Communications Assistant
University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
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Job summary
To provide general administrative and communications support as part of the day to day operations of the communications department.
To monitor enquiries to the department via phone, email or social media and to escalate appropriately. These can be from the media; colleagues from around the trust; patients, or relatives of patients; our governors.
To record and share our media cuttings, including print, online and broadcast, including daily and other regular summaries.
To provide support for the department's events, including the staff awards.
To provide support in the sharing of communications via the website, intranet and UHD app, including editing and publishing meetings and videos.
Location: Royal Bournemouth and Poole Hospital
Interview Date: 17th June 2024
Main duties of the job
- Manage the administration of the communications department office ensuring that all media enquiries are logged, answered or escalated.
- Draft social media posts, including taking pictures/videos of staff to include.
- Support the production of publications for internal audiences, including monthly online magazine The Brief and twice weekly Staff Bulletin.
- Monitor press coverage; maintain press cuttings and send daily and weekly updates on all media activity.
- Support in event planning and delivery, including bookings and managing RSVPs, to ensure they run smoothly and to plan
- Design and coordinate screensavers across all sites.
- Update patient information screens across the hospitals.
- Update intranet, website and app with latest news and events.
- Be the key contact in the team for ordering equipment, printing etc. using eProc.
- Maintain the team's ESR and training records.
- Ensure distribution lists for key internal and external audiences, including the media, are up to date.
- Support communications colleagues with campaigns and key projects.
About us
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.
This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.
Date posted
17 May 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 4
Salary
£25,147 to £27,596 a year pa
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
153-CO03183
Job locations
University Hospitals Dorset - All Sites
Castle Lane East
Dorset
BH7 7DW
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
Address
University Hospitals Dorset - All Sites
Castle Lane East
Dorset
BH7 7DW
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