There are vacancies for a Non-executive Director (NED) and up to two Associate NEDs at Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT). This is an exceptional opportunity to share your talents and expertise to make a positive difference to the lives of people served by the Trust.

The Associate NED role is used successfully in the NHS to support Board succession strategy and achieving a balance of Board level skills. Whilst the Associate NEDs cannot participate in any formal vote at Board, they are very much involved with the formal Board discussion.

The successful candidates for the Associate roles will be appointed to the Trust and may also be considered for appointment as a NED of the Board in future (within two years from initial appointment), should a vacancy arise and they have the appropriate skills.

Essential Criteria

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 of the following areas:

• NED: You will have senior level clinical and patient safety expertise gained from medical, nursing, allied disciplines or social care experience at a senior level in an academic, research, regulatory or clinically focused role. Ideally, the successful candidate will be a qualified General Practitioner having practiced, or recently retired from practice in Cornwall and Isles of Scilly, bringing clinical insight and experience to support the role effectively.
• Associate NED(s): Up to two roles available from a voluntary, community and social enterprise sector or, a financial qualification and/or experience as an Audit Committee Chair.

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).

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

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-representated in these important roles.

Application documents

• RCHT NHS NED Info Pack S3492
• Monitoring information form S3492

Key dates

*Applications should be sent to england.chairsandneds@nhs.net, quoting reference S3492

Find out more

• We strongly recommend an informal and confidential discussion with David Allen OBE, Chair of the Trust. Please contact rcht.corporategovernance@nhs.net
• NHS England – for general process enquiries contact Jane Hundley by emailing jane.hundley@nhs.net

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