Independent Member (Finance) – Hywel Dda University Health Board
- Body
- Welsh Government
- 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
- 1
- Remuneration
- £13,344 per annum
- Time Requirements
- 4 days per month
Campaign Timeline
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Competition Launched
10/05/2017
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Closed for Applications
31/05/2017
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Panel Sift
12/06/2017
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Final Interview Date
11/07/2017
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Announcement
02/10/2017
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Assessment Centre
26/06/2017
Assessment Panel
- Panel Member
- Hilary Hopkins
- Added
- 16/05/2017
- Panel Role
- Panel Chair
- Positions
- Workforce & Organisational Development, Welsh Government Departmental Official
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- Panel Member
- Bernadine Rees
- Added
- 16/05/2017
- Positions
- Chair of Hywel Dda University Health Board Representative of Organisation
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- Panel Member
- Don Thomas
- Added
- 16/05/2017
- Positions
- Current Finance IM Hywel Dda University Health Board Other Panel Member
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- Panel Member
- Janet Hawes
- Added
- 16/05/2017
- Positions
- Independent Member
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Vacancy Description
Hywel Dda University Health Board (UHB) is the planner and provider of all NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties, to a total population of around 384,000 across a quarter of the landmass of Wales.
It provides Acute, Primary, Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities services via General and Community Hospitals, Health Centres, GPs, Dentists, Pharmacists and Optometrists and other sites.
The Health Board has four main hospital sites at Bronglais in Aberystwyth, Glangwili in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush in Haverfordwest, with a further seven community hospitals. The population is served by 54 general medical practices, 48 dental practices, 99 community pharmacies, 56 opticians and 11 health centres, together with numerous locations from which mental health, learning disabilities and related services are provided. Highly specialised and tertiary services are commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee.
The Health Board has in place governance and assurance arrangements which are continually being developed and strengthened. The Board is responsible for maintaining appropriate governance arrangements to ensure that it is operating effectively and delivering safe, high quality care, recognising the need to govern the organisation effectively and in doing so build public and stakeholder confidence. All Board members share corporate responsibility for formulating strategy, ensuring accountability, monitoring performance and shaping culture, together with ensuring that the Board operates as effectively as possible. This is fundamental to the Board’s role in pursuing performance and ensuring that the interests of patients are central and creates a culture supporting open dialogue.
Hywel Dda University Health Board, to accord with the core values for the NHS in Wales, designed to support good governance and the achievement of high standards of care (as included in the NHS e-governance manual), places significant emphasis on:
• Prioritising quality and safety • Improvement being integrated with everyday working • Focusing on prevention, health improvement and inequality • Partnership working • Investing in staff
The role of the Board
The three key roles through which effective the board of the Hywel Dda University Health Board demonstrates leadership within its organisation are:-
• Formulating strategy • Ensuring accountability by holding the organisation to account for the delivery of the strategy and through seeking assurance that systems of control are robust and reliable • Shaping a positive culture for the Board and the organisation
The role of the Board member focuses on four key areas:-
• Strategy – to contribute to strategic development and decision-making • Performance – to ensure that effective management arrangement and an effective team are in place at the top level of the organisation. To help clarify which decisions are reserved for the Board and then ensure that the rest are clearly delegated and to hold management to account for its performance in meeting agreed goals and objectives through purposeful challenge and scrutiny, and to monitor the reporting of performance • Risk – to ensure that financial information is accurate and that financial controls and systems of risk management and assurance are robust and defensible • Behaviour – to live up to the highest ethical standards of integrity and probity and comply fully with the Code of Conduct. Board members should demonstrate through their behaviour that they are focusing on their responsibilities to citizens, the organisations and its stakeholders
Person Specification
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
Independent Members will demonstrate the following qualities:-
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; • 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 – Finance
You will have to demonstrate:
• Skills and knowledge of financial systems and Financial Management in large organisations. • A sound understanding of the role of Audit, risk management, assurance arrangements and Governance. • Ability to appraise and critically review Business Cases. • Experience of Performance Improvement to deliver Value for Money. • Ability to apply specialist finance knowledge and skills in a strategic board environment.
Additional Information
For further information regarding the role of the Independent Member, please contact Bernadine Rees, Chair of Hywel Dda University Health Board. Tel: 01267 239637 Email: Bernardine.rees@wales.nhs.uk
For further information about Hywel Dda University Health Board, you may wish to visit the Health Board’s internet web site: http://www.hywelddalhb.wales.nhs.uk/ or contact the Health Board’s Board Secretary on 01267 239644 or via joanne.wilson4@wales.nhs.uk