Job summary
NHS
Sussex ICB ambition is to create an inclusive working environment which
reflects our commitment to celebrate and promote diversity for all groups. We
are particularly under-represented in staff from Black, Asian, and Minority
Ethnic (BAME) and disabled communities and actively encourage and welcome
applications from these communities. Furthermore, we welcome applications
from reservists and ex-armed forces as we recognise the benefits of the values,
skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us.
We
encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us
confidentially during the application process so that we can statistically
monitor how fair and equitable our recruitment process is and how well we are
reaching applicants from diverse communities and identify where we need to
improve. This information is removed before shortlisting.
For any current NHS employees the opportunity can only be undertaken via
a secondment, NHS staff should obtain agreement from their current employer
that they can be released for a secondment before applying
Main duties of the job
Are you an experienced communications professional, who can
turn their hand to answering media enquiries, drafting engaging copy for
e-newsletters, and advise busy colleagues about sometimes complex and
controversial topics? Can you quickly absorb healthcare issues and provide
expert guidance to colleagues who are under pressure? Can you develop creative
campaign communications which help tell the story of primary care improvement across
Sussex?
If yes, you could be just who are looking for!
We have a fixed-term /secondment opportunity for a
communications manager, who will lead on primary care, in our friendly and busy
communications team at NHS Sussex. The communications and engagement team works
on everything from campaigns to working with local MPs, creative graphic and
digital communications, working with local journalists through to working with
all of the health and care organisations which make up Sussex Health and Care
the ICS for Sussex.
In this role, you will support busy general practice
colleagues, work alongside our working with people and communities team, advise
senior leaders, and work as part of the NHS Sussex integrated communications
team to help tell the story of primary care improvement in Sussex, including
the work of general practice, dentistry, and pharmacies.
If you would like to know more about the role, please email
emma.fleetwood-jones@nhs.net for an informal discussion. Interviews will be
during the week of 10 March.
About us
NHS Sussex ICB are
committed to enabling team members to work in an agile and flexible way. We
adopt a flexible first approach to working patterns. We empower our people to
work where, when, and how they choose with minimum constraints to support their
wellbeing to sustain good work life balance and to optimise performance and
delivery.
We celebrate
diversity and promote equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and
eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and
promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an
inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right
to be treated with dignity and respect.
Flexible working
requests will be considered for all roles.
Agile working is
not just related to working from different locations or at different times. It
is about effectively utilising technology to improve work practices and to work
differently to increase our overall effectiveness to improve health outcomes for
our population.
Should you require
a reasonable adjustment to our recruitment process please contact the
Recruitment Team at scw.peopleresource@nhs.net to ensure that measures can be
put in place to support you.
NHS Sussex has
committed to achieving Net Zero Carbon emissions by 2045. As a member of staff
you will be encouraged and supported to implement new ways of working that will
help us achieve that goal.
Working for us -
Sussex Health and Care (ics.nhs.uk)
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Communications Manager (Primary Care) will be a key
member of our communications team, taking a lead for communications around the
work of primary care and our GP practices across Sussex.
Responsibilities of this role will include helping us to
develop and deliver communication strategies to support GP practices and their
patients, as well as the wider work of the communications team. It will include
planning and delivering high quality public communications, stakeholder
engagement, and proactive and reactive media management. It will also require
close working with public involvement colleagues to ensure communications are
responsive to insight and feedback from patients and our communities.
Areas of work will include GP access, new GP practice
developments, practice mergers, and showcasing the work of primary care in our
communities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Communications Manager (Primary Care) will be a key
member of our communications team, taking a lead for communications around the
work of primary care and our GP practices across Sussex.
Responsibilities of this role will include helping us to
develop and deliver communication strategies to support GP practices and their
patients, as well as the wider work of the communications team. It will include
planning and delivering high quality public communications, stakeholder
engagement, and proactive and reactive media management. It will also require
close working with public involvement colleagues to ensure communications are
responsive to insight and feedback from patients and our communities.
Areas of work will include GP access, new GP practice
developments, practice mergers, and showcasing the work of primary care in our
communities.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to masters level in relevant subject or equivalent level qualification or significant experience of working at a similar level in specialist area.
- Evidence of continued professional development
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Comprehensive knowledge of project principles, techniques, and tools, such as Prince 2 Foundation and Microsoft Project
- Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium, and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly.
- Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures
- Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to senior stakeholders and a broad range of stakeholders as required.
- Experience of creating and giving presentations to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders
- Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources.
- Demonstrated capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making.
- Numerate and able to understand complex financial issues combined with deep analytical skills.
- Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures
- Knowledge of Financial Systems e.g., monitoring budget management, processing invoices and procurement
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment
- Demonstrated experience of co-ordinating projects in complex and challenging environments Experience of managing risks and reporting
- Experience of monitoring budgets and business planning processes
- Understanding of the public sector
- Demonstrated experience in a Healthcare environment. Knowledge of Financial Systems e.g., monitoring budget management, processing invoices and procurement
- Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures
Other
Essential
- Experience of managing a team without direct line management
- Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales.
- Commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion and an understanding of equal opportunities
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to masters level in relevant subject or equivalent level qualification or significant experience of working at a similar level in specialist area.
- Evidence of continued professional development
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Comprehensive knowledge of project principles, techniques, and tools, such as Prince 2 Foundation and Microsoft Project
- Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium, and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly.
- Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures
- Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to senior stakeholders and a broad range of stakeholders as required.
- Experience of creating and giving presentations to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders
- Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources.
- Demonstrated capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making.
- Numerate and able to understand complex financial issues combined with deep analytical skills.
- Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures
- Knowledge of Financial Systems e.g., monitoring budget management, processing invoices and procurement
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment
- Demonstrated experience of co-ordinating projects in complex and challenging environments Experience of managing risks and reporting
- Experience of monitoring budgets and business planning processes
- Understanding of the public sector
- Demonstrated experience in a Healthcare environment. Knowledge of Financial Systems e.g., monitoring budget management, processing invoices and procurement
- Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures
Other
Essential
- Experience of managing a team without direct line management
- Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales.
- Commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion and an understanding of equal opportunities
