We are looking for three exceptional people to become Non-Executive Directors (NEDs) on our Trust Board – people who are passionate and committed to developing and leading our unique organisation.

We are searching for motivated people who will play a vital role in shaping the future of our Trust, ensuring we continue to deliver our vision, mission, and values through our ‘Together as One’ strategy. More than this – we are looking to the future and wish to engage with our communities and stakeholders. You would be a core leader in this new chapter of our organisation’s development.

Our new Non-Executive Directors will be committed to supporting our talented and committed workforce of over 5,000 colleagues at Chesterfield Royal Hospital Group; the hospital, Royal Primary Care and Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services (DSFS), who together provide acute and community healthcare services for over 400,000 people across north Derbyshire.

As new Non-Executive Directors you will be a key component of our Unitary Board with responsibility for the governance and financial integrity of the Foundation Trust and providing stewardship of our organisational culture, vision, and strategy.

As caring and inclusive leaders you will embody the Trust’s Proud to CARE values: Compassion, Ambition, Respect, and Encouragement, while serving as an ambassador for the organisation and being held to account for the strategic leadership of the Trust. You will bring outstanding communication, engagement, and facilitation skills to influence and build relationships internally and externally, including collaboration with our system partners. This is something that we believe is a top priority.

We would welcome hearing from candidates who could enhance our Board’s breadth and depth of skills with clinical experience including public health and health inequalities, research and innovation, finance and accounting, strategy development, transformation and change, and partnerships and system working.

This year we were pleased to launch our Anti-Racism Strategy and we want to continue to evolve our organisational culture to ensure that we develop a true sense of belonging for all our colleagues. It is important to us that our Board understands a broad spectrum of personal experience and are keen to attract candidates who can bring diverse perspectives. We particularly welcome expressions of interest from candidates who could enhance the racial and ethnic diversity of our Trust Board or those who could bring lived experience of living with a disability or long-term conditions.

If your ambition matches ours, we look forward to hearing from you.

For more information please refer to the  NED Recruitment Pack – 13 August 2024.

To apply, please email your CV and a short supporting statement of no more than 500 words which demonstrates:

• Why you would like to be considered for a Non-Executive Director post.
• How you meet the criteria.
• What you feel you would bring to the role and the Trust Board.

To crhft.nonexecutivedirector.recruitment@nhs.net.  Please also use this email address if you have any questions about the role or your application.

To arrange for a confidential conversation with our Trust Chair, Mahmud Nawaz, please contact Becky Graham on 01246 513161.

The closing date for applications is midnight on Sunday 22 September 2024.

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to a one day in-person assessment centre which will be held on Thursday 17 October 2024 at Chesterfield Royal Hospital. The assessment day will comprise stakeholder panels, including members of the Council of Governors and the Board and an interview.