NHS
Communications and Engagement Lead
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Job Description
- Req#: C9321-25-1283?language=en&page=811&sort=publicationDateDesc
- Educated to Masters level (or equivalent qualification / experience)
- Master's degree or equivalent level experience in communications, including stakeholder and public engagement
- Extensive, relevant professional experience may be considered against the requirement for a degree in relevant discipline (the expectation of professional, technical competence is at least that associated with a degree level education in this subject)
- Excellent understanding and experience of the health research and clinical informatics landscape
- Demonstrable experience of working and in a technical environment, ideally within a clinical or healthcare setting
- Knowledge of relevant national legislation and local guidance and how these should be applied to stakeholder and public engagement activities
- Specialist knowledge across a range of stakeholder engagement practices, techniques and approaches underpinned by theoretical knowledge from study and relevant practical experience
- Knowledge of NHS datasets and standards
- Understanding of infrastructure, software and data lifecycles with specialist knowledge acquired through relevant qualifications including waterfall and agile project methodologies
- Educated to Masters level (or equivalent qualification / experience)
- Master's degree or equivalent level experience in communications, including stakeholder and public engagement
- Extensive, relevant professional experience may be considered against the requirement for a degree in relevant discipline (the expectation of professional, technical competence is at least that associated with a degree level education in this subject)
- Excellent understanding and experience of the health research and clinical informatics landscape
- Demonstrable experience of working and in a technical environment, ideally within a clinical or healthcare setting
- Knowledge of relevant national legislation and local guidance and how these should be applied to stakeholder and public engagement activities
- Specialist knowledge across a range of stakeholder engagement practices, techniques and approaches underpinned by theoretical knowledge from study and relevant practical experience
- Knowledge of NHS datasets and standards
- Understanding of infrastructure, software and data lifecycles with specialist knowledge acquired through relevant qualifications including waterfall and agile project methodologies
Job summary
We are seeking an experienced individual with talent, expertise, and ambition in communications and stakeholder engagement. The post offers the opportunity to work proactively on innovative solutions that will transform health and care research and delivery across the NHS.
The successful candidate will work as part of the Thames Valley and Surrey (TVS) Secure Data Environment (SDE) Programme and be hosted by the R&D Clinical Informatics Team within OUH. They will be accountable to the TVS SDE Programme Director and have day to day accountability to the programme's Coproduction Lead.
Main duties of the job
They will manage communication and engagement for data programmes across care records and research in the Thames Valley and Surrey, and feed into related national work.
The programme will support the successful candidate through regular joint meetings with the TVS SDE and TVS Care Records Partnership to manage a collaborative approach to communication and engagement across TVS.
Managing communications and engagement as part of the TVS SDE Programme will be a key responsibility - the post holder will contribute to the design, delivery, and implementation of this important national programme with responsibilities aligned and seamless for the local population.
The Communication and Engagement Lead will have significant impact on the success of these data programmes. Working with colleagues across the health and care system, subject matter experts, research and industry they will have the satisfaction of seeing their work lead to progress in the way patient data is used in the NHS: improving patient care and supporting understanding population health and cutting-edge research.
About us
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. For more information on OUH please view OUH At a Glance by OUHospitals - Issuu
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.
We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.
These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
Details
Date posted
13 October 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8a
Salary
£55,690 to £62,682 a year per annum pro rata
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
2 years
Working pattern
Full-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working, Compressed hours
Reference number
321-CORP-7531205-B8a
Job locations
Old Road Campus
Churchill Hospital
Oxford
OX3 7LE
Job descriptionJob description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for further details on the main responsibilities of this role.
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for further details on the main responsibilities of this role.
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Education
Essential
Desirable
Experience
Essential
Desirable
Education
Essential
Desirable
Experience
Essential
Desirable
Additional informationDisclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
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Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details
Employer name
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Old Road Campus
Churchill Hospital
Oxford
OX3 7LE
Employer's website
https://www.ouh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Old Road Campus
Churchill Hospital
Oxford
OX3 7LE
Employer's website
https://www.ouh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
About the company
National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.
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