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Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, Non-executive Director

Body
NHS Improvement
Appointing Department
NHS Improvement
Sectors
Charity & Public Sector, Health and Social Care
Location
North East London
Number of Vacancies
1
Remuneration
£11,500
Time Requirements
2 - 3 days per month

Campaign Timeline

  1. Competition Launched

    18/09/2020

  2. Closed for Applications

    08/10/2020 at 11:00

  3. Panel Sift

    TBC

  4. Final Interview Date

    w/c 26 October 2020

  5. Announcement

    TBC

Vacancy Description

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Barking Havering and Redbridge Hospitals University NHS Trust (BHRUT) have a vacancy for a non-executive director to join them at a very exciting and pivotal time for their organisation.

Person Specification

You will need to have a genuine commitment to patients and the promotion of excellent health care services. You will have senior level experience in one or more of the following:

  • Significant experience engaging with the diverse social, economic and cultural groups served by the organisation, and an ability to bring cultural insights particularly from the black and minority ethnic communities
  • An ability to add to the existing board members’ experience through bringing personal, and ideally lived experience of the NHS
  • Leading major capital and/or estates projects

You will also need to be able to demonstrate you can use your experience to:

  • work alongside other non-executives and executive colleagues as an equal member of the board
  • bring independence, external perspectives, skills and challenge to strategy development
  • hold the executive to account by providing purposeful, constructive scrutiny and challenge
  • shape and actively support a healthy culture for the trust

All non-executive directors must champion the standards of public life – by upholding the highest standards of conduct and displaying the principles of selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty, and leadership.

As a future NHS leader, the successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the range of behaviours required to contribute effectively in this board level role. These are outlined in the NHS Leadership Academy’s Healthcare Leadership Model

Applicants should ideally live in or have strong connections with the area served by the trust.

We (the Trust) don’t currently reflect our population in our boardroom and we want that to change. This is in response to close scrutiny of our 2020 Workforce Race Equality Standard and Workforce Disability Equality Standard data. Black, Asian and minority ethnic colleagues make up 50% of our workforce but are under-represented at board level. Colleagues with a disability are also under-represented at this level. We are therefore really keen to hear from people from our local Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities or from people who have experience living with disability.

We value and promote diversity and are committed to equality of opportunity for all and appointments made on merit. We believe that the best boards are those that reflect the communities they serve.

We particularly welcome applications from women, people from the local black and minority ethnic communities, and disabled people who we know are under-represented in chair and non-executive roles.

Our recruitment processes are conducted in accordance with the Code of Governance to ensure that they are made on merit after a fair and open process so that the best people, from the widest possible pool of candidates, are appointed.

Additional Information

  • We strongly recommend an informal and confidential discussion with Joe Fielder, the Chair of the trust. Please contact Christine Smith by email on christine.smith65@nhs.net or 01708 435444.
  • NHS England / NHS Improvement – for general enquiries contact Helen Barlow on 0300 123 2038 or by emailing helen.barlow2@nhs.net

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