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Job reference: 121858
Salary: Band 5 (£26,104 - £32,915)
Job closing date: 11/10/2022
Job Type: Administrative Services
Location: Various
Employment type: Permanent
Hours Per Week: 37.5
Job posted date: 04/10/2022
Employer (NHS Board): NHS Fife
Department: Communications

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We are looking for a proactive and creative communications advisor to join our newly created Fife Health and Social Care communications team, working in partnership with NHS Fife’s Corporate Communications Directorate and Fife Council’s Communication Department. With drive and determination, you will support the delivery of a wide range of health and social care transformation projects to meet the needs of the communities we serve across Fife.

You will be required to work collaboratively with key stakeholders, with a focus on managing proactive and reactive enquiries from the press and media while also supporting a range of external communications campaigns.

We are seeking applications from experienced communications professionals and confident team players who will be able to grow, build and maintain relationships with this new team and service leads across Fife Health and Social Care and its partners.

You should also be able to manage competing priorities and sensitive information, while having a positive outlook in an environment of constant change.

Due to the current situation, we are currently working using a mix of office and home-based working, with staff usually based between Fife House in Glenrothes and Hayfield House, Kirkcaldy.

For informal enquiries please contact Kirsty MacGregor at kirsty.macgregor2@nhs.scot.

NHS Fife is legally obliged to ensure all its employees are legally entitled to work in the United Kingdom. All applicants are required to confirm their right to work in the UK in their application. If you are not a United Kingdom (UK), European Community (EC) or European Economic Area National please state the visa category under which you are legally entitled to work in the UK on your application form and the expiry date of your leave to remain in the UK.

​​​​​​​NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.​​​​​​​

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