Healthcare Communications & Media Relations Strategist

Tenet Healthcare; Tucson (AZ); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Tenet Healthcare's Carondelet Health Network seeks a Communications and Media Relations Specialist to drive proactive earned media and tell meaningful healthcare stories that strengthen hospital reputation. You will partner with leaders, physicians, and marketing to highlight patient outcomes, clinical innovation, and community impact.

The role requires strategic storytelling, media relationships, crisis-ready messaging, and occasional weekend events; located on-site in Tucson, AZ, with standard

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, journalism, public relations, or related field.
• 2–5 years of communications, public relations, media relations, or corporate communications experience, preferably within healthcare or another highly regulated industry.
• Exceptional writing, editing, and research skills.
• Demonstrated success securing earned media coverage and developing strategies.
• Outstanding storytelling, writing, editing, and interviewing skills.
• Experience building relationships with media.
• Knowledge of healthcare communications and HIPAA considerations are preferred.
• Proficiency with media monitoring, PR measurement, and social listening platforms.
• Excellent project management with ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating across departments.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute proactive earned media strategies that increase positive local, regional, and industry media coverage.
• Identify newsworthy patients, physicians, clinical innovation, community impact, and human-interest stories.
• Identify patient success stories while ensuring HIPAA compliance and obtaining appropriate patient authorizations.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with media.
• Draft press releases, media pitches, statements, talking points, fact sheets and media advisories.
• Coordinate media interviews, on-site media events, and press conferences.
• Monitor news trends to identify rapid response and newsjacking opportunities.
• Track media coverage, sentiment, and share of voice with recommendations.
• Develop relationships with physician subject matter experts for rapid media response.
• Partner with marketing to lead hospital & physician events.
• Partner with digital and social teams to amplify earned media.
• Report on media coverage in real-time and provide quarterly insights and recommendations to leadership.

Skills

Media relations

Writing

Editing

PR

Education

Bachelor's degree in communications

Job description

Tenet Healthcare's Carondelet Health Network seeks a Communications and Media Relations Specialist to drive proactive earned media and tell meaningful healthcare stories that strengthen hospital reputation. You will partner with leaders, physicians, and marketing to highlight patient outcomes, clinical innovation, and community impact.

The role requires strategic storytelling, media relationships, crisis-ready messaging, and occasional weekend events; located on-site in Tucson, AZ, with standard