Director of Communications, West London NHS Trust
Band 9
Closing date: 17 February 2025
Salary: £111,120 – £127,006 Per Annum inclusive
Location: West London NHS Trust
Contract: Fixed term: 12 months (Maternity Cover)
Ref: 222-CORP-922
Hours: 37.5 per week
West London NHS Trust provides a full range of mental health, community and physical healthcare services for children, adults and older people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow.
The Director of Communications will be responsible for the expert communications and engagement function on behalf of the organisation.
The successful post holder will lead a team of committed communication, engagement, design and stakeholder professionals tasked with informing, inspiring and motivating our staff; as well as working in partnership with our stakeholders, local community and service users to share insights and improve our services.
This role is being offered as a 12-month fixed-term contract or secondment providing maternity cover.
Main duties
This appointment will play a key role on closer working between the wider community and mental health collaborative to achieve a shared goal of providing the highest quality service to manage, protect and enhance the reputation of our organisation, through clear and coherent messaging and impactful communications.
We recognise the vital role that effective communication plays in enabling an organisation to enhance its reputation and celebrate its successes. A lot has been achieved in the last number of years; the Care Quality Commission has rated our wider services ‘Good’, with Forensic services and caring both rated as ‘Outstanding’.
The next chapter will require agility, tenacity for innovation and clear-sighted ambition in order to improve the care and support to service users and enhance the ways in which we interact with our wider communities.
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.
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