Non-Executive Member (NHS Non-Executive: NHS Trust Associate Non-Executive Member/Director) - N[...]

Main area: Non-Executive Member

Grade: NHS Non-Executive: NHS Trust Associate Non-Executive Member/Director

Contract: Honorary: 3 years (This is a Public Appointment made by the ICB in accordance with its constitution with a term of office no longer than 3 years)

Hours: Part time, 5 hours per week (An average of 2-3 days per month)

Job ref: 066-ICB-6786283

Employer: NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board

Employer type: NHS

Site: Home, with travel to ICB and system office locations required as appropriate

Town: Stafford

Salary: £13,000 - £16,000 depending on time commitment per month, skills and experience

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 01/12/2024 23:59

Interview date: 06/12/2024

Job overview

Work base: Home, with travel to ICB and system office locations required as appropriate

Hours: An average of 3 days per month

Term of Office: No longer than 3 years

This is a Public Appointment made by the ICB in accordance with its constitution

Main duties of the job

A diverse and transformative Non-Executive Team are critical to our success as an ICB and the evolution of our health & social care system. Together we can bring our future vision to life on behalf of our local population, working together on the reduction and reporting of health inequalities and fostering a culture that actively promotes equality, diversity, inclusion and allyship.

As a Non-Executive Member in NHS SSOT, you can expect to use your specialist expertise to provide purposeful constructive scrutiny and challenge to the Board and/or Committee discussions.

You will lead a newly created Strategic Commissioning & Transformation Committee, using your previous experience of working collaboratively and building trusted relationships with partners and communities to enable our system transformation goals.

You will use your previous experience of leading Boards or Committees through complex and politically charged change, bringing together disparate stakeholder interests into a shared perspective.

For this appointment, we are specifically seeking someone who can bring commercial experience into our established Non-Executive Team.

We will support you to perform at your best in this appointment through the use of the NHS Leadership Competency Framework as part of performance appraisal and personal development planning.

Our assessment process will include a stakeholder panel held virtually on 6th December 2024, & an Assessment panel held face to face on 11th December 2024.

Working for our organisation

The Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent NHS Integrated Care Board (ICB) is responsible for planning functions; managing the NHS budget and arranging the provision of health services in the geographical area.

Location is Home based/hybrid working (most of posts). Travel on occasions to a Hub location with at least 1 day's notice.

New starters are expected to collect IT equipment from offices in Stoke-on-Trent, and if based at home are required to have appropriate desk/chair/relevant equipment in compliance with DSE regulations.

Unconscious Bias/Invisible Disability Training and Equality Induction are mandatory.

Interviews may take place via MS Teams or in person.

We promote a compassionate and inclusive environment and welcome applications from a diverse pool of talent and backgrounds. All individuals are valued and given every opportunity to succeed based on merit.

The ICB embraces the principles of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and encourages applications from all individuals regardless of their age, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion and belief, sex or sexual orientation. It’s important that our workforce reflects the diversity of communities as much as possible.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Non-executive Members will:

• Work alongside the chair, other non-executives, executive directors and partner members as equal members of a unitary board.
• Be responsible for specific areas relating to board governance and oversight.
• Bring independent and respectful challenge to the plans, aims and priorities of the ICB.
• Promote open and transparent decision-making that facilitates consensus aimed to deliver exceptional outcomes for the population.
• Work collaboratively as part of a unitary Board to shape the long-term, viable plan for the delivery of the functions, duties and objectives of the ICB and for the stewardship of public money.
• Ensure that the Board is effective in all aspects of its role and appropriately focused on the four core purposes to:

o improve outcomes in population health and healthcare.

o tackle inequalities in outcomes, experience and access.

o enhance productivity and value for money.

o help the NHS support broader social and economic development.

• Be champions of good governance arrangements, collaborative leadership, and effective partnership working with local government, NHS bodies, and the voluntary sector.
• Promote open and transparent decision-making that facilitates consensus aimed to deliver exceptional outcomes for the population.

A full job description including main responsibilities and a person specification are attached to the advert alongside a comprehensive recruitment pack.

Person specification

Setting strategy and delivering long-term transformation

• Knowledge of health, care, local government landscape and/or the voluntary sector.
• A capacity to thrive in a complex and politically charged environment of change and uncertainty.
• Demonstrable experience of leading Boards or Committees through change to bring together disparate stakeholder interests.
• Demonstrable evidence of the skills, knowledge and behaviours needed for strategy development and delivery of long-term transformation using relevant business intelligence, ensuring a system-wide perspective.

Building trusted relationships with partners and communities

• An understanding of different sectors, groups, networks, and the needs of diverse populations.
• Exceptional communication skills and comfortable to present in a variety of contexts.
• Highly developed interpersonal and influencing skills, able to lead in a creative environment which enables people to thrive and collaborate.
• Experience working collaboratively across agency and professional boundaries.
• Demonstrable evidence of the skills, knowledge and collaborative behaviours needed to build trusted relationships with partners and communities.

Leading for social justice and health equality

• Problem-solving skills and the ability to identify issues and areas of risk, leading stakeholders to effective resolutions and decisions.
• Demonstrable evidence of the skills, knowledge and behaviours needed to drive high-quality and sustainable outcomes through high quality, safe care and lasting change & improvement.

Providing robust governance and assurance

• An understanding of good corporate governance.
• Ability to remain neutral to provide independent and unbiased leadership with a high degree of personal integrity.
• Experience leading and contributing effectively to complex professional meetings at Board level.
• Demonstrable evidence of the skills, knowledge and behaviours needed to enable robust governance and assurance and leadership accountability.

Creating a compassionate and inclusive culture for our people

• Models a compassionate and inclusive leadership style with a demonstrable commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion in respect of boards, patients, and staff.
• Creates and lives by the values of openness and transparency embodied in the Seven Principles of Public Life and in Our NHS People Promise.
• Demonstrable evidence of the skills, knowledge and behaviours needed to create a compassionate, just and positive culture.

Please Note: In the event of exceptionally high levels of response, we reserve the right to close the post before the date stated above in order to prevent the number of applications received being unmanageable. You are advised to submit your completed application form as soon as possible to have the best chance of being considered.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.

If you are interested in talking to us a bit more to ensure you fully understand the appointment and our ambition, please contact David Pearson, Chair, via Lisa Ellis, Executive Assistant, at [emailprotected].