Job summary
Employer heading
Digital and Social Inclusion Co-Ordinator
NHS AfC: Band 4
Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and we are the Health Service Journal’s Trust of the Year in 2020.
The Care Quality Commission rated King’s Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall we are rated Outstanding for care.
For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.
Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.
We would love you to join us.
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Job overview
The Digital Transformation Unit is seeking an energetic individual, who is ready for a new engagement role, or wanting to develop their current engagement skills to promote and support digital inclusion. Supporting patients and Trust staff to understand, access and utilise different digital platforms to get the best from local health services such as the NHS App and Patient Knows Best. The Digital Inclusion Co-ordinator will work with Trust staff and patient groups to reduce health inequalities by promoting digital inclusion.
This role would suit a person who enjoys working with a variety of people, is self-motivated, and is comfortable understanding and explaining technology to people with differing knowledge. If you are confident and able to work with other agencies, and have got a great way of communicating with people to get them engaged and if you are non-judgemental, compassionate, and happy to engage with people from all walks of life this could be the role for you.
Main duties of the job
To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer the job description attached.
Working for our organisation
Thank you for your interest in this role.
Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here, and we are the Health Service Journal's Trust of the Year in 2020.
The Care Quality Commission rated King's Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall, we are rated Outstanding for care.
For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.
Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients; we also care for you.
Our culture of learning, compassion and taking a person-centred approach are at the roots of our organisation. We would love you to join us.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer the job description attached.
Person specification
Knowledge Requirements
Essential criteria
- Advanced keyboard skills
- Microsoft Office – advanced use
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of Primary Care Networks
- Knowledge of Digital and Social Inclusion
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GCSE Maths or Equivalent Level
- GCSE English or Equivalent Level
Desirable criteria
- Project Management qualification or equivalent experience
Further Training
Essential criteria
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Desirable criteria
- Educated to diploma level or equivalent qualification/ experience
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working as part of a team
- Ability to communicate verbally and in writing in a clear, concise and effective manner
- Use of initiative and judgement in difficult or complex situations
- Able to plan and organise a range of complex activities and programmes
- Self-motivated and able to work without supervision
- Ability to prioritise a diverse workload and deliver to deadlines
- Problem solving skills in an administrative setting
- Able to communicate with a wide range of people
- Ability to negotiate
- Ability to act and work flexibly and on own initiative
- Ability to concentrate in stressful situations and when interrupted
- Professional report writing skills
Desirable criteria
- Significant experience in a service user facing role working to support the needs of said individual and/or their families/carers/significant others
- Experience of project management
- Experience of events management
- Previous NHS experience
- Experience in a healthcare/service environment
- Experience of using IT systems such as EMIS and System One
Contractual Requirements
Essential criteria
- Ability to work flexibly, outside normal office hours in order to suit the needs of the customers
- Ability to travel in order to attend meetings as required
- Combination of sitting, standing and walking
- Highly developed keyboard skills with considerable VDU usage
- Requirement to travel extensively within the region and on occasion nationally
- Car driver is essential
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Morgan Thanigasalam
- Job title
- Associate Chief Clinical Information Officer
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01623622515
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