Job description
OverviewLooking to be part of something more meaningful? At HonorHealth, you’ll be part of a team, creating a multi-dimensional care experience for our patients. You’ll have opportunities to make a difference. From our Ambassador Movement to our robust training and development programs, you can select where and how you want to make an impact.
HonorHealth offers a diverse benefits portfolio for our full-time and part-time team members designed to help you and your family live your best lives. Visit honorhealth.com/benefits to learn more.
Join us. Let’s go beyond expectations and transform healthcare together.
HonorHealth is a non-profit, local community healthcare system serving an area of 1.6 million people in the greater Phoenix area. The network encompasses six acute-care hospitals, an extensive medical group, outpatient surgery centers, a cancer care network, clinical research, medical education, a foundation, and community services with approximately 13,100 team members, 3,500 affiliated providers and nearly 700 volunteers. HonorHealth was formed by a merger between Scottsdale Healthcare and John C. Lincoln Health Network. HonorHealth’s mission is to improve the health and well-being of those we serve.
As a community healthcare system, we have a unique responsibility to keep our facilities as safe as possible to protect our patients and team members. With this in mind, we require all new hires to have received the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine before their start date and be scheduled for their second dose. New hires who choose to receive the Johnson & Johnson vaccine only need one dose to fulfill this requirement. Reasonable accommodations will be considered.
Responsibilities
Develops, writes, edits and/or approves press releases, media pitches, statements and articles. Secures earned media placements. Shares press releases on the wire. Proactively seeks out stories that could be used for media placements. Leverages content across communication mediums and actively seeks and recommends multiple uses for content. Follows Associated Press (AP) as well as the organization style guide in composing all written pieces. Ensures accurate, timely and efficient delivery of materials. Coordinates and facilitates interviews with subject matter experts and the media. Oversees the newsroom on HonorHealth.com.
Leads all reactive media communications, ensuring productive and responsive media relations, including compliance with applicable confidentiality/privacy rules. Leads and takes part in the media relations after hours on-call program. Able to serve as assigned PIO role for emergency/disaster response.
Proactively positions HonorHealth in the community by cultivating positive relationships that generate positive news content with media and social influencers. Develops and maintains strong relationships with internal stakeholders, including those who serve as subject matter experts (physicians, leadership and clinical leads). Provides media training/coaching to subject matter experts.
Tracks success against department and system goals. Recommends additional ways to measure success of media relations efforts and presents this information to department and organizational leadership. Stays up to date on best practices and tools. Uses best practices and data to inform and recommend strategies and tactics to best utilize media relations resources.
Performs other duties as assigned
Qualifications
Experience
6 years related experience in public and media relations (agency or in-house), communications or journalism Required
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