Senior Public Relations Specialist / Editor (Writing Samples required) - HYBRID

Vanderbilt University Medical Center • Nashville, TN

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

Discover Vanderbilt University Medical Center : Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery, and patient care, VUMC is a community of individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded, and your abilities challenged. Vanderbilt Health is committed to an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and where your uniqueness is sought and celebrated. It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday. Vanderbilt’s mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research. Organization: VUMC News & Communications Job Summary: Plans, writes, and provides news and information for organizational publications and external press releases independently. .

Requirements

• Communication (Advanced): Clearly, effectively and respectfully communicates to employees or customers.
• Customer Service (Advanced): A continuing focus on the needs and requirements of customers, anticipating their needs, remaining sensitive to customers while performing services for them, responsive to customer needs.
• Networking (Intermediate): Build relationships through industry contacts, professional organizations and individuals.
• Documentation & Writing Skills (Advanced): Demonstrates the uppermost levels of expertise in applying patient relations documentation in challenging and complex situations. Often takes a lead role in highly pressurized situations when there is a need to achieve results. Consistently delivers documentation services in a creative and imaginative manner while setting a standard for others. Actively participates in outside professional organizations and forums. Contributes in the development of documentation best practices for the organization.
• Relevant Work Experience Experience Level: 5 years
• Education: Bachelor's

Responsibilities

• Serves as communications liaison and responsible for raising awareness of programs and initiatives to internal and external audiences.
• Answers inquiries from news media and general public regarding institutional activities.
• Assists reporters, photographers and designers with interviews and publications.
• Develops and writes institutional news, informational articles, and stories for local and national networks and publications.
• May meet with high profile clients, such as government officials, helps facilitate VIP patient experience, and represents organization at community functions.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees