Overview

Are you skilled at building and maintaining strong internal and external relationships? Do you want to make a difference in shaping how we reach and engage with our communities? Would you like to have an impact on our services for the benefit of our patients?

Working for the region’s leading voice for mental health, community, learning disability and autism services, you’ll take pride in creating a culture of engagement to inform future communications activity for targeted stakeholder groups including our patients, colleagues and communities. We are looking for a passionate, dynamic and collaborative individual to join our busy Communications Team. It’s a new, hybrid role with opportunities to get out and about in our services and communities across Lancashire and South Cumbria, getting to know what matters to them and how we can reach those with influence.

Responsibilities and requirements

You will be experienced in engagement and associated processes, with a background in market research to inform engagement, a knowledge of formal consultation processes and a proven ability to form strong partnerships.

• Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills, with an ability to translate complex technical issues into easily understandable language. You should be comfortable speaking to everyone including senior leaders, patients, families, MPs and those who live within the area we cover.
• Someone who has delivered and has knowledge of engagement strategies, plans and campaigns.
• A highly motivated team player who can work closely with communications colleagues, as well as from their own initiative.
• Someone with knowledge of Lancashire and South Cumbria, our community groups, external partners and other key stakeholders who we can work closely with, to support engagement goals.
• An individual with a passion for community development and inclusivity.
• The ability to collect, interpret and analyse feedback to improve services and inform approaches.
• Event planning experience and someone who is comfortable attending events and representing the Trust.
• Maintaining accurate records and preparing reports on engagement activities.
• Someone who is confident to share their expert engagement advice to colleagues at all levels.

Why join us?

• An exciting time to join an innovative team with a mix of expertise, where your contribution and input is valued.

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care. The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Victoria Hepworth
Job title: Communications Manager
Email address: Victoria.Hepworth@lscft.nhs.uk