Non Executive Director

The Methodist Church in Britain; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 18,000; Full time

Job summary

The Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust seeks two non-executive directors to strengthen governance and provide independent challenge at board level. You will contribute to strategy, performance oversight and organisational development, with a focus on mental health, care systems and value-driven culture.

Successful candidates will pass the NHS England fit and proper person test and bring demonstrable experience in governance, change management and cross-sector

Qualifications

• Board-level experience in a large organisation
• Knowledge of corporate governance, strategy formulation, change management and financial management
• Experience leading transformational change openly and inclusively and holding others to account
• Experience of joint working with statutory, third sector or private sector organisations
• Empathy and understanding of mental health and disability issues
• Politically astute with excellent partnership and relationship management skills
• Able to explain complex health and care issues in plain language to the public
• Understanding of NHS foundation trust aims and the role of governors

Responsibilities

• Share collective responsibility for the board's decisions and performance
• Offer robust but constructive challenge to executive and non-executive colleagues
• Contribute to setting the Trust's direction, strategy and aspirations
• Develop and communicate a clear organisational narrative with service users, carers and partners
• Engage, listen to and involve service users, carers and communities
• Hold others to account
• Work across organisational boundaries with partners in the health and care system
• Represent the Trust at regional and national level
• Help build a values-driven, inclusive organisational culture

Job description

Two non-executive director seats sit on the board of Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust, each for three years. The work centres on independent challenge and sound judgement at board level, with shared responsibility for the Trust's decisions and performance. The two appointments are intended to strengthen the board in clinical leadership, the wider health and care system, primary or social care, or organisational development. Successful candidates must pass the NHS England fit and proper person test.

What the job involves

• Share collective responsibility for the board's decisions and performance
• Offer robust but constructive challenge to executive and non-executive colleagues
• Contribute to setting the Trust's direction, strategy and aspirations
• Develop and communicate a clear organisational narrative with service users, carers and partners
• Engage, listen to and involve service users, carers and communities
• Hold others to account
• Work across organisational boundaries with partners in the health and care system
• Represent the Trust at regional and national level
• Help build a values-driven, inclusive organisational culture

What’s required

Experience

• Board-level experience in a large organisation in the private, public or voluntary sector
• Knowledge and experience of corporate governance, strategy formulation, change management and financial management
• Experience of leading transformational change openly and inclusively, and of holding others to account
• Experience of joint working with statutory, third sector or private sector organisations

Skills & knowledge

• Empathy and understanding of mental health and disability issues
• Politically astute, with excellent partnership and relationship management skills
• Able to explain complex health and care issues in plain language to the public
• Understanding of the legal duties and liabilities of non-executive directors and the NHS regulatory framework
• Able to influence and persuade without being adversarial, weighing arguments and summarising key issues

Checks & eligibility

• Eligible to be a member of the Trust
• Will pass the NHS England Fit and Proper Person Test Framework

Other

• Commitment to NHS values, the NHS Constitution, tackling health inequalities and value for money
• Commitment to diversity, equality, inclusion and system working
• Independent judgement, personal integrity and commitment to openness
• Strategic thinker able to communicate a vision and lead by example
• Understanding of NHS foundation trust aims and the role of governors