Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Director of Communications

Leyland

Attractive Package

Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust is the major health and wellbeing provider for a population of 1.7 million people across Lancashire and South Cumbria. A provider of mental health and learning disability services and physical health services in the community we employ over 7,000 members of staff operating in more than 400 sites with an annual budget of over £350 million. We are on an exciting journey of improvement with a completely new Executive Team, significant investment being made in mental health and learning disability services and a new leadership structure aligned to our systems’ ICPs. We are committed to leading the integration of physical health, mental health, and social care services locally to deliver improved population health and tackle health inequalities.

The Director of Communications is a central leadership role in the Trust; reporting to our new Chief Strategy Officer and leading a refreshed and well-resourced communication and engagement function. This is a broad position, with significant Board exposure and responsibility for engagement with populations across our diverse communities, with our wide range of external partners and stakeholders as well as leadership of internal communications with our dedicated staff. Joining us as we make significant progress on our ambitious transformation journey, this role will ensure that we create trusted relationships with our stakeholders, that our values ‘we are kind, respectful, always learning and a team’ are demonstrated through accessible engagement; and that we enable our stakeholders to have a voice in the decisions we take.

We are seeking an ambitious, innovative, and inclusive leader with senior communications experience in a large organisation and who is comfortable operating in a regulated and complex stakeholder environment. Bringing energy and insight, you will ensure that opportunities are identified to promote the Trust’s work and to develop and uphold our brand and reputation. Politically astute, you will quickly build credibility at all levels of our organisation, and externally with the media, MPs and other partners and regulators across our health and care system. This is an exceptional opportunity to play a key leadership role in meeting our objective to be a provider and an employer of choice.

To learn more about us, our ambitions, this exciting opportunity and how to apply via the 'Apply Now' and contact Steph Crossland on 0113 268 0704, Emma Pickup or Michelle Shirley of GatenbySanderson on 0113 205 6073 for an initial discussion.

Closing date: Wednesday 27 January 2021

Final interviews: Wednesday 24 February 2021