Non-Executive Director

Job description

Job responsibilities

Summary

The Board is collectively responsible for ensuring the success of Nottingham CityCare Partnership and to play a key independent role to the Board by seeking assurance on the delivery of the organisations strategy, performance and governance whilst ensuring accountability to our commissioners and as a social enterprise, the communities we serve.

All Directors, Executive and Non-Executive have responsibility to constructively challenge the decisions of the Board and support the development of priorities, risk mitigation, standards, and strategy. The Non-Executive Director hold the organisation to account ensuring good governance and value for public money.

Roles & Responsibilities

The role and responsibilities of our Non-executive Directors include the following:

Commit to working to, and encouraging within the organisation, the highest standards of probity, integrity and governance and contribute to ensuring that the organisations internal governance arrangements conform with best practice and statutory requirements.

Provide independent judgment and advice on issues of strategy, vision, performance, resources and standards of conduct and constructively challenge influence and help the Executive Board develop proposals on such strategies.

In accordance with agreed Board procedures, monitor the performance and conduct of management in meeting agreed goals and objectives and statutory responsibilities, including the preparation of annual reports and annual accounts and other statutory duties.

Seek assurance that quality and patient safety information is accurate, and that controls and risk management systems are robust. Ensure that clinical effectiveness and patient experience key metrics are robustly performance managed and maintain a focus on patient safety.

Contribute to the determination of appropriate levels of remuneration for Executive Directors.

Chair and/or participate in sub committees of the board, established to exercise delegated responsibilities, in particular chairing the Public and Patient Committee and the Audit and Assurance Committee.

Bring independent judgment and experience and expertise from outside the organisation and apply this to the benefit of the organisation, its stakeholders and its wider community.

Assist fellow Directors in setting the organisations strategic aims, ensuring that the necessary financial and human resources are in place for the organisation to meet its objectives, and that performance is effectively monitored and reviewed.

Assist fellow Directors in providing entrepreneurial leadership to the organisation within a framework of prudent and effective controls, which enable risk to be assessed and managed and mitigated.

Assist fellow Directors in setting the organisations values and standards and ensure that its obligations to its stakeholders and the wider community are understood and fairly balanced at all times.

Engage positively and collaboratively in Board discussion of agenda items and act as an ambassador for the organisation in engagement with stakeholders including the local community, dealing with the media when appropriate.

Essential Expertise/Qualifications:

The temperament, ability, and experience to work at board level

A deeply rooted commitment to the delivery of safe, high quality, compassionate and joined up care, and to its continuous improvement

Ability to chair an audit committee

A thorough understanding of governance

High level of understanding of, and interest in, healthcare issues

Ability to understand and contribute to the direction of a large and complex organisation

Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills

Ability to understand complex strategic issues, analyse and resolve difficult problems

Sound, independent judgement and diplomacy

Politically astute, with the ability to grasp relevant issues and understand relationships between interested parties

Clear understanding, and acceptance, of the legal duties, liabilities, and responsibilities of Non- Executive Directors

Sound understanding of corporate governance

Ability to understand and influence business decisions

Experience of embedding the equality, diversity, and inclusion agenda within an organisational strategy, either through personal lived experience or through an organisation which has tackled the agenda

Sufficient time and commitment to fulfil the role.

Ability to understand, and a genuine interest in, the views of the organisations patients, staff, public, and the communities it serves, and the ability to translate those views into considerations which support planning and decision-making at Board level.

Desirable Expertise:

Ideally you will have one or more of the following:

A background in Digital and IT

A demonstrable understanding of the strategic challenges facing the health economy

A demonstrable track record in effective partnership working experience or involvement in voluntary sector or community development projects.

Patient engagement and patient focus

Eligibility

To be eligible for appointment, candidates should live or work in the area serviced by the organisation i.e., Nottingham City or surrounding areas

Criteria for Disqualification

This post is subject to the fit and proper person requirements which came into force for all NHS providers from 27th November 2014. These regulations play a major part in ensuring the accountability of directors (including non-executive directors) and other board level appointments. These regulations include a requirement that you are:

Of good character

Have the necessary qualifications, competence, skills and experience; and

Are able by reason of your health, after reason adjustments are made, of properly performing tasks which are intrinsic to the office or position.

The following paragraphs identify the circumstances where an individual would not be eligible for appointment as a member of the Board of Directors. You cannot be considered for appointment as a Non-executive Director if you are:

A person who has been adjudged bankrupt or whose estate has been sequestrated and (in either case) has not been discharged.

A person who has made a composition or arrangement with, or granted a trust deed for, his creditors and has not been discharged in respect of it.

A person who within the preceding five years has been convicted in the British Islands of any offence if a sentence of imprisonment (whether suspended or not) for a period of not less than three months (without the option of a fine) was imposed.

A member of the Council of Governors or a Governor or Director of an NHS body (although Governors may apply but would need to resign if appointed).

The spouse, partner, parent or child of a member of the Board of Directors.

A member of a Local Authoritys Scrutiny committee covering health matters.

A person who is the subject of a disqualification order made under the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986.

A person whose tenure as a chairman or as a member or Director of an NHS body has been terminated on the grounds that their appointment is not in the interests of the health service, for non-attendance at meetings, or for non-disclosure of a pecuniary interest.

A person within the preceding two years dismissed, otherwise than by reason of redundancy, from any paid employment with an NHS body.

In the case of a Non-executive Director they have refused without reasonable cause to fulfill any training requirement established by the Board of Directors.

A person who has refused to sign and deliver to the Secretary a statement in the form required by the Board of Directors confirming acceptance of the code of conduct for Directors.

Remuneration & Time Commitment

The Non-executive Director posts attract a remuneration of £8,368 per annum. The ability to attend board and sub-group meetings during the working day, with full participation in our 10 Board meetings each year, it is essential that you are confident in making a commitment of 2.5 days per month, which will include participation in sub-committees of the Board.

As with all NED posts, the time commitment will require some flexibility with some months requiring greater input and others less, depending on service needs. Meetings take place during the working day

You will be eligible to claim allowances for travel and subsistence costs necessarily incurred.

Term of Office

These appointments will be for a fixed period of 3 years. This will involve an initial review after 3 months and a probation period of 6 months.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Clear understanding, and acceptance, of the legal duties, liabilities, and responsibilities of Non- Executive Directors

Experience

Essential

• The temperament, ability, and experience to work at board level
• A deeply rooted commitment to the delivery of safe, high quality, compassionate and joined up care, and to its continuous improvement
• Ability to chair an audit committee
• A thorough understanding of governance
• High level of understanding of, and interest in, healthcare issues
• Ability to understand and contribute to the direction of a large and complex organisation
• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to understand complex strategic issues, analyse and resolve difficult problems
• Sound, independent judgement and diplomacy
• Politically astute, with the ability to grasp relevant issues and understand relationships between interested parties
• Sound understanding of corporate governance
• Ability to understand and influence business decisions
• Experience of embedding the equality, diversity, and inclusion agenda within an organisational strategy, either through personal lived experience or through an organisation which has tackled the agenda
• Sufficient time and commitment to fulfil the role.
• Ability to understand, and a genuine interest in, the views of the organisations patients, staff, public, and the communities it serves, and the ability to translate those views into considerations which support planning and decision-making at Board level.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Nottingham CityCare Partnership CIC

Address

Aspect House, Aspect Business Park

26 Bennerley Road

Bulwell

Nottinghamshire

NG6 8WR

Employer's website

https://www.nottinghamcitycare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)