Our client, a Primary Care Trust seeks to recruit a Director of Communications, Customer Services and Patient & Public Involvement. This Board-level role has a wide-ranging professional portfolio, bringing together disciplines across the full communications spectrum. The Trust is currently advancing ambitious plans with the Director leading on key areas such as establishing the organisation’s customer service-ethos and vision, brand and reputation management, staff engagement, stakeholder relations, media relations, social marketing, and public and patient involvement.
Main Responsibilities:
• To provide leadership within the organisation and across the health and social care system, ensuring that excellent customer services, robust communications, and effective engagement functions are in place to enhance the reputation of the PCT and the local health economy
• To lead on the delivery of the organisation's Corporate Communications and Engagement Strategy (published October 2008 as part of the World Class Commissioning process)
• To lead on the establishment of the multi-skilled, multi-professional Customer Services function bringing together various services such as Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS) and complaints and statutory organisational requirements such as ensuring compliance with the Freedom of Information Act and Data Protection Act.
• To lead on the engagement and involvement of key stakeholders in all aspects of the Trust’s activity, including public consultations and patient and public involvement. This includes leading on the development of models of public engagement and involvement and local accountability.
• Lead the development and management of a framework for collating and reporting feedback and evidence from stakeholders, to directly inform the commissioning strategy. This includes informing service improvements and developments.
• To lead the development, implementation and review of a marketing strategy, including the development of social marketing methodology and practice across the organisation and working with partners such as the city Council and other local NHS organisations.
• To work on a collective basis with other members of the Corporate Management Team