Communications Manager - Massachusetts Market – Saint Vincent Hospital and MetroWest (Onsite based in Worcester, MA)

Description

The Communications Manager, Massachusetts is responsible for all aspects of day-to-day hospital communications for Saint Vincent Hospital and MetroWest Medical Center including proactive earned media, social media content, and internal communications within accordance of all applicable Tenet policies and procedures, state and federal laws and regulations.

These responsibilities include:

• Participation in the creation of annual communications plans that align with company strategy.
• Implementation of placement of positive, service line and reputation stories in the local media.
• Social media content creation.
• Press release creation and distribution.
• Maintaining media relationships.
• Contributes to the hospitals website newsroom content, contributes to media monitoring and reporting the hospital A – Teams.

In addition, the Communications Manager, Massachusetts will work with the Communications Director for the East Coast on hospital crisis communication and reactive media responses. The Communications Manager, Massachusetts will be the day-to-day contact for hospital CEOs and leadership team for communications support and will work directly with leadership, marketing and strategy teams ensure alignment on supporting hospital strategic initiatives.

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Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in English, Journalism or related field is required, a Master’s degree is desired.
• Must have 4-6 years of relevant experience developing communications strategies and driving key messages across internal and external stakeholders.
• Must possess excellent copywriting. editing and researching skills, and maintain strong knowledge of the healthcare industry.
• Must be proficient in Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Familiarity with blogs, podcasts and emerging social mediums is a plus.
• Ability to travel up to 50% locally. Selected candidates will be required to pass Motor Vehicle Record check.

Tenet Healthcare complies with federal, state, and/or local laws regarding mandatory vaccination of its workforce. If you are offered this position and must be vaccinated under any applicable law, you will be required to show proof of full vaccination or obtain an approval of a religious or medical exemption prior to your start date. If you receive an exemption from the vaccination requirement, you will be required to submit to regular testing in accordance with the law.