St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Epsom and St Helier University Hospital NHS Trust, Non-executive Director x2
The St George’s, Epsom and St Helier Hospitals Group (gesh) is seeking two high calibre candidates to apply to join the Board of Directors as Non-Executive Directors of each Trust. Both roles will be appointed to the Board of St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust by the Council of Governors and under our ‘NED in Common’ arrangements at least one of these roles, and potentially both, will also be appointed by NHS England to the Board of Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust. This is an opportunity to share your expertise and experience, contribute to the leadership of the Group and help us deliver our vision and strategy of providing Outstanding Care, Together to our patients, staff and the communities we serve across South West London, Surrey and beyond.
The successful candidates will have recent Board-level senior management and leadership experience in large and complex organisations. Candidates should be able to Chair a Board Committee.
This is an exciting time to join the Group working in partnership across our hospital group with delivering our Group strategy, developing our culture, and deepening our collaboration with our partners across South West London, Surrey and beyond.
Essential criteria
Non-Executive Directors play a crucial role in bringing an independent perspective to the Boardroom, in addition to the specific knowledge and skills they hold. You will need to have a genuine commitment to patients and the promotion of excellent health care services.
We are looking for individuals with experience in one or more of the following areas:
- Finance experience, with ACA or equivalent qualifications. We would particularly welcome candidates who have exposure to working at a senior level, within or with, central government departments, agencies and arm’s length bodies. This appointee will also Chair the Finance and Performance Committee.
- Clinical leadership and management at Board level in a large and complex healthcare organisation. We would welcome individuals who have leadership experience in medical, nursing, midwifery, allied health, or clinical academia who can bring insights into the management of complex hospital-based care, champion clinical quality and safety, and assist the Board in seeking assurance on the safety and quality of the services provided.
In addition, candidates should be able to demonstrate the following skills and experience:
- recent, relevant and very senior management and leadership at board level (or equivalent) within a large and complex organisation
- previous experience of chairing complex meetings with a demonstrable ability to chair an assurance Committee of the Board of Directors, and the aptitude to rapidly develop a sophisticated understanding of assurance in an NHS context
- previous experience of developing strategy, monitoring performance against key performance indicators, and offering informed and constructive challenge to executive directors
- evidence of leading positive change in relation to equality, diversity and inclusion
- evidence of delivering transformational change
As a future NHS leader, the successful candidates will be able to demonstrate that they meet the NHS leadership competency framework for board members (please see the candidate information pack below for the six domains). The competency domains are aligned to Our NHS People Promise, Our Leadership Way and the Seven Principles of Public Life (Nolan Principles).
The best boards are those that reflect the workforce and communities they serve. We particularly welcome applications from women, people from local black, Asian and minority ethnic communities, and people with disabilities, who we know are all under-represented in these important roles.
Application documents
Key dates
| Closing date for applications | 20 June 2025 at 11am |
| Stakeholder event | 4 July 2025 |
| Interview date | 11 July 2025 |
| Proposed start dates | October 2025 |
Please complete your application via the following link: www.alumniglobal.com/job/gesh-neds
Find out more
- Alumni Global – are helping us to identify potential candidates, if you would like a confidential discussion about the role contact Thomas Patterson, UK Managing Director, Frank McKenna, Global Managing Director or Beth Stickney, Principal Researcher on +44 7703 821 996 or beth.stickney@alumniglobal.com
- NHS England – for general process enquiries contact Helen Barlow by emailing helen.barlow2@nhs.net