Associate Non Executive Director

Livewell Southwest

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Job summary

Are you looking to embark on the next phase in your career as a Non-Executive Director? Livewell Southwest are offering two Associate NED roles with a development programme that would enable you to progress to a full NED role either with Livewell Southwest, or another health and social care provider. In return you would provide your skills and expertise in one of the key fields outlined below to support the Livewell Southwest Board in its strategic decision making.

Livewell Southwest is a respected provider of integrated physical and mental health, and social care services to a population of about 270,000 across South Hams, West Devon and Plymouth, with additional responsibilities for delivering specialist services to people living in parts of Cornwall and Devon. We are at an exciting time in our journey, so this is an exceptional opportunity for two new Associate Non- Executive Directors to work alongside our outstanding Board of NEDs and Executive Leaders to drive the next phase of our development, as well as the wider transformation of health and social care across the region.

Our mission is to support people to lead independent, healthy lives in the place and the community in which they live where they can enjoy the best quality of life. We are ambitious for the future and have set out within our strategy our plans for the coming years.

Main duties of the job

The role of Associate NED is an exciting opportunity for a creative and collaborative individual to help shape the future of service delivery and the future of Livewell Southwest. It is a role which has engagement and partnerships at its heart. Partnerships based on mutual trust and ambition, together with the engagement and empowerment of our workforce will underpin our ability to drive innovation in service delivery and shape new ways of working.

We are seeking passionate individuals who can enthuse others to deliver the vision of true integration by proactively contributing at a system and local level to take forward new ideas and innovation, engaging in a meaningful way with clinicians, other service providers and the wider community to shape service development and provide leadership which champions the capabilities of our people.

For these posts, we are seeking candidates who with visionary leadership can bring a broad range of skills which include:

• Digital innovation

• People / change management

• Community engagement / relationship building

Beyond these skills you will bring an interest in health and social care, enthusiasm, energy, firm resolve and inspirational leadership. Some understanding of health service delivery will be considered desirable together with knowledge and understanding of the Plymouth community, its demographics, and the health needs of the population.

About us

"please note that this role may not be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route, please refer to the Direct Gov website for more information"

All Livewell Southwest staff are expected to able and willing to work across a 7 day service.

Livewell Southwest values its staff and makes investment in their development a priority. Currently we offer the following development opportunities for staff:

A minimum of three days protected CPD for registered staff
Development pathways for unregistered staff from apprentice to bands 2, 3 and 4 and for registered staff in bands 5, 6, 7 and 8
Leadership programmes
Coaching and mentoring
Medicines Management, leg Ulcer Management and Assessment Training
Access and funding for training including Care Certificate, Assistant Practitioners Course and Scholarship Into Nurse Training
Robust Preceptorship
An induction programme tailored to your needs
Relocation package may be considered for the right candidate for certain roles

Livewell Southwest can allow existing members of the NHS Pension Scheme to continue their membership when they join the organisation.

Date posted

01 September 2022

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£6,500 a year pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Part-time, Job share, Flexible working

Reference number

B9832-2022-SM-90-1

Job locations

200 Mount Gould Road

Mount Gould

Plymouth

Devon

PL4 7PY

Job description

Job responsibilities

***** Please see the attached document entitled Livewell Southwest - Associate Non-Executive Director Candidate Brief *****

Job description

Job responsibilities

***** Please see the attached document entitled Livewell Southwest - Associate Non-Executive Director Candidate Brief *****

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Candidates will need to demonstrate that they have the necessary experience and expertise and will need to show that they have:
Experience of, and a high level of commitment to, building and developing successful partnerships, alliances
and working relationships with a range of stakeholders.
Experience of either social enterprise or third sector organisations would also be desirable.
It is believed the following competencies are required to be effective in this leadership role. They are:
Patient and community focus; high level of commitment to patients, service users, carers and the community
and to tackling health inequalities in disadvantaged groups.
Self-belief and drive; the motivation to inspire continuous improvement in services supporting health and
wellbeing and drive organisational performance with the confidence to take on challenges.
Intellectual flexibility; the ability to be creative, make sense of complexity and clarify it for other people.
Strategic direction; the ability to develop a clear vision and enthuse others.
Team working; the ability to take on a personal leadership role and build strong and effective teams.
Effective influencing and communication; a high level of ability to gain support and influence.
Change management; ability to understand issues of change and its impact on staff and management.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Candidates will need to demonstrate that they have the necessary experience and expertise and will need to show that they have:
Experience of, and a high level of commitment to, building and developing successful partnerships, alliances
and working relationships with a range of stakeholders.
Experience of either social enterprise or third sector organisations would also be desirable.
It is believed the following competencies are required to be effective in this leadership role. They are:
Patient and community focus; high level of commitment to patients, service users, carers and the community
and to tackling health inequalities in disadvantaged groups.
Self-belief and drive; the motivation to inspire continuous improvement in services supporting health and
wellbeing and drive organisational performance with the confidence to take on challenges.
Intellectual flexibility; the ability to be creative, make sense of complexity and clarify it for other people.
Strategic direction; the ability to develop a clear vision and enthuse others.
Team working; the ability to take on a personal leadership role and build strong and effective teams.
Effective influencing and communication; a high level of ability to gain support and influence.
Change management; ability to understand issues of change and its impact on staff and management.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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