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NHS Trainee Communications Officer

Two-year on-the-job training position: full-time (37.5 hours) 18-20 year olds.  Office based in London.

(If you have applied before and been unsuccessful please do not reapply).

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. 

• Have you just left or are about to leave school or college?
• Are you interested in a career in communications?
• Would you like to be part of the most fast paced communications teams in the country?
• If the answer to all these questions is YES! then we have a fantastic on-the-job training opportunity at NHS England we’d love you to apply for.

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

·       Provide support to communications teams so they can deliver effective internal and external communications, engagement and projects.

·         Act as a point of contact for the team responding professionally to enquiries and referring on to others as appropriate.

·         Set-up and join Microsoft Teams meetings and Teams files, create agenda.

·         Update weekly Team rota helping us to know who is available and who is on-call.

·         Support the updating of a weekly grid which helps us all know what’s happening in the coming weeks around national events and issues we need to be aware of and consider.

• Support the management of a central database of communications teams activity. Create a log if required.

Working for our organisation

The 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:

• Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
• Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
• Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
• Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
• Delivering value for money.

If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit https://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.

Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.

NHS England hold a Sponsor Licence; this means that we may be able to sponsor you providing the Home Office requirements are met. To be eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route you’ll usually need to be paid the ‘standard’ salary rate of at least £38,700 per year, or the ‘going rate’ for your job, whichever is higher. You can find more information on the Government website.