Job Description
Partners across the Southwark health and care system have recognised the need to integrate services and establish a different way of working within and across communities (‘neighbourhoods’) that will improve outcomes for our local population.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has further exposed the health, social and economic inequalities that exist within the borough – often between communities that are only a few miles apart.
We know that to tackle these inequalities we need to target those populations where there is greatest inequality in experience and outcomes and explore new ways of working across partner organisations.
As a partnership, we have committed to delivering on four population-based programmes – start well (children and young people), live well (working age adults), age well (frail and older people), and care well (care and residential settings). Within each of these programmes we are seeking to deliver value-based health and care by:
- Improving population health outcomes and reducing inequalities
- Enhancing people’s experience of care services and reducing unwarranted variation
- Securing a financially sustainable health and care economy
- Enabling compassionate care and supporting the health and wellbeing of our staff.
The Role:
A new and exciting opportunity has arisen for a Communications & Engagement Lead to join the Partnership Southwark Programme Team. This role is a key addition to the Programme Team and will involve working with Partnership Southwark partners and wider stakeholders to develop high quality and accessible communications and engagement activity.
A key element of the role is ensuring that Southwark communities and stakeholders are aware of, can influence and benefit from the partnership’s work to improve the development and delivery of integrated health and care in the borough, and address inequalities.
The role will be hosted by Southwark Council on behalf of Partnership Southwark. We anticipate remote working initially. However, as office working resumes the post-holder will be expected to spend some time working across partner sites in Southwark.
About You:
We are looking for a candidate with drive and creativity backed by knowledge and experience of operating across partnership organisations, ideally within a health and care environment.
You will need to be able to make an impact at a time when the system is recovering from the pandemic and responding to the emerging challenges, including changes in the commissioning landscape as we transition to become an integrated care system. The post-holder will play a lead role in the development of communications and engagement activity for Partnership Southwark, supporting the development of consistent and coordinated communications and engagement activity and messaging.
You will be a key contact for identifying opportunities to work collaboratively with community partners, proactively seeking and building continuous and meaningful engagement with the public and patients to shape services and improve health and care within Southwark and our wider South East London Integrated Care System.
Additional information
The role is hosted by Southwark Council on behalf of Partnership Southwark.
The hours of work are 22.5 per week, normally during office hours. There will be the opportunity to work flexibly and remotely in line with business requirements and Covid-19 guidance.
For more information, please contact either Wendy McDermott wendy.mcdermott@southwark.gov.uk or Louise Pisani louise.pisani@nhs.net
Please note this role is part time for 22.5 hours
Please note this role is being offered on a fixed term contract basis until March 2022