Role Summary
- Plan and implement a range of multimedia communication projects and campaigns
- Receive, log and respond to media enquiries; meet and supervise media representatives on Trust property; write and distribute press releases and features and monitor media coverage
- Plan and implement social media campaigns and monitor Trust social media platforms
- Gather information and produce content for digital and print corporate publications
- Take and edit photographs and video using professional software and commission commercial photographic/video services as required
- Perform basic graphic design work using professional software and commission commercial graphic design services where required
About the Role
We will work with you to help you be the best version of you at work.
This might include funding for a care certificate, a degree or leadership qualifications. Or it might include days off to study, engage in CPD or rotational placements to help you hone your skills. Wherever you are heading in the NHS, we'll help you get there.
Looking after you is important to us.
We strive to help our staff create a healthy work-life balance through flexible working schemes and our family friendly policies.
If you're starting out in the NHS, you’ll start with 27 days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays), rising to 33 days plus bank holidays.
You'll benefit from access to our own comprehensive occupational health services, including counselling, physiotherapy, onsite wellbeing activities and groups.
Salary is not the only financial benefit
You'll have access to an extensive range of staff discounts on shopping, fitness and leisure options and you can spread the cost of technology and home appliance purchases from major retailers. You will also have access to other benefits including:
- National discount services such as the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts.
- Salary sacrifice options including our OFSTED rated outstanding nursery onsite at Exeter
- Car lease schemes.
- The NHS Pension scheme (one of the most generous and comprehensive in the UK).
- Cycle to work scheme
These are just a few of the benefits available – if the role is something you are interested in, we'd love to hear from you.
About Us
For more information on the Job Description and Responsibilities please click the link below.
More detail about the role
The communications and engagement team at the Royal Devon are looking for a skilled, and creative communications officer to join them.
As a newly merged organisation emerging from a global pandemic, the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust faces a number of challenges. Our emergency and urgent care services are stretched, staff are tired and we need to address our waiting lists, so we can improve the care we offer to our patients.
We also have a number of opportunities, including amazing teams, new facilities, investment in extra service capacity, and learning from how agile we were in responding to the pandemic. In July 2022, we implemented a common electronic patient record across our Trust and we are looking at how we can transform the care we provide for the future. In order to truly transform our services, we need to use those opportunities to meet those challenges and in July 2022, we launched our Trust strategy for the next five years: Better Together.
With a particular focus on our Northern services, the communications officer will work as part of the wider team to support the Trust to deliver its strategy through telling the story of the work we are doing to our staff, Governors, members, partners, patients and public. They will do this through using a variety of communications methods and channels. They will seek opportunities to both proactively and reactively communicate important messages and celebrate success both internally and externally.
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a newly forming team. It is suited to somebody who has a pragmatic approach to managing deadlines and enjoys working in a fast-paced environment.
Interview date: To be confirmed
For further information please contact Becky Parry on 07775 555746 / becky.parry@nhs.net
Preference will be given to staff with ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy when sufficient applications have been received.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was established in April 2022, bringing together the expertise of both the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust.
Benefits
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was established in April 2022, bringing together the expertise of both the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust.
Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provide to more than 615,000 people, cover more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, while some of our specialist services cover the whole of the peninsula, extending our reach as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
We deliver a wide range of emergency, specialist and general medical services through North Devon District Hospital and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford). Alongside our two acute hospitals, we provide integrated health and social care services across a variety of settings, including community inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, and within people’s own homes. We also offer primary care services, a range of specialist community services, and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC).
Our state-of-the-art equipment, leading technologies and strong links to local universities put us at the forefront of research and innovations, enabling us to provide world-class care to our local communities.
It’s never been a more exciting time to join the Royal Devon, as you'll help to shape our services as we continue along our integration journey.
