Bexley Care Plus Communications and Engagement Manager

Are you an experienced communications and engagement professional committed to patient voice and community empowerment?

Bexley Care Plus, the newly created Integrator in Bexley, is offering a great opportunity to work across organisational boundaries – including the NHS, local government and voluntary sector – to support its aims of understanding and meeting local needs through person-centred, equitable and proactive care at a neighbourhood level.

As our Communications and Engagement Manager, you will develop a comprehensive Integrated Neighbourhood Teams (INT) vision, approach and delivery model; provide education and digital tools to help patients manage long-term conditions; co-design resources with patients and carers; and embed social prescribing to connect people to wellbeing activities. While you will be part of the London Borough of Bexley’s Communications & Engagement Team - a friendly and professional team with a broad range of skills and experience – your work will take you across the partnership.** This is a fixed-term post for 12 months.

Candidate Profile

The successful candidate will have excellent stakeholder engagement and relationship management skills, and significant experience leading communications and engagement programmes in complex organisations, ideally in the health, social or local government sector.

For the full list of essential and desirable criteria for this role, please refer to the Person Specification within the Job Description attached. To apply, please upload your personal statement under the Relevant Experience and Skills section and ensure this fully aligns to the role criteria. This should not be more than two sides of A4. Application deadline: 27 August 2026. Interviews are expected to take place in the week beginning 7 September 2026. **Bexley Care Plus (Integrator) brings to together the London Borough of Bexley, Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, the local GP Federation and the 4 Primary Care Networks. Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust is the ‘host’ NHS organisation.

Benefits

Bexley is a vibrant and diverse outer London Borough nestled in the Thames Gateway between London and Kent which means it combines the perfect blend of city vibe and the tranquillity of Kent. It's got award-winning parks, open spaces, and heritage sites. The borough has excellent transport connections, including the Elizabeth Line and proximity to the M25. Bexley offers fantastic amenities such as libraries, leisure centres, and shopping areas. Our borough is also home to numerous primary and secondary schools, as well as further education institutions.

Our Offer to you

We will offer you in return a package that includes a competitive salary, coaching and mentoring programmes, an excellent pension scheme and generous annual leave plus bank holidays. For more information on the benefits package on offer please refer to the Candidate Information document attached.

Recruitment Information

As a disability confident employer Bexley welcomes applications from people with all disabilities, including hidden disabilities and mental health conditions. We will interview any disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made to any part of the recruitment process due to your disability, please contact us on  [email removed] 

This role may be available as a development opportunity through secondment for the Council’s existing employees.  The Council’s Secondment Scheme can be found here. If this option is of interest, please contact the recruiting manager.

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