Grade NHS TCS 2023: Band 3
Contract Fixed term: 2 years on-the-job training – 18-20 year olds
Hours Full time – 37.5 hours per week
Town London
Salary £27,948 – £29,468 per annum
Salary period Yearly
Job ref 990-S3-COR1587
Closing 30/06/2024 23:59
Job Overview
NHS Trainee Communications Officer x 2
Two-year on-the-job training positions: full-time (37.5 hours)
18-20 year olds
Based at NHS England’s HQ in Central London.
You’ve heard the story of how the NHS and its staff have stepped up to deal with the biggest public health crisis in its history? Well now’s your chance to be part of the team that helped tell that story.
You will work at the heart of NHS communications. You’ll get invaluable training over a two-year period in press and social media, marketing and campaigns and much, much more. You’ll begin to develop the skills, knowledge and understanding you need to work as part of a team and become an all-round professional communicator and work as part of a team. A dedicated line-manager will support you in every role.
Towards the end of your two years with us we’ll encourage and support you to take the next step and apply for a permanent role in one of our Communications teams, subject to a role being available
Main duties of the job
What we are looking for in our trainees:
Who can apply and when:
Working for our organisation
In April 2023, NHS England, NHS Digital, and Health Education England merged to create a new, single organisation to lead the NHS in England. This new NHS England is designed to create a simpler, smaller, high performing, organisation that leads the NHS more effectively and is a better place to work. Speaking with one voice to the service.
The new NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
If you would like to know more or require further information, please visithttps://www.england.nhs.uk/ .
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You can find further details about the job, using these links:
Documents to download
Essential criteria
We are committed to recruiting the best person for the job, based solely on their ability and individual merit as measured against the criteria for the role; through a process that is fair, open, consistent and free from discrimination. We support the values and pledges of the NHS Constitution.
We are committed to being a diverse and an inclusive employer and will build a culture where all employees are valued, respected and acknowledged. We strive to ensure that no individual receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of their gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief, colour, race, ethnicity, national origin, age, pregnancy and maternity, marital or civil partnership status, transgender status, HIV status, social background, trade union membership or non-membership and is placed at a disadvantage by requirements or conditions that cannot be shown to be justifiable.
We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants and employees are treated fairly and consistently.
Please note that the closing date is given as a guide. We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications has been received. You are advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
Candidates are reminded that, if you are applying on a secondment basis, you must have agreement with your current manager that if successful you will be released for the period of the secondment.
Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.
Further details / informal visits contact
Name Alison Brown
Job title Senior Development Manager
Email address Alison.brown27@nhs.net
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