.


The communications officer will be responsible for producing and supporting internal and external corporate communications throughout the Trust as part of the communications and engagement team.


The role includes developing relationships with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders such as staff, trust members, patient groups, governors, community groups, local commissioners and other integrated care service partners, and media, working alongside colleagues at all levels of seniority, internally and externally.


The post holder will be involved specifically in the communications and engagement work supporting the New Hospital Project (NHP) and the wider capital and estates (C&E) programmes.

There's never been a more exciting time to build your career at Frimley Health, one of the country's largest and most respected trusts

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement.

We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.


We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site.

The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.


We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients.

Our new EPR - Epic - went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.


Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other.


If you have a passion for clinical excellence, patient care and your own career development, you'll feel at home at Frimley Health.


  • Actively promote the trust's values and act as an ambassador and advocate for the Trust in all duties and responsibilities.
  • Source and create good news material and stories for local, national and specialist media to help raise the profile and reputation of the trust this includes writing press releases, managing any press calls, photo / filming opportunities and interviews.
  • Source and create material for staff and other internal audiences to increase engagement and understanding of the trust's business and objectives.
  • Create key messages for the media and a standardised approach to managing social media/website content relating to the NHP and other C&E work programmes.
  • Maintain and develop content for a dedicated website.
  • Help to develop new opportunities with social and digital media to promote and benefit the Trust.
  • Support the C&E programme team to develop comms resources to support wider briefings and reports to an array of key stakeholders.
  • Design and write content for a variety of internal and external communications channels to support the NHP and C&E work, providing content for all audiences, integrating these channels to make best use of resources available.
  • Work with the wider team to manage VIP visits and major events.
  • Act as a host for media on site and ensure that their presence is managed in a way that does not disrupt the trust's core business and that trust policies are observed.
  • Assist the communications manager in preparing for upcoming issues and potential issues that could affect the trust's reputation.
  • Prepare media statements when requested and ensure effective mechanisms are in place to brief appropriate stakeholders when media coverage is expected. Work as part of a wider directorat

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