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Job overview

We are seeking two Non-Executive Directors with clinical backgrounds to join our team and complement the existing skill mix of our Board of Directors.

As a Non-Executive Director, working with our Board of Directors, you will play a crucial role in bringing an independent perspective to the Board. Proving appropriate oversight, governance and leadership to the Trust in the pursuit of its strategies to provide effective and high-quality healthcare services. 

We are looking for someone who is passionate about shaping high-quality care services as well as making a meaningful impact on the communities we serve. The ideal candidate will act with the highest standards of integrity and will uphold our iCARE values: inclusive, compassionate, accountable, respectful and encouraging. 

We want to secure a diverse mix of highly capable and credible Board level or equivalent leaders who bring a sustained track record of success in a relevant setting. As a Non-Executive Director you will have clinical knowledge and experience of delivering healthcare, either within the NHS or the private sector.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of our Trust at a time when we are looking to the future, working with partners, to modernise healthcare for the benefit of the communities we serve.

Main duties of the job

Non-executive directors play a crucial role in bringing an independent perspective to the boardroom in addition to any specific knowledge and skills they may have. They have a duty to uphold the highest standards of integrity and honesty and to foster good relations and should apply similar standards of care and skill in their role as a non-executive director of a Foundation Trust as they would in similar roles elsewhere. 

Responsible for providing appropriate oversight, governance and leadership to the trust in the pursuit of its strategies to provide effective and high-quality healthcare services. Non-executive directors scrutinise the performance of the Trust’s executive director team in meeting agreed goals and objectives and monitor the reporting of performance. They should satisfy themselves as to the integrity of financial, clinical and other information and that the financial and clinical quality controls and systems of risk management are robust and defensible. 

Non-executive directors are responsible for contributing to the determination of appropriate levels of remuneration of executive directors and have a role in appointing executive directors, and in succession planning.

As a non-executive director of the Board, the post holder will be one of eight non-executive directors working with the Chair and seven executive directors as members of the Board of Directors. 

Working for our organisation

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of west Berkshire. This includes people living in Andover, Basingstoke, Eastleigh and Winchester as well as the surrounding towns and villages across Hampshire and parts of west Berkshire including Tadley to the north; Alton and Bordon to the east; Romsey and Chandlers Ford to the south, Stockbridge, Bishops Waltham and Alresford.

Hampshire Hospitals has a team of around 8,600 staff operating across three hospitals - Andover War Memorial Hospital, Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, and the Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester.

At Hampshire Hospitals, we have over 30 medical and surgical specialities and we are proud to provide a comprehensive range of clinical services. We also provide some specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. Our services are offered across a range of settings and are organised into three clinical divisions: Surgery, Medicine, and Family and Clinical Support Services. We also work in partnership with many providers to deliver the best care for our patients, in the most appropriate setting.

We have been rated overall by the Care Quality Commission as ‘Good’ with ‘outstanding’ in the caring domain. We are ambitious to move to ‘Outstanding’ overall.