Senior Communications Officer

Are you seeking a new challenge to enhance your skills in providing high quality communications support to an organisation focused on improving patient care…then, we would love to hear from you.

The Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) is an independent organisation established to promote quality in healthcare and in particular to increase the impact that clinical audit has on health care improvement. We manage NHS clinical work programmes on behalf of NHS England and other devolved nations. This includes the National Clinical Audit & Patient Outcome Programme (NCAPOP) which consists of over forty National Clinical Audits and clinical outcome review programmes.  We are supported by three parent organisations: the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, The Royal College of Nursing and National Voices.

We are a small, friendly team working in a fast-paced environment and are seeking a Senior Communications Officer (SCO) to join our team. You will be responsible for delivering the organisation’s day-to-day communications activities, helping to build HQIP’s external profile and influence, and extending our reach and impact. HQIP is a remote working organisation.

If you have had previous experience in a role similar to the SCO or are seeking a new challenge and have the relevant experience and skills, we would love to hear from you.

Senior Communications Officer

Our work focuses on the following key strategic areas:

• Using best management and procurement practice, we commission, manage, support and promote national and local programmes of quality improvement. This includes the National and Local clinical audit programmes, the Clinical Outcome Review Programmes and the National Joint Registry on behalf of NHS England and other healthcare departments and organisations
• We encourage wide use of robust data for quality improvement of care, offering patient choice, promoting patient safety, supporting revalidation and service accreditation, commissioning, service redesign and research
• We inform and influence national healthcare policy by effectively communicating our work and that of our partners

• We support healthcare professionals to review and improve their practice by providing opportunities to share best practice
• We ensure that patients and carers are at the heart of our work through continued, strategic involvement in all relevant processes and projects.

Team

This role reports into the Head of Communications and Marketing and sits within the Core team.

The post holder will take a leading role in the planning, creation and delivery of our communications activity, creating engaging content for a variety of channels, using design, content creation and copywriting skills.

Key requirements of this position are to:

1. Manage the HQIP website
2. Produce internal and external communications and e-newsletters
3. Maintain HQIP’s social media accounts
4. Manage the communications calendar and deliver other general communications and marketing activity as required.

How to apply                                            

To apply, please download a copy of the job description and application form from the HQIP website and return the completed application form, together with the Declaration of Interest to [email protected]. CVs sent without a completed application form will not be accepted.

For all roles you will be asked to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK at application and throughout the duration of your employment.

Please note that HQIP is unable to sponsor candidates at any stage of the application process or during employment with HQIP.

Closing date for applications: 5pm, Friday 18 November

Interviews are planned for: week commencing 21 and / or 28 November (date and time TBC)

Due to the high volume of applications, feedback is only given to shortlisted applicants.

Further information

For further information about the post, please contact LACIA ASHMAN on [email protected]