Non-Executive Director
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Title: Non-Executive Director
Company: [Employer hidden — view at passion-project.co.uk]
Location: Cambridge, UK
Salary: £13,000 per year (Part-Time)
Contract: Fixed Term, 3 years
Status: Closed to applications
Job Summary
As a Board member, you will work alongside Executive and Non-executive Director colleagues to constructively challenge and support the development of strategies, scrutinise the performance of management and satisfy yourself that financial controls and systems for risk management are robust and effective. You will also work closely with the Council of Governors, which is responsible for ensuring the Non-Executive Directors are accountable for the Board of Directors' performance
Main Duties, Tasks & Skills Required
- Constructively challenge the decisions of the Board and help develop proposals on strategy, ensuring effective governance and compliance and meeting performance targets required by NHSE, the Care Quality Commission and other statutory bodies.
- Ensure that the Board acts in the best interests of service users, the community and wider public.
- Work closely with the Council of Governors, which is responsible for ensuring the Non-Executive Directors are accountable for the Board of Directors' performance
- Provide compassionate leadership within a framework of prudent and effective controls which enable risk to be assessed and managed;
- Set strategic aims, ensuring that the necessary financial and human resources are in place to meet objectives, and review management's performance;
- Set values and standards and ensure that the Trust's obligations to its Service Users and others are understood and met;
- Ensure that the Trust promotes equality and recognises diversity in its dealings with patients, staff and other stakeholders;
- Focus on ensuring effective compliance of clinical, corporate, legal and financial elements of the organisation.
About the Company
As the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, [Employer hidden] occupies a unique and special place in the NHS. We are a rare organisation, with our complexity and impact far exceeding our scale. From our state-of-the-art building on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus, one of the world's largest centres of healthcare research and delivery, we offer heart and lung services, with an extensive range of specialist services provided nowhere else in the UK.
In 2019 we became the first NHS hospital trust to receive an 'outstanding' rating in every domain assessed by the Care Quality Commission.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential: Relevant leadership experience in the private, public, or voluntary sector and a good understanding of the workings of the NHS, and in particular NHS Foundation Trusts
Experience
Essential: You will be expected to be available for around three days-a-month, however during the first few months you may well need to spend more time. Also: A genuine commitment to patients, leadership experience, understanding of NHS, team working, business understanding, communications, sufficient time, and commitment to Trust values.
Contact for help: OONAGH JANE MONKHOUSE - [contact hidden] ([contact hidden])
Salary: £13,000 yearly | Contract: Fixed Term 3 years | Working pattern: Part-Time
Location: Royal Papworth Hospital, Papworth Road, Cambridge Bio Medical Campus, Cambridge, CB2 0AY
This vacancy is closed to applications.