Start Well Communications Manager

Main area Communications and Engagement Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (The post holder is expected to be on site at least 3 days per week.) Job
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Employer Whittington Health NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Whittington Hospital Town London Salary £47,951 - £56,863 per annum Inclusive of HCAs Salary period Yearly Closing 07/09/2026 23:59 Interview date 17/09/2026

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The Start Well programme is a major change to maternity, neonatal and children’s surgical services across North Central London. It follows several years of work with patients, colleagues and partners to improve care and outcomes for babies, children, pregnant women and pregnant people.

Plans agreed in 2025 include more investment in services at University College London Hospitals, Barnet Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and Whittington Hospital. The birthing suites at Edgware Birth Centre will close, with expanded antenatal and postnatal care remaining on site. Maternity and neonatal services at the Royal Free Hospital will also close in future, although this will not happen for several years.

Whittington Health’s CEO is the Senior Responsible Officer for delivery, and the programme team is hosted by Whittington Health. The work includes major building projects, new clinical pathways and workforce changes, while services continue to run safely.

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief.

The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

This is a complex, fast-paced role requiring strong project management, sound judgement and the ability to manage several priorities at once.

The post holder will lead communications and engagement for the Start Well programme, working with senior leaders, colleagues, service users, communities and partner organisations.

They will develop and deliver a phased communications and engagement strategy aligned with programme milestones. This will include stakeholder mapping, two-way engagement and clear, accessible content across digital, print, face-to-face and multimedia channels.

The post holder will act as a trusted adviser to…