Non-Executive Director

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Wolverhampton; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 14,000; Part time

Job summary

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust invites a Non-Executive Director to join the Board as a voting member, working closely with the Chair and Governors to support strategic direction, governance and accountability.

The role requires independent judgment, robust oversight of financial and quality information, and a commitment to the public service values that guide service delivery across the Black Country.

Qualifications

• Commitment to public service values and high-quality patient care.
• Experience leading governance, risk management or audit functions.
• Demonstrable experience in mergers, acquisitions or complex commercial transactions.

Responsibilities

• Provide independent judgement and advice on strategy, performance, resources and standards of conduct and challenge, influence and help develop proposals.
• Monitor performance and conduct of management in meeting goals and statutory responsibilities, including annual reports and accounts.
• Ensure financial information is accurate and that financial controls and risk management systems are robust.
• Assure that information about quality and safety of services is accurate and robust.
• Contribute to setting executive remuneration levels and respond to governance needs.
• Participate in and chair Trust committees as needed and mentor senior executives.

Skills

Governance

Financial Expertise

Audit Committee Leadership

Strategic Leadership

Public Service Values

Independence

Mergers & Acquisitions

Job description

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Non-Executive Director

The closing date is 23 October 2026

The Non-Executive Director will work with the Chair and other Executive and Non-Executive colleagues as a voting member of the Board. You will also work in partnership with the Council of Governors who are charged with holding the Non-Executive Directors to account for the performance of the Board of Directors.

You will need to have a genuine commitment to patients and the delivery of high quality care to all service users. You will be someone who is passionate about representing the needs of the diverse communities across the Black Country.

we are seeking a person with:

Governance, Financial Expertise and Audit Committee Leadership

Strategic Leadership Experience .

Commitment to Public Service Values

Independence and Constructive Challenge

Demonstrable experience in mergers, acquisitions, or complex commercial transactions, with the ability to provide strategic insight and challenge in relation to organisational partnerships, structural change, and commercial development.

Closing Date: Friday 23 October 2026

Interview Date: Friday 6 November 2026 (face to face - must be available for this date)

Stakeholder Panels: Friday 6 November 2026 (face to face - must be available for this date)

Salary: £13,000 per annum

Main duties of the job

Governance, Financial Expertise and Audit Committee Leadership

Strategic Leadership Experience .

Commitment to Public Service Values

Independence and Constructive Challenge

Demonstrable experience in mergers, acquisitions, or complex commercial transactions, with the ability to provide strategic insight and challenge in relation to organisational partnerships, structural change, and commercial development.

About us

We are recruiting for a Non-Executive Director to serve on the Board at Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. This is an excellent opportunity to share your expertise and skills to make a positive difference to the communities we serve.

The Non-Executive Director will work with the Chair and other Executive and Non-Executive colleagues as a voting member of the Board. You will also work in partnership with the Council of Governors who are charged with holding the Non-Executive Directors to account for the performance of the Board of Directors.

You will need to have a genuine commitment to patients and the delivery of high quality care to all service users. You will be someone who is passionate about representing the needs of the diverse communities across the Black Country.

Job responsibilities

• Commit to working to, and encouraging within the Trust, the highest standards of probity, integrity and governance and contribute to ensuring that the Trusts internal governance arrangements conform with best practice and statutory requirements;

Provide independent judgement and advice on issues of strategy, vision, performance, resources and standards of conduct and constructively challenge, influence and help the Executive Team develop proposals on such strategies;

in accordance with board procedure, monitor the performance and conduct of management in meeting agreed goals and objectives and statutory responsibilities, including the preparation of annual reports and annual accounts, including the quality reports and accounts, and other statutory duties;

obtain comfort that financial information is accurate and that financial controls and risk management systems are robust and defensible;

obtain comfort that information about the quality and safety of services is accurate and that the associated systems are robust and defensible;

contribute to the determination of appropriate levels of remuneration for Executive Directors and other very senior managers;

participate in and if required chair the Trust committees, as well as take an active part in other committees established by the Board of Directors to exercise delegated responsibility;

as a member of board committees, appoint, remove, support, encourage and where appropriate mentor senior executives;

bring independent judgement and experience based on expertise from outside the Trust and apply this to the benefit of the Trust, its stakeholders and its wider community;

assist fellow Directors in setting the Trusts strategic aims, ensuring that the necessary financial, human and other resources are in place for the Trust to meet its objectives, and that performance is effectively monitored and reviewed;

assist fellow Directors in providing entrepreneurial leadership to the Trust within a framework of prudent and effective controls, which enable risk to be assessed and managed;

assist fellow Directors in setting the Trusts values and standards and ensure its obligations to its stakeholders and the wider community are understood and fairly balanced at all times;

engage positively and collaboratively in board discussion of agenda items and act as an ambassador for the Trust in engagement with stakeholders including the local community, dealing with the media when appropriate;

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust