Communications and Engagement Manager

*This job banding is subject to job evaluation*

Lincolnshire was selected by NHS England as one of 12 early implementers for community mental health transformation. Following an initial successful implementation phase we are delighted to be able to expand this programme of work further across Lincolnshire to ensure the programme is delivered across the county.

This is an exciting and innovative programme of work which seeks to enable transformational change in community mental health services and using Lincolnshire’s personalisation approach to embed new ways of working that promote self-efficacy, provide high quality specialist care and develop an accessible model of care that benefits the person and their communities.

Personalisation is rooted in the belief that people ‘want a life not a service’. It takes a whole-system approach, integrating services including health, social care, public health and wider services around the person. It provides an all-age approach from maternity and childhood, through living with frailty, older age and end of life, encompassing both mental and physical health and recognises the role and voice of carers. In 2019 ‘Universal Personalised Care – Implementing the comprehensive model’ was published and is at the heart of the NHS Long Term Plan.

In order to be able to communicate and engage staff and stakeholders with our dynamic vision, we are seeking to appoint a Communications and Engagement Manager to work alongside our core delivery team across both the Community Mental Health and the Personalisation Programmes. This role will work closely with the Programme Leads for both projects and Lincolnshire’s NHS Communications and Engagement Team, to roll out and further develop an innovative Communication and Engagement Strategy, working across a number of health, care and voluntary and community organisations and supporting the delivery of complex programmes of work.

We are looking for an inspirational leader who can inspire and engage both our workforce and populations in large scale cultural change and embrace new models of working, so that each programme of work can deliver their key priorities.

Of course you’ll have an excellent standard of written work, and understanding of communications and engagement principles in complex public sector organisations. Be used to liaising closely and working proactively with local media and key stakeholders at all levels, alongside experience of managing and running social media channels.

In partnership with staff, volunteers, patients and carers we have developed our values, behaviours and culture over the past three years; and we live by them. Our leaders are compassionate, supportive and avoid blame. We look at solution focused outcomes, working on a theme of continuous improvement, which benefits the Trust, its employees and of course our patients and services users.

We also offer great new rewards and benefits to staff as you will see, so if you are not already part of our team why not come and join us?

We offer 24 hour services within our Inpatient, Crisis and SPA teams, if you are successfully appointed to posts in these areas or others that might have specified, you will be required to work unsociable hours and shift patterns.

Preference will be given to NHS colleagues who are currently ’at risk’ and meet the minimum criteria of the Job Description & Person Specification.

Please provide accurate details for your references, these should cover the last 3 years and include your current or most recent employer or education to enable The Recruitment Team to be timely in their request. For internal staff we will seek a reference from your current manager.

Interview Expenses will not be paid.

Due to recent high volumes of applications, posts may be closed earlier once a sufficient number have been received.

Where required new employees will be subject to an electronic Disclosure & Barring Service check, please refer to the additional documentation above. You will be asked to attend a Pre-employment check appointment in Sleaford or Lincoln. Start dates will coincide with Induction and fall on the first week of the each month.

If you have any difficulty completing this application form please contact (01522) 421510
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