Non-Executive Director

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust; Huddersfield; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Huddersfield seeks a Non-Executive Director to provide strategic leadership and governance. The role involves advising the Board and ensuring high standards in patient care and operational effectiveness. Ideal candidates will possess experience in commercial or healthcare sectors and have a commitment to NHS values. Attractive remuneration of £9,000 per annum for two days of commitment per month.

Qualifications

• Commitment to improving patient care and outcomes.
• Ability to contribute to high board discussions.
• Experience in commercial projects or governance.

Responsibilities

• Provide independent advice to the Board.
• Ensure compliance with high governance standards.
• Act as an ambassador for the organization.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Communication skills

Teamwork

Commercial focus

Resilience in accountability

Job description

Overview

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CHS is able to offer a wide range of services. Our scale enables us to offer competitive rates and we have a long track record of providing high quality, customer-focused services.

We offer comprehensive estates, facilities management, medical engineering, catering solutions and procurement services supporting the provision of safe, effective healthcare to our communities. We are committed to delivering our Green Plan goals of reducing carbon emissions, air pollution, waste generation and improving recycling throughout delivery of our services. We also enable profit to go back into patient care.

CHS recognises that its staff are its greatest asset and that its business is its people. The company aims to create an environment and culture of openness, trust and honesty. We encourage and celebrate diversity because broader perspectives, skills, experience and knowledge will enrich and enhance the value we bring to each other, our clients, shareholders and other stakeholders.

Job overview

Non-Executive Director

Remuneration: £9,000 per annum for a minimum of 2 days per month

Thank you for your interest in Calderdale and Huddersfield Solutions Ltd (CHS). The successful candidate will be joining our organisation at an exciting time with a real opportunity to shape the development of this growing organisation. CHS is an exceptional place to work with many amazing teams of hard working and dedicated staff, delivering high standards of estates, facilities, clinical engineering, procurement and outpatient pharmacy services to Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust and other customers. We have made significant changes in the way we work to meet the challenges of the changing NHS. CHS was established in 2018, wholly owned by the Foundation Trust, and the Board has full accountability for the delivery of high quality, cost effective services. The Trust is currently working on a significant reconfiguration of its services, following the receipt of £196m capital funding. CHS is leading on the building works and also will be running the estates and facilities services at the Calderdale Royal Hospital following reconfiguration. So it's an exciting time for us, and we are ensuring that the organisation is fit for purpose by introducing and embedding new skills and behaviours.

Main duties of the job

We now have an upcoming vacancy on our Board and therefore an opportunity for a new additional Non-Executive Director to continue to further strengthen our Board and help to develop and enhance the delivery of our patient focused services strategy.

The role:

We are looking for someone ideally with experience of:

• Providing strategic leadership, direction and oversight
• Experience of leading a large reconfiguration programme and / or a redevelopment / regeneration construction scheme
• Developing the commercial focus of an organisation

All Candidates must:

• Be able to demonstrate a commitment to improving the care of and outcomes for patients and have the resilience to work within a highly visible, transparent and accountable context;
• Be team players able to work in partnership with stakeholders, public and staff.
• Have the ability to contribute to the tone and style of Board discussions that facilitate effective decision making and constructive debate, conforming to the highest standards of corporate governance;
• Have strong interpersonal and excellent communication skills.
• To be from the local area or have a keen interest in the upcoming significant changes for the company.

If you'd like an informal chat about the role, you can contact Tim Busby at [e-mail], Chair of Calderdale and Huddersfield Solutions Ltd.

Working for our organisation

At CHS we understand the differences in delivering our services in complex environments and we have a flexible approach to meet the needs of our customers. Our Estates and Facilities management functions alongside our Clinical Engineering, decontamination and procurement service, provides the following:

• Fully managed estate and building maintenance
• Clinical Engineering and Decontamination
• Procurement advice, guidance and governance
• Capital project management
• Transport
• Grounds maintenance
• Portering
• Catering
• Cleaning (including robot and deep cleaning)

All provided to nationally recognised standards giving you assurance that your premises and equipment will be the best they can, and your customers will have confidence in you as a provider.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Role Summary

The role of the Non-Executive Director is to provide independent advice, challenge and support through the Chair to the Managing Director and Executive Directors in order to shape how CHS delivers services. For this role we are seeking support from someone who has wide experience of commercial, construction, regeneration and or reconfiguration services in the commercial or public sectors. This could be related to healthcare, but this is not essential.

He/she must ensure that high standards of probity and governance prevail and that CHS remains within its terms of authorisation.

Principles

The Board of Directors is collectively responsible for the success of CHS, by directing and supervising its affairs. This includes responsibility to ensure the delivery of patient care and experience of the highest quality, to maintain financial viability, to use resources effectively within appropriate financial controls, to ensure high levels of probity and value for money and the delivery of high standards of services, ensuring that all standards are met.

Responsibilities

1. To maintain a focus on the care and experience of the patient at all times. To ensure that patient experience and outcomes are the very best they can be.
2. Act as Ambassador for the CHS, promoting and representing the Board both internally and externally.
3. Act as a role model in driving forward change in a supportive culture.
4. Contribute to ensuring CHS complies with its Statutory Obligations and any other applicable legislation and regulations.
5. Contribute to ensuring that the work of CHS is carried out within a robust governance framework.
6. Contribute to ensuring that CHS provides efficient, effective and continually improving services.
7. Contribute to delivering a business plan on an annual basis.
8. Contribute to delivering an agreed profit on an annual basis.
9. Contribute to delivering performance in line with the contract.
10. Provide assurance that the tone and style of Board discussions facilitate effective decision making and constructive debate, conforming to the highest standards of corporate governance.
11. Contribute to setting CHS's values and standards, safeguarding the good name and reputation of CHS and ensuring that the Board sets a clear example of commitment to valuing diversity in all aspects of the work of the Board.
12. Ensure that through its assurance mechanisms CHS can provide the requisite information required to regulatory bodies including the Care Quality Commission and NHS Improvement and to maintain a strong and positive relationship with these organisation.
13. Contribute to the development and fostering of local networks and represent CHS at regional or local events, acting as a spokesperson as appropriate in ensuring that the views of a wide range of stakeholders are considered.
14. Chair committees or sub groups of the Board charged with specific activities, to support the delivery of services.
15. Participate in Board and organisational development activities and training
16. To help and foster a strong and positive relationship with CHFT.
17. Participate in annual performance appraisal on an individual and Board basis.

Person specification

Requirements

Essential criteria

• Demonstrates high standards of corporate conduct and personal integrity.
• Demonstrates the resilience to work within a highly visible, transparent and accountable context.
• Politically astute, able to grasp relevant issues and understand the relationships between interested parties. Be independent in judgement and think creatively.
• Committed to NHS values and principles.
• Able to demonstrate leadership skills and engender respect from others. A good listener, able to weigh up arguments and summarise for others.
• Commitment to valuing diversity in all aspects of the work of the Board.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Understands and appreciates the impact that valuing and managing difference can make to organisational effectiveness.
• An ability to act as a team player to work in partnership with stakeholders, public and staff.
• A broad knowledge of corporate governance issues.
• Experience of working in a related industry with commercial/organisational development experience
• Experience of leading significant transformational change
• Senior level experience of leading, developing and implementing commercial and reconfiguration projects

Calderdale and Huddersfield Solutions (CHS) are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.

Please ensure your application is submitted with referees who can verify your employment/education history over the last three years and include valid email addresses for them. CHS will request electronic Factual Employment References from your previous employers. These references will be requested before you are issued with an unconditional offer of employment letter.

Candidates who require a Skilled Worker visa to work in the United Kingdom can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for this position by assessing their circumstances against the criteria specified on the GOV.UK visa page. We encourage all applicants to review these criteria carefully to understand their eligibility for sponsorship.

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If you are appointed to a post, information will also be transferred into the NHS Electronic Staff Records system. The Inter-Authority Transfer (IAT) process is a critical and beneficial component of ESR and following interview your previous NHS employment data, if applicable will be transferred from your current / most recent employer.

You may be required to undertake a DBS. The Trust will administer the DBS check on your behalf and will recover the cost (Enhanced 54.40, Standard 26.40 or Basic 26.40) from your salary when you commence in post (including Internal staff). For Enhanced and Standard DBS checks you will also be required to participate in the DBS Update Service and pay the 16 cost per year. This is a condition of your employment.

CHS is part of the West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT), a collaborative of the NHS hospital trusts from across West Yorkshire and Harrogate working together to provide the best possible care for our patients.

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Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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