Non-Executive Director (Clinical)

Job summary

Join us at this exciting time, bringing your ambition and creativity to help us shape the strategy and plans to change and transform the health and wellbeing of our communities.

We are looking for an individual with clinical experience to join our Board and play a full role in Board discussions/decisions. With a strong connection to the communities we serve, the ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate a passion for quality and excellence, together with an appreciation of the risks we manage in our services.

To apply please visit: https://www.gatenbysanderson.com/job/GSe115850.1/Non-Executive-Director-Clinical/

Main duties of the job

The Foundation Trust is led by a unitary Board of Directors, whose expertise and skills drive the vision and values of the organisation. Board members lead the development of strategy, the focus on quality, safety and performance and ensure effective governance systems.

Collectively the Board is responsible for the performance of the organisation and as key players in this team Non-Executive Directors need to take a broad strategic view. They have a particular duty to challenge constructively and must satisfy themselves as to the integrity of financial, clinical, and other information, and that the control mechanisms and systems of risk management are robust.

Non-Executive Directors are required to chair and be members of Board committees.

About us

We are 1 of 2 NHS trusts in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly and are the specialist community and mental health provider. We support the health and wellbeing of over 570,000 local people as well as those who visit. We have close links with Devon Partnership NHS Foundation Trust for mental health and work closely with Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust for hospital services.