Non-Executive Director

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Hartford; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a compassionate Board Member to offer strategic leadership and oversight. The ideal candidate will have senior leadership experience and a solid understanding of NHS Foundation Trust operations. This role involves contributing to strategic proposals and ensuring effective governance of financial controls. Applications from diverse backgrounds are encouraged.

Qualifications

• Relevant senior leadership experience in private, public, or voluntary sector.
• A good understanding of the workings of the NHS, particularly NHS Foundation Trusts.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development of strategic proposals and monitor progress.
• Scrutinise management performance to ensure delivery of agreed outcomes.
• Challenge and validate financial controls and risk management frameworks.

Job description

Overview

As the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust occupies a unique place in the NHS with complexity and impact far exceeding its scale. From our state-of-the-art building on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus, we offer heart and lung services with an extensive range of specialist services provided nowhere else in the UK. We have an international reputation for excellence in research and innovation, and we are a member of Cambridge University Health Partners while building The Heart and Lung Research Institute in partnership with the University of Cambridge. We are a critical part of the Cambridge and Peterborough Integrated Care System and recognise the important role we can play in tackling health inequalities and maximising the opportunities created by our research and innovation work in the region.

For a street view tour: https://royalpapworth.nhs.uk/virtual-tour

Role: Board Member

You will work alongside Executive and Non-executive Director colleagues to constructively challenge and support the development of proposals on strategies, scrutinise the performance of management in meeting agreed goals, and satisfy yourself that financial controls and risk management systems are robust and effective.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development of strategic proposals and monitor progress against strategic goals.
• Scrutinise management performance to ensure delivery of agreed outcomes.
• Challenge and validate financial controls and risk management frameworks.

Qualifications and Experience

We are seeking a compassionate leader with a genuine commitment to patients and the promotion of excellent health care services. Essential is relevant senior leadership experience in the private, public, or voluntary sector and a good understanding of the workings of the NHS, particularly NHS Foundation Trusts. In considering the balance of skills, experience and knowledge across the Trust Board we are particularly interested in applicants with senior leadership/experience in one or more of the following areas:

• Clinical background (Nursing, Allied Health Professional, Clinical Scientist, Pharmacist, Medical).

That said, we recognise that people may have skills or experience that could make a constructive contribution to healthcare and the Trust even if not easily matched to our preferred criteria. If you don\'t obviously fit the specification but think you have relevant knowledge or aptitudes, please consider getting in touch. We are always willing to consider capable people with a track record in their own walk of life.

Diversity and Inclusion

Royal Papworth recognises that diverse boards make the best decisions, and we want our board to reflect the diversity of the population we serve and our workforce. We value difference and welcome all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Provided they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.

About the Trust

Royal Papworth is the UK\'s leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK\'s first successful heart transplant in 1979. We offer emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care, and are one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.

Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus, the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe, the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission — a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles and interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.