Job summary
- Main area
- Communications
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Bank: 4 months
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- MD6290618-BK
- Employer
- Croydon Health Services NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Croydon University Hospital
- Town
- Croydon
- Salary
- £40,701 - £48,054 incl of HCAS pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Communications Officer (Bank role)
Band 6
Croydon is a busy, exciting and diverse place to work. The borough has one of the youngest populations in London and continues to grow.
Croydon Health Services cares for local people at Croydon University Hospital, Purley Memorial Hospital and in clinics and people’s homes all across the borough.
We are a very close-knit and friendly organisation where everyone of our 3600 members of staff is valued. We strongly believe that our employees are our greatest asset and so through Listening into Action – our way of engaging staff - we empower everyone at any level to initiate and bring about real improvements in our care.
Join us and be a part of the team that is making Croydon proud. #choosecroydon
Job overview
Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the role in the job summary
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Main duties of the job
Senior Communications Officer - Band 6
The Senior Communications Officer will play a vital role in supporting the development and delivery of integrated communications campaigns, creating content for both internal and external communications channels. Alongside this, there will be the opportunity to get involved in the day to day running of a busy NHS press office, building relationships with both local, regional and national journalists.
Working with colleagues across all levels of the organisation, you will also be advising on internal communications, and effectively communicating complex information to over 4,800 staff across 14 sites.
Educated to degree level (or equivalent experience) with excellent written and oral communication skills, our Communications Officer would be expected to hit the ground running, working with the Communications team to deliver against multiple priorities to support the delivery of the Trust’s strategic objectives.
Working for our organisation
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provide hospital and community services from a number of community and specialist clinics throughout Croydon.
These include:
• Croydon University Hospital
• Purley Hospital
• The Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Centre in Thornton Heath
• Community bases at Purley, Sanderstead, New Addington, Broad Green, Woodside
• A minor injuries unit in New Addington
The Trust was formed on 1st August 2010 through the integration of Croydon Community Health Services and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust. Around 3,500 staff provide services for a population of over 360,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity.
Our Vision:
“Excellent integrated care for you and your family, when and where you need it”
Our 5 key ‘Here for you’ promises to the people of Croydon are:
• You feel cared for by helpful and welcoming staff
• You feel in safe hands with highly professional staff
• You feel confident in your treatment from skilled teams of compassionate clinicians
• You feel we value your time with convenient appointments, minimal waiting and care closer to home
• You feel it’s getting better all the time as we continue to improve our services
We are one of 17 Trusts in the country who have been accepted as national pioneers on staff engagement and empowerment, through the adoption of "Listening into Action" as a new way of working. The approach we are taking to “Listening into Action” is new and different.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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Education and Qualification
Essential criteria
- • Degree level or equivalent plus training and/or experience in a communications field to post graduate diploma level
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Experience working in a large and complex public sector organisation; including working with the media
- • A good knowledge of current issues affecting the NHS in Croydon and nationally as well as knowledge of the public sector, particularly in relation to health and social care
- • Proven experience of writing across a range of communications channels
- • Experience using social media, including Facebook & Twitter
Telephone: 02082963786
Text: 07501066267
Email: [email protected]. Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Christina Clynes
- Job title
- Director of Communications
- Email address
- [email protected]
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