Non-Executive Director

Job summary

The NHS trust voted the best to work for anywhere in the Midlands by its own staff is looking to appoint two Non-Executive Directors and one Associate Non-Executive Director to help continue to lead its improvement journey.

Sherwood Forest Hospitals, which serves 350,000 patients in the Mid-Nottinghamshire area, employs more than 5,000 people and hosts more than 380 volunteers across its King's Mill, Mansfield Community and Newark Hospital sites.

The Trust is rated 'Outstanding' for 'Care' by the Care Quality Commission, with its maternity services rated 'Good' and its
King's Mill Hospital remaining the only 'Outstanding' NHS-run acute hospital anywhere in the Midlands.

Sherwood has also proudly been named as the best NHS Trust to work for anywhere in the East and West Midlands by the Trust's own staff every year since 2018 in the NHS National Staff Survey.

Planned recruitment timeline

1. Applications close: Monday 18 November 2024
2. Issue of invitations to interview: Week commencing 2 December 2024
3. Interviews: Thursday 12 and Friday 13 December 2024

Main duties of the job

Following some changes on its Board of Directors, the Trust is looking to appoint to three vital roles to help lead the Trust's continuing improvement journey and help support the delivery of the Trust's five-year Improving Lives strategy.

The Trust is looking to appoint to two Non-Executive Director roles advertised here. These roles are as follows:

• One financially qualified Non-Executive Director with board-level strategic financial leadership experience, drawn from a track record working in complex highly regulated sector(s).
• One clinically qualified Non-Executive Director with extensive experience in primary care, secondary care, public health or social care to join the Trust's Quality Committee.

More information about these roles is available in the supporting documents for these vacancies.

About us

Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and we are the Health Service Journal's Trust of the Year in 2020.

The Care Quality Commission rated King's Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall we are rated Outstanding for care.

For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.

Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.

We would love you to join us.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please read the attached job pack or contact Sally Brook Shanahan, the Trust's Director of Corporate Affairs, by emailing sally.brookshanahan@nhs.net or calling 01623 622 515, extension 3523.

Person Specification

Driving high-quality and sustainable outcomes

Essential

• A demonstrable interest in health and social care and a strong desire to achieve the best sustainable outcomes for all patients and service users through encouraging continuous improvement, clinical excellence and value for money.
• Strong understanding of financial management, with the ability to balance the competing objectives of quality, operational performance and finance.
• An appreciation of constitutional and regulatory NHS standards.

Desirable

• Experience of implementing major new digital projects.
• Knowledge of the financial and operational management of a Private Finance Initiative (PFI) hospital or equivalent.
• Understanding of the management and delivery of new capital projects.

Setting strategy and delivering long-term transformation

Essential

• Experience of leading and delivering against long-term vision and strategy.
• Experience leading transformational change, managing complex organisations, budgets and people.

Promoting equality and inclusion, and reducing health and workforce inequalities

Essential

• A clear commitment towards the achievement of equality, diversity and inclusion.
• Significant experience of engaging with the diverse social, economic and cultural groups served by the Trust.

Providing robust governance and assurance

Essential

• Prior board experience (any sector, executive or non-executive role).
• Evidence of successfully demonstrating the NHS Leadership competencies in other leadership roles.
• An ability to identify and address issues, including underperformance, and to scrutinise and challenge information effectively for assurance.

Creating a compassionate, just and positive culture

Essential

• A clear commitment to the NHS and the Trust's values.
• Experience of building effective teams, encouraging change and innovation and shaping an open, inclusive and compassionate culture through setting the right tone at the top and championing diversity at, and across, all levels.
• Strongly focused on the experience of all staff and patients.
• Experience managing conflict, finding compromise and building consensus across varied stakeholder groups with potentially conflicting priorities.

Building a trusted relationship with partners and communities

Essential

• A desire to engage with the local population served by the Trust and to collaborate with senior stakeholders across the health and care system.
• Strong interpersonal, communication and leadership skills.

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address

King's Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

NG17 4JL

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