Chair

Job description

Job responsibilities

Key responsibilities

As Chair of the Innovation Agency you will be required to undertake the following key responsibilities:

Strategy

Demonstrate leadership by supporting a positive culture for the Innovation Agency; facilitating a close and constructive working relationship between all Partnership Board members, built on transparency, openness, mutual respect and trust, valuing the contribution of all participants.

Provide independent judgment and advice on issues of strategy, vision, performance, resources and standards of conduct; and constructively challenge, influence and assist the Executive Team in developing proposals on such strategies.

Horizon scan regionally and nationally to bring good practice and foresight to further develop the Innovation Agency.

Build on existing, far-reaching local, national, and international networks as well as seeking and fostering new relationships with potential partners and commissioners of innovation and improvement programmes.

Challenge partners to look beyond daily operational pressures to consider innovative strategies to tackle some of the most difficult healthcare challenges.

Governance

To bring independent judgment and experience based on commercial, medical, financial, legal or governance expertise from outside the Innovation Agency and apply this to the benefit of the Innovation Agency, its partners and wider community.

To commit to working to, and encouraging within the Innovation Agency, the highest standards of probity, integrity and governance and contribute to ensuring that the Innovation Agencys internal governance arrangements conform to best practice and statutory requirements.

Ensure the Innovation Agency supports its partners to develop, evaluate and implement transformative healthcare solutions and create a healthier population, including the delivery of AHSN Network national programmes.

Communication and relationships

Develop a constructive, frank and open relationship with the Chief Executive and Directors of the Innovation Agency through regular communication and provide support and advice while respecting executive responsibility.

Solicit input from the Boards Committees, namely, Finance, Performance and Strategy; Governance and Risk; and Remuneration; and ensure routine alignment with Innovation Agency objectives.

Act as an ambassador, represent and promote actively the Innovation Agency and build strong relationships with partners, the AHSN Network, affiliated organisations, commissioners and other national bodies.

Social value

As an NHS hosted organisaton, the Innovation Agency is a committed member of the group of health and care partners acting as anchor institutions and providing social value to our community.

As chair you will play a central role in

Championing inclusion, diversity and equal opportunity both within the team and as a leader in the health and care community ensuring the organisation strives to retain and recruit a workforce reflective of the population we serve.

Recognising the important role of the NHS in achieving a net zero carbon economy by supporting partners to adopt sustainable solutions in their operations and seeking to build stronger relations with innovators working in this area.

Confidentiality

All employees must adhere to policies and procedures relating to information governance, confidentiality and information security.

Risk management

The Trust is committed to approaching the control of risks in a strategic and organised manner.

The postholder must be aware of their individual responsibilities as detailed in the Trusts Risk Management, Health and Safety and Incident policies, and those under the Health and Safety at Work Act. This includes the reporting of any untoward incident, accident, potential or actual hazard identified.

Safeguarding

Staff who come into contact with children, vulnerable adults, parents and carers in the course of their work and/or have access to records will have responsibilities to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.

Infection control

In accordance with the Health and Social Care Act 2008, it is the responsibility of every member of staff to participate in the prevention and control of infection within the capacity of their role. In order to maintain high standards of infection and prevention control all staff are expected to comply with the relevant Trust policies, procedures and guidelines and report any concerns to their manager or to the infection prevention team.

Health and wellbeing

The Trust is a Health Promoting Hospital. The Trust expects that when you are presented with opportunities to improve the lifestyle of our patients you seek help from appropriately trained clinical staff to ensure patients are supported and assisted in making the necessary lifestyle changes. This is in accordance with best practice as described in the DoH white paper Choosing Health Making Healthy Choices Easier.

Equal opportunities

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is committed to achieving equal opportunities. All employees are expected to observe this policy in relation to the public and fellow employees.

All staff are expected to adhere to, and act in accordance with, the values and behaviours of the Trust.

This document is intended to be used as a guide to the general scope of duties involved in this post. It is not exhaustive and should not therefore be used as a rigid specification. It will be kept under review and amended as required in consultation with the postholder.

Exclusions

The post holder is not an employee of the host trust or a partnering NHS body, higher education institution or business operating within the North West Coast footprint.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Professional qualification in a relevant discipline or relevant experience.
• Degree or equivalent.
• Experience of leadership in a large and complex organisation.

Desirable

• Further qualification in management.
• Experience at Board level in a large and complex organisation.
• Experience in chairing Boards or committees.

Qualifications

Essential

• Professional qualification in a relevant discipline or relevant experience.
• Degree or equivalent.

Desirable

• Further qualification in management.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of leadership in a large and complex organisation.

Desirable

• Experience at Board level in a large and complex organisation.
• Experience in chairing Boards or committees.

Knowledge

Essential

• Demonstrable understanding of the NHS and the context in which it operates.
• Experience of working in or at least with an NHS organisation at senior level.

Desirable

• Demonstrable understanding of health related research and the issues relevant to it.
• Awareness of best practice and statutory requirements relevant to Innovation Agency governance.
• Understanding and experience of the interplay between national policy and regulation and local delivery in relation to innovation.

Analytical and judgment skills

Essential

• Experience in exercising judgment involving complex facts and situations, requiring analysis, interpretation and comparison of a range of options.

Aptitude and style

Essential

• Intellectually flexible, to think broadly and creatively to develop new solutions to difficult issues.
• Experience of developing effective relationships and sustainable partnerships with a wide and diverse range of stakeholders.
• Ability to simultaneously and successfully lead strategic change, performance improvement and cost-effective service delivery.
• Resilience, innovation and the ability to influence at regional, national and international level.
• A commitment to equality, diversity and wider human rights.

Communication and relationship skills

Essential

• Highly developed verbal and non-verbal communication skills across a range of stakeholders and circumstances.
• High level of communication and listening skills with the gravitas to support and challenge senior clinicians and other senior stakeholders at regional, national and international level.
• High level of influencing, persuasion and negotiating skills.
• Ability to challenge effectively.
• Ability to demonstrate warmth and empathy when communicating.
• The ability to motivate and inspire staff at all levels

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital

Address

Innovation Agency

Sci Tech, Vanguard House, Keckwick Lane

Daresbury

Warrington

WA4 4AB

Employer's website

https://www.lhch.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)