Associate Director of Communications

Job summary

Job Title: Associate Director of Communications

Hours: 37.5 hours (minimum of 3 days on site a week)

Trust Location: The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS

Would you like to be a part of a team that works well together, always there to help each other? If you answered yes, The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS is the place for you.

About the Trust

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS trust plays a huge part in west Essex and east and north Hertfordshire's way of life.

The trust runs a busy hospital,The Princess Alexandra Hospital and provides services at St. Margaret's Hospital and Herts and Essex Hospital. Together serve a population of around 350,000 people.

Main duties of the job

Will lead, develop and manage all corporate communications, protecting and enhancing the Trusts reputation.

Together with the Director of People the postholder will lead on the development and delivery of the Trusts Communications Strategy, ensuring the Trust is communicating in a timely, effective and accessible way via the relevant channels and through the best possible forums.

Manage the communications team and ensure excellent professional practice is adopted and maintained. Whilst guided by general health, organisational or national policies, the post holder will need to establish the way in which these should be interpreted for the communications function, with freedom to initiate action as appropriate.

Required to engage with high level discussions and processes and to work to resolve complex problems.

About us

Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.

As a member of NHS Professionals, you have fantastic benefits:

Competitive pay rates- work this week, get paid next week

Essential support when you need it- 24/7 365 days- call us anytime

Multi locational- work across neighbouring Trusts

Manage your shifts and timesheets on the go- access your My Bank shift portal anywhere, anytime online or through your smartphone

Varied working options to suit your lifestyle- access to the Bank gives you options of ad hoc shifts or longer-term placements

Training and development opportunities- Keep up with the essentials and more

Stakeholder pension scheme available- a flexible future for you and yours

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