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Band 6 Internal & External Stakeholder Communications Manager
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Home Office register entry: Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London
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Role description
Job summary
The stakeholder communications officer (internal and external) is a new role which will deliver high quality, consistent and impactful communications across the Royal Free London group and the communities it serves. Working closely with colleagues across the comms team - but in particular internal and public affairs - the postholder will help provide an effective, proactive and insight driven communications and engagement service.
You will ensure our colleagues can easily access clear, timely and meaningful information about what is happening across the trust. This includes planning and delivering internal communications activity, supporting the cascade of key organisational messages, and creating engaging content for our suite of communications channels.
You will be a well rounded communicator with excellent writing skills, creativity, resilience and strong stakeholder relationship-building abilities.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will deliver effective communications to support managers and staff across the RFL group. You will help ensure colleagues across all our hospitals and sites can easily access organisational updates and key information, while measuring impact and providing evidence-based recommendations to make our internal communications best-in-class.
Externally, you will engage with community groups, our integrated care system, charities, patient groups, councillors, and voluntary sector partners to build on our external stakeholder partnerships.
About us
The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests. Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top. For more information please follow link https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/
Details
Date posted
27 August 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£47,951 to £56,863 a year per annum inclusive of HCAS
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number
391-RFL-8000380
Job locations
Royal Free Hospital campus
Pond Street
London
NW3 2QG
United Kingdom
Last verified against our ingestion on 28 August 2026; sponsor register dataset 2026-08-25.