Job summary
Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced and values-drivenNon-Executive Director (NED)to join our Board. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the strategic leadership of a high-performing, innovative NHS organisation delivering integrated health and social care across Hull, East Riding, North Yorkshire and beyond.
As a NED, you will bring independent insight, strategic thinking, and a commitment to improving health outcomes for our communities. You will help shape the future of our services, support effective governance, and champion our values ofCaring, Learning, Growing.
Please note that this advertised vacancy does not meet the UKVI eligibility requirements for a Skilled Worker Visa and therefore HTFT would not be able to issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for this role.
Main duties of the job
- Contribute to the development and delivery of the Trust's strategic aims.
- Provide independent oversight and constructive challenge to the Executive team.
- Promote safety, quality, and sustainability in all aspects of care.
- Support the Trust's digital and clinical transformation agenda.
- Champion equality, diversity, and inclusion across the organisation.
- Engage with the Council of Governors and wider stakeholders.
- Attend Board meetings, strategic development sessions, and sub-committees.
- Act as an ambassador for the Trust and represent the interests of patients and the public.
About us
Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust is an award-winning provider of health and social care services in Hull, the East Riding and North Yorkshire. Offering multispecialty services and care, it improves the physical and mental health and wellbeing of patients and service users.
It provides a broad range of community and therapy services, primary care, community, and inpatient mental health services, learning disability services, healthy lifestyle support and addictions services. This includes specialist services for children, incorporating physiotherapy, speech and language therapy and support for children and their families who are experiencing emotional or mental health difficulties.
It has specialist services, such as forensic support and offender health, which support patients from the wider Yorkshire and Humber area and further afield. Inspire, the Child and Adolescent Mental Health in-patient unit serves the young people of Hull, East Yorkshire, North and North-East Lincolnshire.
It holds a total of three GP practice contracts, registered to provide care with the Care Quality Commission (CQC). These are a mixture of General Medical Services (GMS) and Personal Medical Services (PMS) contracts in Cottingham, Market Weighton and Bridlington.
The Trust employs more than 3,600 staff working across numerous locations covering Hull, the East Riding of Yorkshire, Whitby, Scarborough, and Ryedale.
Job description
Job responsibilities
As a Non-Executive Director, you will be expected to contribute to and play your part in:
Strategy and accountability
- Assist in the setting of the Trusts strategic aims, ensuring that the necessary financial and human resources are in place.
- Ensure that the Trust manages risk effectively and that all risks taken can be managed.
- Ensure that services are run for the people using them, with particular attention to alignment to the Trusts Vision, Mission, Strategy and Values, ensuring alignment with the ICPs integrated care strategy.
- Ensure decision-making complies with the triple aim duty of better health and wellbeing for everyone, better quality of health services for all individuals and sustainable use of NHS resources.
- Give particular attention to the trusts role in reducing health inequalities in access, experience, and outcomes.
- Promote safety and quality in all aspects of services.
- Have an on-going dialogue with the Council of Governors on progress in delivery of the Trusts strategic objectives and high level financial and operational performance.
Clinical governance strategy
- Promote the long-term sustainability of the trust as part of the ICS and wider healthcare system in England.
- Analyse and contribute positively to the strategic development of long-term healthcare plans.
- Build and maintain close relations between the Foundation Trusts constituencies and stakeholder groups to promote the effective operation of the Trusts activities.
- Act as an ambassador for the Trust in engagement with stakeholders.
Compliance
- Ensure the Foundation Trust meets its commitment to patients and targets for treatment.
- Ensure the Trust establishes and maintains the highest standards of clinical standards.
Specific responsibilities of Non-Executive Directors
- Prepare for, attend, and contribute to the six formal Board of Directors meetings, 6 Strategic Board Development meetings, and quarterly Council of Governors meetings.
- Chair and attend Board sub-committees as agreed with the Chair.
- To the extent that the required time commitment allows, participate in those activities where it has been agreed that Non-Executive Directors involvement would bring an external and independent perspective.
- Ensure effective stewardship through planning, strategy, control and value for money.
- Work in conjunction with the Council of Governors to promote public sector values and the interests of Foundation Trust members through good corporate governance.
- Attend the Annual Members Meeting and other governor meetings as agreed with the Chair.
- Participate in visits to services and occasional external stakeholder meetings.
- Participate in an annual review and appraisal of own performance with the Chair and Chair of governor-led Appointments, Terms and Conditions Committee and contribute to the annual appraisal of the Chair and periodic reviews of the performance of the Board.
- Support the Chair, Chief Executive and Executive Directors in the governance and stewardship of the Trust.
- When asked to do so by the Chair, act as critical friend in connection with issues relevant to their own skills, expertise, and experience.
Job description
Job responsibilities
As a Non-Executive Director, you will be expected to contribute to and play your part in:
Strategy and accountability
- Assist in the setting of the Trusts strategic aims, ensuring that the necessary financial and human resources are in place.
- Ensure that the Trust manages risk effectively and that all risks taken can be managed.
- Ensure that services are run for the people using them, with particular attention to alignment to the Trusts Vision, Mission, Strategy and Values, ensuring alignment with the ICPs integrated care strategy.
- Ensure decision-making complies with the triple aim duty of better health and wellbeing for everyone, better quality of health services for all individuals and sustainable use of NHS resources.
- Give particular attention to the trusts role in reducing health inequalities in access, experience, and outcomes.
- Promote safety and quality in all aspects of services.
- Have an on-going dialogue with the Council of Governors on progress in delivery of the Trusts strategic objectives and high level financial and operational performance.
Clinical governance strategy
- Promote the long-term sustainability of the trust as part of the ICS and wider healthcare system in England.
- Analyse and contribute positively to the strategic development of long-term healthcare plans.
- Build and maintain close relations between the Foundation Trusts constituencies and stakeholder groups to promote the effective operation of the Trusts activities.
- Act as an ambassador for the Trust in engagement with stakeholders.
Compliance
- Ensure the Foundation Trust meets its commitment to patients and targets for treatment.
- Ensure the Trust establishes and maintains the highest standards of clinical standards.
Specific responsibilities of Non-Executive Directors
- Prepare for, attend, and contribute to the six formal Board of Directors meetings, 6 Strategic Board Development meetings, and quarterly Council of Governors meetings.
- Chair and attend Board sub-committees as agreed with the Chair.
- To the extent that the required time commitment allows, participate in those activities where it has been agreed that Non-Executive Directors involvement would bring an external and independent perspective.
- Ensure effective stewardship through planning, strategy, control and value for money.
- Work in conjunction with the Council of Governors to promote public sector values and the interests of Foundation Trust members through good corporate governance.
- Attend the Annual Members Meeting and other governor meetings as agreed with the Chair.
- Participate in visits to services and occasional external stakeholder meetings.
- Participate in an annual review and appraisal of own performance with the Chair and Chair of governor-led Appointments, Terms and Conditions Committee and contribute to the annual appraisal of the Chair and periodic reviews of the performance of the Board.
- Support the Chair, Chief Executive and Executive Directors in the governance and stewardship of the Trust.
- When asked to do so by the Chair, act as critical friend in connection with issues relevant to their own skills, expertise, and experience.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Board-level experience in organisations of significant complexity, whether in the private, public, or voluntary sector
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- You will need to have a genuine commitment to patients and the promotion of excellent health care services as part of a wider interest in Mental Health Services.
- Ideally resident in or have strong connections with the service areas within Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust.
- A clear understanding of the needs of all sectors of the community.
- Able to demonstrate a range of professional expertise as well as community understanding and experience, and insights into lived experiences such as being a patient or carer, engaging with diverse ethnic, cultural, social, and economic and cultural groups and communities, experience of women and gender issues, experiences and challenges of younger people, and those with lived experience of mental health issues and/or living with physical disability.
- Self-knowledge and appetite to drive your own learning and development, and the ability to engage with, and add value to the work of Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust's Board and its committees.
- Commitment to our Trust values and ability to role model them always.
- Demonstrate a genuine commitment to patients and the promotion of excellent health care services.
Personal
Essential
- A personal interest and commitment in equality, diversity, and inclusion.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Board-level experience in organisations of significant complexity, whether in the private, public, or voluntary sector
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- You will need to have a genuine commitment to patients and the promotion of excellent health care services as part of a wider interest in Mental Health Services.
- Ideally resident in or have strong connections with the service areas within Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust.
- A clear understanding of the needs of all sectors of the community.
- Able to demonstrate a range of professional expertise as well as community understanding and experience, and insights into lived experiences such as being a patient or carer, engaging with diverse ethnic, cultural, social, and economic and cultural groups and communities, experience of women and gender issues, experiences and challenges of younger people, and those with lived experience of mental health issues and/or living with physical disability.
- Self-knowledge and appetite to drive your own learning and development, and the ability to engage with, and add value to the work of Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust's Board and its committees.
- Commitment to our Trust values and ability to role model them always.
- Demonstrate a genuine commitment to patients and the promotion of excellent health care services.
Personal
Essential
- A personal interest and commitment in equality, diversity, and inclusion.
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).
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).
