About this role
Job summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic and creative individual with strong copywriting skills and meticulous attention to detail to join our communications team.
Your main responsibility will be to co-ordinate the process for creation and review of our patient information leaflets. You will work with clinical teams to edit and publish leaflets and consent forms to ensure that accurate and understandable medical information is communicated clearly to help patients be fully informed and reassured on the procedures and treatments they need to have.
You'll also get involved in the full range of communication channels and responsibilities:
-Writing and designing content for all-staff briefings and intranet
-Writing stories for our weekly internal all-staff email
-Interviewing patients and staff for feature stories
-Assisting with staff and public engagement events
Your work will directly and positively impact excellent patient care and help staff to feel valued, empowered and proud to work here.
You will be line managed by our communications co-ordinator and supported by the whole team, who meet each week to plan messages, campaigns and troubleshoot issues together. The team has a flexible working arrangement, typically two or three days per week in the office.
Interested in using your skills to make a positive difference? Apply today.
Interviews will be held on the 12th and 13th November 2026.
The role profile is subject to job evaluation consistency panel.
Main duties of the job
To co-ordinate the process of creation and review of patient information leaflets, working with subject matter experts to produce patient information flyers, booklets and consent forms which have been approved by the relevant stakeholders, and managing the supply of digital and printed materials to those who require it.
To represent the communications team trust-wide and provide communications advice and ensure brand guidelines are followed.
Gather content, write up and produce content for our weekly staff e-newsletter as well as write and upload news stories and patient/staff case studies for the intranet and website.
To contribute to the generation, design and production of content for internal and external communications channels.
To support event coordination, primarily for staff engagement activities such as our annual staff awards and long service awards, but also for our annual members meeting and other events that fall under the communication team's remit.
To support the daily running of the communications team with a variety of administrative duties.
About us
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.
Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.
The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
On this page you will find a Role Profile which provides information about the hospital and full details about the role. We recommend that you review this and refer to it as you complete your application. Please include how you will meet the Trust Values Compassion, Excellence and Collaboration. If you would like more information about the role or working at Royal Papworth Hospital, please get in touch with the contact for this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *Foundation degree or professional qualification in communications, marketing, journalism, photography, graphic design or equivalent experience
- *GCSE English or equivalent qualification
Experience
Essential
- *Experience of working in a communications or marketing team or related sector
- *Experience of writing for websites and printed publications
- *Proven written and oral communication skills
- *Ability to receive, interpret, analyse, and translate complex, sensitive information into plain language.
- *Awareness of the trust and the work it does
- *Work well under pressure, with an ability to effectively and calmly manage different and competing priorities to tight deadlines, responding to interruptions and unpredictable, urgent requests
- *A good knowledge of Microsoft Office software including Word, PowerPoint and Excel
- *Previous experience of using Adobe software including Photoshop, InDesign and PremierePro or willingness to learn
- *Previous experience of using Canva or willingness to learn
- *Experience of using SharePoint or willingness to learn
- *Basic photography skills or willingness to learn
Desirable
- *Experience of using a content management system (CMS) to update websites and intranets
- *Experience of working with journalists and responding to media enquiries
- *Experience of running social media accounts for a professional organisation
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Please provide evidence of your commitment to uphold the Trust's values: Compassion, Excellence, Collaboration
- As well as being able to demonstrate examples of how they work in a way that is consistent with our values of compassion, excellence and collaboration the successful candidate will be able to clearly demonstrate a commitment to driving culture change through equality, diversity and inclusion.
- Excellent communication skills
- Meticulous attention to detail and proofing skills
- Passion for marketing and communications
- Passion for improving patient experience
- Ability to work on own initiative
- Ability to prioritise workload
- Ability to work independently or as part of a team
- Ability to maintain confidentiality at all times
- Willingness to learn
- Flexible approach to work hours
- Committed to developing professional skills
Desirable
- *Occasional need for lifting and moving goods and materials and equipment to events.
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.
Employer details
Employer name
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Trustwide
Papworth Road
Cambridge Bio Medical Campus
Cambridge
CB2 0AY
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://royalpapworth.nhs.uk/working-here (Opens in a new tab)