Communications Assistant | Isle of Wight NHS Trust

Dyddiad hysbysebu:	08 Ebrill 2025
Cyflog:	Heb ei nodi
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog:	£26,530 - £29,114 pro rata, per annum
Oriau:	Llawn Amser
Dyddiad cau:	08 Mai 2025
Lleoliad:	Portsmouth, PO6 3LY
Cwmni:	Isle of Wight NHS
Math o swydd:	Parhaol
Cyfeirnod swydd:	7135489/470-24-0096-COR-A

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This post is only open for applications for individuals employed within the Hampshire and Isle of Wight NHS Care System

Organisations within scope are as follows:
• Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board
• Southern Health Foundation Trust
• Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
• University Hospital Southampton
• Solent NHS Trust
• South Central Ambulance Service
• Isle of Wight NHS Trust
• Hampshire Hospitals

Communications Assistant

Location: The base location for this job will be Portsmouth, successful candidates will be required to spend a minimum of two days per week on site at Queen Alexandra Hospital
Band 4 : £26,530 - £29,114 per annum
Permanent - Full Time : 37.5 hours per week

Not much happens across our Trusts without the support of the Communications and Engagement team. We ensure our patients, colleagues and stakeholders understand the services offered by the Trust, understand our vision, values and aims, are able to influence services and are well-informed and engaged in the work of the Trust.

We are a newly formed communications and engagement team and we're looking for a dynamic and creative Communications Assistant to join us. You will support on several organisational wide communications and engagement programmes of activity, projects and priorities, spanning internal and external communications.

As an excellent communicator you will be expected to use your copy writing skills, support social media activity, website and intranet work and help organise a series of events to support our organisational strategies.

Your outstanding people skills mean that you will be able to play a key role in establishing positive working relationships quickly at all levels of the organisation. You will easily be able to manage a busy workload, responding to conflicting priorities as required.

Key Responsibilities:
• You will be a key part of our day to day communications and engagement activities covering both internal and external communications.
• You will support our media liaison and ensure accurate information is recorded in a timely and consistent way.
• You will support the production of publications for internal audiences liaising with departments and teams to ensure inclusion of accurate and timely information.
• Social media content gathering including drafting social media posts and taking pictures/videos of staff and patients.
• The work will involve regular contact and engagement with members of the public, patients and their relatives to gather information and stories to promote the Trust and the services provided.
• You will be part of our events management team assisting to organise staff and public engagement events.
• Due to the nature of communications work, some out-of-hours working, including evenings and weekends will be expected as and when necessary.



Our vision for Single Corporate Services
Isle of Wight NHS Trust (IWT) and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust (PHU) have a shared vision of a single corporate service across our two organisations, supported by a single set of identical systems and processes, under joint leadership, to drive significant efficiencies, improve employee experience, and return time to patient care.

This vacancy is part of the Single Corporate Services Division.

Why are we changing the way we deliver Corporate Services?
Working as a partnership, both IWT and PHU have a shared vision for excellence in care for our patients and communities; with a set of strategic aims underpinning how we will achieve this. The creation of a single corporate service is essential for us to support our clinical and operational services, and our wider transformation programme.

For further information, please read the attached document outlining the vision for our single corporate services.



The single corporate service is delivered across both organisation. You may be based at either IWT or PHU and individuals may be required to undertake business travel between sites. For leaders managing staff across multi-site locations, you will need to be visible and provide in person leadership. The arrangements and frequency will be agreed locally.

If you are a passionate and ambitious communicator and this sounds like the next role for you then we would love to hear from you.

For further details, please see enclosed Job Description.

Please note, this position has also been advertised on the Portsmouth Hospitals University Trust's job page. If you are interested in this position and wish to apply, there is no requirement to submit two applications.

Please note your application may be transferred to the Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust Applicant tracking System (ATS) if you are selected for an interview.


This advert closes on Thursday 10 Apr 2025

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