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Communications Manager | Genesys Hospital | Grand Blanc, MI
Job PostingJul. 30, 2025
Henry Ford Health is looking for a dynamic internal communications leader to join our team. Located at our Henry Ford Genesys Hospital, this role will be a strategic communications advisor to hospital leadership, develop and implement hospital-wide communication strategies, and support community engagement initiatives.
PRINCIPLE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Serves as hospital Public Information Officer (PIO), supporting local Incident Command teams, assisting with site-based crisis communications, and participating in the health system's PIO team. May need to serve on-call, after hours, and weekends during active emergency management situations.
- Works closely with system communications to create, integrate, and align team member, physician and nursing, and other employee communications across sites.
- Supports campus-wide employee engagement and recognition events.
- Develops content to support market and hospital-based communications and PR including social media, web, intranet, and other digital content, internal communications.
- Oversees and supports the creation and maintenance of patient communications, in close collaboration with communications, marketing, and experience teams.
- Creates and manages executive communications for market and hospital-based leadership.
- Manages earned and paid community media strategy for key geographical service areas in partnership with marketing and market leadership.
- Executes innovative and creative public relations and communications strategies to promote new physicians and facilities across her/his market, in close collaboration with marketing colleagues.
- Manages local partner and community outreach engagement activities in close collaboration with Development, Government Affairs, market, and site-based leaders.
- Works with site-based and market leaders to create proactive, focused PR & Communications plans.
- Partners with Brand and Creative Services and System Communications teams to maintain consistent and integrated standards for use of the Henry Ford Health brand for communications.
- Supervises PR & Communications team members as appropriate – approving plans for execution and impact, working with team members to develop writing and strategic storytelling skills, and fostering career development.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
- Bachelor's degree in Public Relations, Communications, Journalism, or a related field, required.
- Seven (7) or more years experience in public relations, with increasing responsibility.
- Exceptional oral, written, and digital communication skills.
- Must have excellent people skills and work extremely well with a broad cross-section of leaders.
- Must be a critical thinker, able to distill and communicate complex medical and other concepts across broad audiences.
- Must be guided by a passion for storytelling, natural curiosity, and a collaborative client partner orientation.
- Able to manage multiple projects, accounts, and complex issues with an orientation to innovation, creativity, and attention to detail and accuracy.
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