The Department of Health aims to provide quality health services and ensure a caring climate for service users, implement best-practice health care strategies, create a positive work environment for staff, and provide appropriate and top-quality training for health workers. Our vision is to provide high-quality, efficient and accessible healthcare to transform people's lives. Our mission is to create an effective public healthcare system in Gauteng by ensuring we have the right people, skills, system and equipment to provide the care our patients need to live healthy and quality lives.
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Minimum Requirements: Grade 12 certificate or equivalent. (Standard 10, NQF Level 4, N3). (Diploma or Degree in Communication, Journalism, Public Relations, Media Studies, and related fields will be an added advantage). Good understanding and knowledge of communication, sound interpersonal relations, project planning skills, ability to prepare reports. Good communication skills both verbal and written. Must be computer literate. valid driver’s license will be an added advantage.
Duties :
Formulation and implementation of information and communication strategies to promote mutual understanding between the hospital and community. Coordinate outreach and marketing activities on behalf of Thelle Mogoerane Regional Hospital and Gauteng Department of Health. Manage effectively and economically the hospital resources for public education, public relations, media services and stakeholder relations.
Drive and coordinate generation of good news to cater for various media platforms and formats inclusive of corporate publications, media statements, electronic media, social media, visual and audio, live interviews. Planning and understanding internal liaison activities to keep staff informed of the developments in the institution.
Provide communication support to the various departmental events and activities. Ensure that the hospital has adequate marketing materials and publications at all times. Publish quarterly internal newsletters and coordinate annual open day events.
Manage day-to-day information sharing and frequently update the notice boards. Prepare and distribute media statements. Manage hospital social media platforms and distribute internal memos. Carry out photo coverage in all events, implement social media strategy in line with departmental cooperate identity manual. Assist in secretarial duties and liaison between hospital board.