Job vacancy: Non-Executive Director, Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust, Brighton

Job summary

Main area: Non-Executive Director
Grade: NHS Non-Executive: NHS Trust Non-Executive Member/Director
Contract: Permanent: Three-year term
Hours: Part time - 6 hours per week (Based on an average of 3 days a month, to include attendance at monthly Board meetings.)
Job ref: 150-SN1132-COR

Employer: Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: J3 Trust Headquarters, Jevington Building, Brighton General Hospital
Town: Brighton
Salary: £13,455 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 04/09/2024 23:59
Interview date: 27/09/2024

Non-Executive Director

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

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We are looking for a Non-Executive Director to join our Board to help ensure we meet the challenges we face and embrace the opportunities we have. If your experience and ability have equipped you to be able to provide support and constructive challenge to the leaders of a large and multi-faceted organisation like Sussex Community, we want to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities:

Contribute to the development of strategy.
Oversee the delivery of strategy.
Provide constructive challenge and support as appropriate to Executive Directors and the Board as a whole to progress effective decision making by the Trust.
Monitor, scrutinise and seek assurance of the Trust’s performance.
Ensure that the Trust has robust and effective financial and clinical quality controls, and that systems of risk management and governance are sound and that they are operating effectively.
Develop and promote the Trust’s values and support a positive culture.
Help promote the success of the Trust as part of the wider Sussex Integrated Care System (ICS).

Main Tasks:

Prepare for, attend and contribute to monthly Board and Committee meetings and take the role of Committee Chair where appointed.
Provide advice and guidance on issues relevant to own skills, expertise and experience.
Attend joint meetings of the Board and Council of Governors and take into account the views of Governors, members and the public to gain a different perspective on the Foundation Trust and its strategy and performance.
Attend the Annual Members’ Meeting.
Participate in service visits and occasional external stakeholder meetings.
Participate in Board development/induction activities.
As a member of the Board Nominations and Remuneration Committee participate in the appointment of Executive Directors and in setting Executive Director remuneration.
Role model Trust values in all interactions with internal and external stakeholders.
Build and maintain relationships with Trust staff, Board colleagues, peers and stakeholders which promote the effective operation of the Trust’s activities and development and delivery of its strategy.
Act as an ambassador for the Trust.
Bring diversity of thought to the Board.

Person specification

Skills and Knowledge

Essential criteria

Monitor, scrutinise and seek assurance of the Trust’s performance.
Develop and promote the Trust’s values and support a positive culture.
Help promote the success of the Trust as part of the wider Sussex Integrated Care System.
Provide advice and guidance on issues relevant to own skills, expertise and experience.
Role model Trust values in all interactions with internal and external stakeholders.
Build and maintain relationships with Trust staff, Board colleagues, peers and stakeholders which promote the effective operation of the Trust’s activities and development and delivery of its strategy.
Bring diversity of thought to the Board.
A general understanding of the NHS and the evolving healthcare policy context.
An understanding of how the third-sector can contribute to shaping, improving and delivering health services, and to the development and delivery of plans to tackle the wider determinants of health.
Effective communication skills including influencing and persuading.
Excellent interpersonal skills, able to work as part of a team to meet shared goals.
Strategic thinker with the ability to plan ahead and find innovative solutions to problems.
Independent judgement, common sense and diplomacy.

Desirable criteria

Act as an ambassador for the Trust.

Experience

Essential criteria

Contribute to the development of strategy.
Oversee the delivery of strategy.
Ensure that the Trust has robust and effective financial and clinical quality controls, and that systems of risk management and governance are sound and that they are operating effectively.
Provide constructive challenge and support as appropriate to Executive Directors and the Board as a whole to progress effective decision making by the Trust.
Prepare for, attend and contribute to monthly Board and Committee meetings and take the role of Committee Chair where appointed.
Participate in Board development/induction activities.
A strong track record of professional achievement including proven leadership skills.
Proven ability to work in partnership and across organisational boundaries.
An understanding of good corporate governance.
A genuine commitment to promoting diversity and inclusion.

Desirable criteria

Sound political and commercial acumen.

Other

Essential criteria

Attend joint meetings of the Board and Council of Governors and take into account the views of Governors, members and the public to gain a different perspective on the Foundation Trust and its strategy and performance.
Participate in service visits and occasional external stakeholder meetings.
As a member of the Board Nominations and Remuneration Committee participate in the appointment of Executive Directors and in setting Executive Director remuneration.
A clear commitment to the Trust’s values and the NHS values and principles as outlined in the NHS Constitution.
Adherence to the standards of public life by upholding the highest standards of conduct and demonstrating the Nolan principles of selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty and leadership.
A strong commitment to continuous improvement.
An understanding of the diversity and demographics of Sussex.

Desirable criteria

Attend the Annual Members' Meeting.

At the heart of how we operate is our Trust values:

Compassionate Care
Working Together,
Achieving Ambitions
Delivering Excellence

Our values are fundamental to the high-quality care we provide to the people who need us. We are proud to be a community that cares, delivering our services as a team whilst supporting our employees as individuals.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer that actively promotes equality and challenges discrimination. We embrace and celebrate diversity, encouraging applications from individuals of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from candidates with an ethnically diverse heritage, those with disabilities, and individuals identifying as part of the LGBTQIA+ community. Our aim is to grow a workforce that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve.

We strive to create an environment where every individual is valued and respected. Our recruitment process is designed to support candidates who require reasonable adjustments and to accommodate the needs of applicants.

This post may close earlier than the published closing date if sufficient applications are received.

Correspondence relating to this vacancy will be conducted electronically, please ensure you check your emails, including your junk folder. If you have not heard from us within two weeks please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.