Appointment of Independent Members (2 roles, Community and Third Sector) - Hywel Dda University Health Board
- Body
- Hywel Dda University Health Board
- Appointing Department
- Welsh Government
- Sector
- Health and Social Care
- Location
- Board meetings held bi- monthly at various locations across the UHB. The UHB also has Board Seminar meetings and various committees, the meetings which meet either bi-monthly or quarterly.
- Number of Vacancies
- 2
- Remuneration
- £13,344
- Time Requirements
- The post of Independent Member is based on a notional commitment of a minimum of (four) 4 days per month but this will be subject to organisational demands and is often higher than the minimum requirement.
- Closing Date
- 15/12/2017
- Interviews
- Interviews to be held 17th January 2018. Start dates are 1 April 2018 for the Independent Member (Community) and 1 May 2018 for the Independent Member (Third Sector). To allow for a shadowing / handover period, appointments for both roles will be confirmed in January 2018.
Assessment Panel
- Panel Member
- Bernadine Rees OBE
- Added
- 24/11/2017
- Positions
- Chair of Hywel Dda University Health Board Representative of Organisation
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- Panel Member
- Hilary Hopkins
- Added
- 24/11/2017
- Positions
- Head of NHS Workforce Policy & Practice, Welsh Government Departmental Official
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Vacancy Description
Role and responsibilities Independent Members will among other things:- • Play a full and active role in the governance of the Health Board, both clinical and corporate. You will take an active part in discussions, providing your opinion and challenge and support to the Board on key issues. • Contribute to the work of the Board based upon your independence, your past experience and knowledge, and your ability to stand back from the day-to-day operational management; • Contribute and accept corporate decisions to ensure a joined up, robust and transparent decision making process by the Board; • Be expected, in time, to fully understand the business through active involvement to enable the effective performance of the organisation; • Work closely with other public, private and voluntary organisations and will make sure that the views of patients, carers and families are fully involved in helping to shape, develop and improve services; • Analyse and critically review complex information and contribute to sound decision making. • Ability to contribute to the ‘governance and finance’ of the Health Board, ensuring it is open and honest in its work by contributing fully in the decision making process;
Person Specification
Knowledge & Experience • An understanding of health issues and priorities in the Hywel Dda University Health Board area and the ability to understand the role and work of the Board; • The ability to contribute effectively at board level. • Ability to hold the executives to account for performance whilst maintaining a constructive relationship; • Ability to provide a knowledgeable, impartial and balanced perspective on a range of sensitive and complex issues; • A broad understanding of the information governance requirements required to comply with legislation e.g. Data Protection Act (DPA);
Personal Attributes & Skills The Health Board has defined a set of shared core values and behaviours – what the organisation stands for. You will need to be able to demonstrate the following: • Good communication skills and the ability to engage with employees and employee representatives at all levels within the Health Board; • Ability to work as part of a team and in partnership with other key organisations; • Ability to involve and work with stakeholders to help shape, develop and improve services; and • Ability to analyse and critically review complex information
To be considered, you must be able to demonstrate that you have the qualities, skills and experience to meet all the essential criteria for appointment.
Essential Role Specific Criteria
Independent Member – Community
You will have to demonstrate: • A knowledge of and empathy with local community issues and priorities; • A citizen focussed approach championing the Board’s purpose in serving the public; • Organisational experience that will benefit the development of the Health Board moving forward.
Independent Member – Third Sector
You will have to demonstrate: • A knowledge and understanding of the third sector in the area served by Hywel Dda UHB. • Ability to apply your knowledge and understanding of third sector matters in a strategic board environment.
Additional Information
Welsh language skills are desirable.
Eligibility
A person shall be disqualified from appointment if he/she:
a. has within the preceding 5 years been convicted in the UK, Channel Islands or the Isle of Man of any offence and has had passed on him/her a sentence of imprisonment (whether suspended or not) for a period of not less than 3 months;
b. has been adjudged bankrupt or has made a composition or arrangement with his creditors;
c. has been dismissed, otherwise than by reason of redundancy, or non-renewal of a fixed term contract, from any paid employment with a health service body;
d. is a person whose tenure of office as the chairman, member or director of a health service body has been terminated because his/her appointment is not in the interests of the health service, for non-attendance at meetings or for non-disclosure of pecuniary interest;
e. is a health service employee;
Subject to the exception noted in (e), it is the policy of the Welsh Government that all recent employees of LHBs and NHS Trusts should serve a non-involvement break before being considered for an NHS Public Appointment.
Any other information that may materially affect your application for appointment should be declared in the application form under the Conflict of Interests section. Hywel Dda University Health Board
Applicants should be persons who conduct themselves at all times in a manner which will maintain public confidence.
In particular, applicants are required to declare whether they are aware of anything in their private or professional life that would be an embarrassment to themselves or to the Welsh Government if it became known in the event of appointment.
Candidates should also note that membership of a LHB is a disqualifying office for membership of the National Assembly for Wales under the National Assembly for Wales (Disqualification) Order 2015.
How to Apply
To make an application please visit the Welsh Government public appointment website here https://cymru-wales.tal.net/vx/lang-en-GB/mobile-0/appcentre-3/brand-2/candidate/jobboard/vacancy/7/adv/.
To apply for a role, click on the Hywel Dda University Health Board vacancy and click on ‘Apply’ at the bottom left hand corner.
The first time you apply for a post, you will need to complete a registration form for the Welsh Government’s online application system. You will only need to register once, and you will be able to keep yourself updated on the progress of your application, and any other applications you make, via your registered account.
Once you’ve registered, you’ll be able to access the application form. To apply you will need to submit two supporting documents. The first, a document outlining how your knowledge, skills and experiences meet the criteria for the role as outlined in the information for candidates. This document should be no more than 2 sides of A4. Your application may be rejected if you exceed this limit. The second document is a full, up to date CV. The two documents should be uploaded to the ‘Reasons for applying’ section of the online application form.
In your application, you will also be asked to provide details of any activities which have helped you to develop skills that would be useful in a public appointment role, and list the organisations for which you undertook these activities. We also need to know about any political activity that you’ve undertaken over the last 5 years.
It is recommended that you register for an account and access the application form as soon as possible so that you see how the application form is structured, before starting to prepare your evidence. You don’t have to complete the application form all in one go. You can save your responses, and log in and out as required, until you’re ready to submit – just follow the guidance in the application form.
If you’d like to apply for this opportunity in Welsh, please use the ‘Newid Iaith / Change Language’ link at the top of this page, to take you to the Welsh version of this advert, from which you can apply in Welsh.
If you need any further assistance in applying for this role, please contact the Welsh Government’s Corporate Shared Service Centre Helpdesk on 029 2082 5454 or SharedServiceHelpdesk@gov.wales
For further information about Public Appointments in Wales, please visit www.gov.wales/publicappointments