Senior Communications Advisor - Nursing & Interprofessional Practice and Ed

at  SickKids

ABOUT SICKKIDS

Dedicated exclusively to children and their families, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) is one of the largest and most respected paediatric healthcare centres in the world. As innovators in child health, we lead and partner to improve the health of children through the integration of healthcare, leading-edge research and education. Our reputation would not have been built – nor could it be maintained – without the skills, knowledge and experience of the extraordinary people who come to work here every day. SickKids is committed to ongoing learning and development, and features a caring and supportive work environment that combines exceptionally high standards of practice.
When you join SickKids, you become part of our community. We share a commitment and determination to fulfill our vision of Healthier Children. A Better World.
Don’t miss out on the opportunity to work alongside the world’s best in paediatric healthcare.

POSITION DESCRIPTION

We have an exciting new opportunity for that special someone to showcase their creative skills in a unique corporate communications role. The Senior Communications Advisor - Nursing & Interprofessional Practice and Education will focus primarily on developing content showcasing our awesome nurses and unique nursing roles and promoting/supporting interprofessional and nursing education opportunities and events across the organization.

• Reporting to the Manager, Corporate Communications (with a dotted line to the Associate Chief of Nursing, Practice AND to the Associate Chief of Nursing & Interprofessional Education), responsible for writing engaging stories and producing creative content for both internal and external audiences about the nurses who work at SickKids, the diversity of educational programs available to nursing and interprofessional staff, and why SickKids is the place to be a nurse and health-care professional.
• Develop informative, persuasive targeted content based on interviews with nursing staff/subject matter experts, presentations and desk research, including but not limited to social media posts, internal stories, web stories, video scripts, videos, speaking remarks, correspondence, presentations, recruitment materials, departmental web-page text, brochures, marketing strategies, key messages, staff profiles, Q&As etc.
• Develop communications plans/tactical plans in support of Nursing and Interprofessional Practice and Education initiatives and programs, and implement them, as required.
• Manage and support the internal Nursing and Interprofessional Practice and Education intranet pages and support communications that lead nurses and health-care professionals to the information they need regarding practice and education.
• Provide general communications support for Nursing and education across the hospital.
• Support and collaborate with Communications and Public Affairs (CPA) colleagues as needed, helping to draft stories related to nursing and education.
• Liaise with photographers, videographers, illustrators and other CPA team members to integrate content into various platforms/vehicles.
• Participate in CPA huddles and team meetings and Nursing and Education Strategic committees as required.
• Hybrid environment: work from home and on site with flexibility where needed to participate in hospital-based events and programs.