Non-Executive Director

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

We are delighted to be seeking two person-centred Non-Executive Directors to join our dynamic and nurturing board. For one role we are seeking an individual with a clinical leadership background in any discipline; for this role, experience and insight into some of the services provided by our Trust will be advantageous. For the second role we are interested in hearing from individuals with established board level experience ideally with experience as a Non-Executive Director; an individual who can offer their fresh strategic perspective to our board whilst appreciating the governance and assurance demands of a board position. For this role we are open to leaders from either public, third or private sector backgrounds with experience that complements our strategy and values. In particular, we welcome expertise in areas including strategic partnerships, service innovation, corporate governance or digital leadership. For both roles a commitment to inclusion and shared values will be essential.

Main duties of the job

Our Non-Executive Directors bring independence of thought, curiosity and compassion to their roles; offering constructive challenge as well as support to our talented executive team. Comfortable in challenging at board level in complex organisations, you will be politically astute, creative, and focused on quality. You will bring a genuine commitment to patients and to reducing health and workforce inequalities. We always welcome diverse and fresh insights; innovative and inclusive leaders who thrive in environments of high accountability and ambiguity. These are exceptional opportunities to make a difference to the lives and futures of our populations and those who serve them.

About us

At Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust we provide a range of vital health and care services, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health, and all-age disability care, alongside operating three GP surgeries. We have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton and Liverpool and provide specialist services across the North West. We are a complex organisation with over 14,700 members and employ more than 4,500 staff across 73 sites, serving a population of over one million people with our highly specialist services serving a population of two million.

Job responsibilities

To find out more about the roles please visit our dedicated recruitment microsite www.cwp-appointments.com.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Recognised financial or accounting qualification

Experience

• Experience of working at Board or near Board level or equivalent in a comparable complex, changing organisation. Sector experience may include one or more of the following: the health or social care sector, public sector, such as Police or housing, education, such as University or business schools, the third/ voluntary sector, social enterprises or other organisational forms, commercial sector with a major brand.
• Building successful strategic relationships and partnerships with a complex group of stakeholders.
• Developing new services, innovations and/or contracts, leading organisational change and/or service transformation.
• Developing digital transformation strategies.
• Compliance to standards of corporate and clinical governance.

Knowledge

• Understanding of the components of a complex organisation and the processes of planning, financial control, performance management and governance, assurance and risk management.
• Knowledge and understanding of the strategic challenges facing the NHS.
• Understanding of determinants of good quality, safe and effective patient care and of the wider determinants of good mental and physical health.
• Familiarity with the changing political map of devolved English government including knowledge of local systems and key stakeholders.
• Clear understanding of the legal duties, liabilities and responsibilities of Non-Executive Directors in the NHS.
• Knowledge of influencing through social media.
• An overview of the Foundation Trust regulatory framework and Governor responsibilities.

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.

Contact

For a confidential discussion about these posts, please contact Emma Pickup, Emily Smith or Eleanor Lawrence on 07900 601622 or eleanor.lawrence@gatenbysanderson.com.

Address

Redesmere
Countess of Chester Health Park
Liverpool Road
Chester