Non-Executive Director

Job summary

Hours: minimum of 5 days per month (average)

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking two Non-Executive Directors to join its Board. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the leadership of the Trust during a period of transformation in the NHS and social care landscape. As we focus on improving our culture and governance, we are committed to making our organisation an exceptional place to work and the preferred choice for patient care. As a Non-Executive Director, you will play a vital role in shaping our vision and ensuring we deliver on these ambitions.

We warmly encourage applications from individuals living in or with experience of care in the Gloucestershire area. We are particularly interested in candidates with diverse professional backgrounds, bringing expertise in one or more of the following areas:

- Clinical background

- User/Consumer Experience

- Staff Engagement and development

- Academic links

- Estates and Facilities

- Logistics

- Financial background

- Digital expertise

- Leadership skills

- Commercial acumen

Main duties of the job

We are seeking individuals with significant strategic experience and a proven ability to challenge, contribute to, and support the vision and objectives of complex organisations. The successful candidates will demonstrate a strong track record of holding senior management teams to account, coupled with a readiness to embrace a high level of personal accountability.

While NHS experience is not essential, candidates should bring relevant expertise that can be effectively applied in our healthcare environment. You will need to quickly understand the health and social care policy, navigate relationships with key stakeholders, and appreciate governance requirements, including the risks inherent in the delivery of our services. Your sound judgment, political acumen, and ability to provide a fresh perspective will be highly valued.

These roles offer exciting and rewarding opportunities to apply your energy, skills, and experience in making a tangible difference to the health and wellbeing of the communities served by our Trust, both now and in the future. If you are passionate about public service and share our values, we would be delighted to hear from you.

About us

With a team of over 9,000 employees, Gloucestershire Hospitals are proud to be the largest employer in Gloucestershire and rank among the top 10 largest Trusts in the South West region. Providing acute hospital services from two large district general hospitals, as well as outpatient clinics and some surgery services from community hospitals throughout Gloucestershire.

Providing services to almost 620,000 people across our county, we have an annual income of over £700m. We are a key partner in the One Gloucestershire ICS, and we have an ambitious strategic plan to transform our hospital services.

Recent history highlights the inequalities we need to address in our society amid increasing demand for our services. As our Trust evolves to meet the future challenges and opportunities presented by this context of transformation; and strives as part of the One Gloucestershire Integrated Care System to help people to live longer and more healthily in the community, we are seeking individuals with a genuine commitment to patients and to the promotion of excellent health care services to join our Board and support us in delivering our strategic ambition, balancing our performance as a system partner with the priority of promoting the long-term sustainability and success of the Trust.