Reporter

Business: emap

Brand: Nursing Times

Base Location: Fleet Street, City of London

Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent, Hybrid

Salary: £26,000

Nursing Times, a specialist title serving the UK nursing profession and beyond, is looking for a full-time reporter to join its editorial team.

Nursing Times is the UK’s leading independent nursing brand. Established in 1905, it is the go-to source for those seeking news, views and clinical content to keep updated with developments in nursing.

As a reporter, you will work closely with the news editor to produce agenda-setting news and features content for Nursing Times with a focus on exclusives.

You will be joining the team at a key time for the nursing profession and NHS amid ongoing workforce shortages and record pressures on services but with an ambitious government reform agenda in place.

If you would like to be a part of telling the stories of nursing staff and influencing health and care policy at this moment in history, then this is your chance.

The job is based in our offices just off Fleet Street in London. We currently have a hybrid working model of three days a week in the office and two days working from home.

Key responsibilities:

Sourcing and writing online daily news stories for Nursing Times

Sourcing and writing long-read news and features articles

Bringing in exclusives and ideas for campaigns and investigations

Establishing and maintaining good relationships with nursing contacts

Owning and maintaining a news patch

Attending and covering key nursing events and meetings

Sending newsletters and covering for the news editor when required

Working closely with the Nursing Times clinical team and other departments including events, sales and marketing to achieve shared goals

Using social media to source and promote stories

Skills and experience:

NCTJ or equivalent qualification in journalism essential

At least one year’s experience in professional journalism role

Experience in health journalism is desirable but not essential

Shorthand advantageous

Solid understanding of media law

Core competencies:

Ability to produce engaging and accurate copy to tight deadlines

Confident in bringing forward own ideas for stories and chasing exclusives

Exceptional interviewing skills and strong news sense

Competent in handling and interpreting data, research and reports, including clinical information

Understanding of the nursing sector or willingness and passion to learn

Thinks about pictures to illustrate a story and social media posts, as part of the writing process

Personal attributes:

Interest in health and social care

Supportive colleague who works well in a small team and can also work independently

Committed to journalism that supports equality, diversity and inclusion

Hungry for exclusives and producing agenda-setting content

Adaptable with a positive approach to new challenges