Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Board of our Trust and benefit the patient population we are so proud to serve.
As Non-executive Director you will work alongside executives as equal members of our unitary Board who share responsibility with the other directors for the Boards decisions and for success of the organisation in leading the improvement of our healthcare services for patients.
If you wish to apply, please follow the guidance within the Non-Executive Direction (NED) Candidate Recruitment Pack linked.
We trust the pack will include everything you need to understand the role and submit you application but if you wish, and would like any additional information or just a general chat regarding the role, please don't hesitate to contact Simon Grainger-Lloyd, Executive Director of Governance at the Trust. You can contact him via email ats.grainger-lloyd@nhs.netor by phone on 0121 685 4353.
Please note: Applications MUST NOT be made online via the NHS Jobs TRAC recruitmentportal.
Main duties of the job
You will chair the Trusts Finance & Performance Committee, and you will work across professional boundaries, providing challenge and fresh, multi-disciplinary perspectives internally. You will play a critical outward-facing role in building the brand as a leader in musculoskeletal and orthopaedics within the wider system.
As part of ROHs current strategy rethink, you will play a role in supporting the development of commercial offering and develop its culture & capability around continuous improvement.
For comprehensive details, please see candidate pack, Job Description and Person Specification linked.
Please refer to the Non-Executive Direction (NED) Candidate Recruitment Pack for full details of the Trust and what the role entails.
About us
The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist hospital located in Birmingham UK. One of the largest orthopaedic units in Europe, the ROH offer a comprehensive range of surgical and non-surgical treatment.
The Trust's annual financial turnover is in the region of £136 million. It has fourteen operating theatres, five NHS wards, one private wards and 115 beds, including six High Dependency Unit beds.
The Trust employs in excess of 1,400 staff, including more than 80 Consultant medical staff, each supported by multi-disciplinary clinical teams including surgeons, nurses, anaesthetists, physiotherapists, radiologists, pathologists, occupational therapists and other clinical professionals.
Job description
Job responsibilities
As a Non-Executive Director, you will use your skills and personal experience as a member of their community to:
Formulate plans and strategyo Bring independent judgement, external perspectives and advice on issues of strategy,vision, performance, resources and standards of conduct.o Constructively challenge, influence and help the executive board develop proposals on strategies to enable the ROH to fulfil our leadership responsibilities to patients, for thehealthcare of the local community.o Assist fellow directors in setting the ROHs values and standards and ensure that our obligations to its stakeholders and the wider community are understood and fairly balanced at all times.o You will work across professional boundaries, providing challenge and fresh, multi-disciplinary perspectives internally, playing a critical outward-facing role in building the brand as a leader in musculoskeletal and orthopaedics within the wider system.
Shape culture and capabilityo Ensure that our patients and service users are treated with dignity and respect at all times, and that the patient is central to Trust decision-making.o Actively support and promote a healthy culture for the ROH which is reflected in their own behaviour as Non-executives.o Ensure that the organisation values diversity in our workforce and demonstrates equality of opportunity in our treatment of staff and patients, and in all aspects of our business.o Provide visible leadership in developing a healthy culture so that staff believe Non-executive Directors provide a safe point of access to the board for raising concerns.o Ensure the directors of the board are fit and proper for the role and champion an open, honest, and transparent culture within the ROH.
Develop process, structures and utilise intelligenceo Commit to working to, and encouraging within, the ROH, the highest standards of probity, integrity and governance and contribute to ensuring that our internal governance arrangements conform with best practice and statutory requirements.o 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.o Ensure that financial information is accurate, that financial controls and riskmanagement systems are robust and defensible, and that the Board is kept fullyinformed through timely and relevant information.o Satisfy themselves as non-executives of the integrity of reporting mechanisms and financial and quality intelligence, including getting out and about, observing and talking to patients and staff.o Provide analysis and constructive challenge to information on organisational and operational performance.
Support engagemento Ensure that the board acts in the best interests of patients and the public.o Be available to staff if there are unresolved concerns.o Show commitment to working with key partners, including the continued development and promotion of a positive and constructive relationship with the Council of Governors.o Act as an ambassador for the Trust in engagement with stakeholders including patients and the local community, and wider ICS partners and in dealing with the media when appropriate.
Ensure accountabilityo Ensure that the Board sets challenging objectives for improving our performance across the range of its functions.o Ensure there is strong focus on creating a culture of efficiency and productivity such that the use of public money to fund NHS activities can be soundly justified.o Provide purposeful, constructive scrutiny and challenge.o Chair or take part as a member of key committees that support accountability.o Hold the executive to account for the delivery of strategy.o Contribute to the determination of appropriate levels of remuneration for executive directors.o Be accountable individually and collectively for the effectiveness of the board.
If you wish to apply, please follow the guidance within the Non-Executive Direction (NED) Candidate Recruitment Pack linked.
We trust the pack will include everything you need to understand the role and submit you application but if you wish, and would like any additional information or just a general chat, please don't hesitate to contact Simon Grainger-Lloyd, Executive Director of Governance at the Trust. You can contact him via email at s.grainger-lloyd@nhs.net or by phone on 0121 685 4353.
Please note: Applications MUST NOT be made online via the NHS Jobs TRAC recruitment portal.
Job description
Job responsibilities
As a Non-Executive Director, you will use your skills and personal experience as a member of their community to:
Formulate plans and strategyo Bring independent judgement, external perspectives and advice on issues of strategy,vision, performance, resources and standards of conduct.o Constructively challenge, influence and help the executive board develop proposals on strategies to enable the ROH to fulfil our leadership responsibilities to patients, for thehealthcare of the local community.o Assist fellow directors in setting the ROHs values and standards and ensure that our obligations to its stakeholders and the wider community are understood and fairly balanced at all times.o You will work across professional boundaries, providing challenge and fresh, multi-disciplinary perspectives internally, playing a critical outward-facing role in building the brand as a leader in musculoskeletal and orthopaedics within the wider system.
Shape culture and capabilityo Ensure that our patients and service users are treated with dignity and respect at all times, and that the patient is central to Trust decision-making.o Actively support and promote a healthy culture for the ROH which is reflected in their own behaviour as Non-executives.o Ensure that the organisation values diversity in our workforce and demonstrates equality of opportunity in our treatment of staff and patients, and in all aspects of our business.o Provide visible leadership in developing a healthy culture so that staff believe Non-executive Directors provide a safe point of access to the board for raising concerns.o Ensure the directors of the board are fit and proper for the role and champion an open, honest, and transparent culture within the ROH.
Develop process, structures and utilise intelligenceo Commit to working to, and encouraging within, the ROH, the highest standards of probity, integrity and governance and contribute to ensuring that our internal governance arrangements conform with best practice and statutory requirements.o 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.o Ensure that financial information is accurate, that financial controls and riskmanagement systems are robust and defensible, and that the Board is kept fullyinformed through timely and relevant information.o Satisfy themselves as non-executives of the integrity of reporting mechanisms and financial and quality intelligence, including getting out and about, observing and talking to patients and staff.o Provide analysis and constructive challenge to information on organisational and operational performance.
Support engagemento Ensure that the board acts in the best interests of patients and the public.o Be available to staff if there are unresolved concerns.o Show commitment to working with key partners, including the continued development and promotion of a positive and constructive relationship with the Council of Governors.o Act as an ambassador for the Trust in engagement with stakeholders including patients and the local community, and wider ICS partners and in dealing with the media when appropriate.
Ensure accountabilityo Ensure that the Board sets challenging objectives for improving our performance across the range of its functions.o Ensure there is strong focus on creating a culture of efficiency and productivity such that the use of public money to fund NHS activities can be soundly justified.o Provide purposeful, constructive scrutiny and challenge.o Chair or take part as a member of key committees that support accountability.o Hold the executive to account for the delivery of strategy.o Contribute to the determination of appropriate levels of remuneration for executive directors.o Be accountable individually and collectively for the effectiveness of the board.
If you wish to apply, please follow the guidance within the Non-Executive Direction (NED) Candidate Recruitment Pack linked.
We trust the pack will include everything you need to understand the role and submit you application but if you wish, and would like any additional information or just a general chat, please don't hesitate to contact Simon Grainger-Lloyd, Executive Director of Governance at the Trust. You can contact him via email at s.grainger-lloyd@nhs.net or by phone on 0121 685 4353.
Please note: Applications MUST NOT be made online via the NHS Jobs TRAC recruitment portal.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified to Masters or equivalent professional qualification and / or experience
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Business acumen and commercial awareness geared to the recognise risks and opportunities with demonstrable innovative and entrepreneurial skills
- Excellent diplomatic, interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to engage a wideranging audience and network effectively with a variety of organisations/individuals within and outside the NHS and an inclusive style of decision-making
- Ability to interpret and anticipate national government policy
- Knowledge and understanding of the strategic challenges facing the NHS, and the changing NHS environment
- Understanding of NHS performance measures
Experience
Essential
- collaborative, team oriented style with equal accountability and voice from all unitary board members.
- Excellent strategic abilities, with the capacity to plan for the long-term, along with sound independent judgement, diplomacy and political astuteness.
- Experience of working at Board level, or equivalent and able to demonstrate an understanding of corporate governance and assurance requirements
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified to Masters or equivalent professional qualification and / or experience
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Business acumen and commercial awareness geared to the recognise risks and opportunities with demonstrable innovative and entrepreneurial skills
- Excellent diplomatic, interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to engage a wideranging audience and network effectively with a variety of organisations/individuals within and outside the NHS and an inclusive style of decision-making
- Ability to interpret and anticipate national government policy
- Knowledge and understanding of the strategic challenges facing the NHS, and the changing NHS environment
- Understanding of NHS performance measures
Experience
Essential
- collaborative, team oriented style with equal accountability and voice from all unitary board members.
- Excellent strategic abilities, with the capacity to plan for the long-term, along with sound independent judgement, diplomacy and political astuteness.
- Experience of working at Board level, or equivalent and able to demonstrate an understanding of corporate governance and assurance requirements
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.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address
The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital
Bristol Road South
Birmingham
B31 2AP
Employer's website
https://www.roh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
