Job summary
Employer heading
Non-Executive Director
Non-Executive Director
Job overview
We are excited to announce an opportunity for two Non-Executive Directors to join our Board. One position requires expertise in estate management, preferably from the NHS. The other position seeks an individual with substantial board-level experience from large, complex organisations across any sector. Both candidates must possess strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively within a unitary board, providing guidance, oversight, constructive challenge, and support. These experiences are essential to advancing our mission of innovation and improving the health and well-being of our community.
Main duties of the job
- To work alongside the Chair, executive and non-executive directors of EKHUFT as an equal member of the unitary Board of Directors.
- To set the strategy and direction of the trust, monitoring the delivery of those plans and ensuring the maintenance of the appropriate arrangements for promoting standards of governance, behaviour and financial stewardship.
- To engage with the stakeholders within and beyond the organisation, building a productive dialogue, building understanding and supporting continuous improvement.
- To engage with the Council of Governors with regard to its duty to hold the non-executive directors, individually and collectively to account for the performance of the Board of Directors.
Working for our organisation
We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference’. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full information and to apply, please visit:
https://andersonquigley.com/job/aq3059/
If you would like to have a confidential discussion regarding your potential application, please reach out to our partners at Anderson Quigley
Person specification
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- An outstanding record of achievement in the individual’s chosen career
- Board level experience in a large, complex customer facing organisation.
- Excellent understanding of the role of a Non-Executive Director.
- A sound knowledge of good corporate governance.
- Effective in communicating at all levels.
Desirable criteria
- Previous NED experience.
- Board level experience in a large, complex customer facing organisation in a regulated sector.
- Knowledge/Experience of the healthcare sector, in particular the East Kent Health Economy.
- Be able to demonstrate the values needed to shape and change the culture within the Trust.
- Knowledge of patient experiences, perhaps as part of a 3rd sector organisation.
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Helene Usherwood
- Job title
- Senior Partner at Anderson Quigley
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07719 322 669
- Additional information
Aino Betts
07743 934 723
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