The communications team at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust (UHDB) are looking for an experienced strategic thinker and enthusiastic communications professional to join the communications senior leadership team.
The Trust is a large, multi-site organisation with 14,500 staff who deliver exceptional care to a population of over one million people, provide education and training to the future NHS workforce and conduct ground-breaking research to drive better health outcomes.
The post holder will have excellent news judgement, working strategically to tell the story of one of the largest hospital providers in the country, adapting content to engage communities across our various platforms and media outlets.
The role is fast paced, and the post holder must be able to make decisions quickly and confidently and be a collaborator, working regularly with members of the team, organisation, and executive team.
This role is part of the communications leadership team and will have line management responsibilities. While the main responsibilities focus on external communications and media, the role will also be responsible for internal communications, campaign development and delivery, digital content, events, stakeholder advice and support.
In this role you'll provide dedicated communications support to UHDB, based largely at Royal Derby Hospital, working across all functions including media, digital communications, internal communications and branding to help deliver the team's communications plans and ambitions.
You will be managed by the head of communications and work closely with the hospital's executive team too.
Closing date of applications: 8 December 2024
Interview date: 17 December 2024
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
In Return We Will Offer
- Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
- On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
- Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts
- We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
- We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
- An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
- Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
- Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
- We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
- We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
- UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Emily Johnson Job title: Head of Communications Email address: emily.johnson33@nhs.net Telephone number: 01332 785055
