Stockport NHS Foundation Trust and Tameside & Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust, Joint Non-executive Director
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust and Tameside & Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust are recruiting a Joint Non-executive Director (Chair of Audit Committee) across both Trusts. Our Trusts have been working together in close partnership since 2020, with exceptional leadership from our Joint Chief Executive, Karen James OBE. The appointment of our first Joint Chair, David Wakefield in April 2025 marked a critical development for our partnership, as we begin to bring our Boards and governance together, and are developing a shared strategic vision for the benefit of our staff and the communities we serve.
The Organisations
Our partnership is driven by our shared commitment to enhancing patient care and population health, improving outcomes, reducing inequalities, and ensuring the sustainability of services for the benefit of our patients and communities.
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust delivers acute hospital services and community care across the Stockport locality of Greater Manchester and its surrounds. With an annual budget of £514m and 6,610 staff, our latest CQC rating was “Requires Improvement” overall, with a rating of “Good” in the Caring domain, and we continue to make progress in our transformation journey. Tameside & Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust also provides acute and community services, supporting around 250,000 patients working across ICBs in both Greater Manchester and neighbouring Derbyshire. With an annual budget of £375m and 5,033 staff, we have a CQC rating of “Good” overall.
The Role
As well as the undertaking the general duties of a Non-executive Director, the postholder will Chair the Audit Committee.
The purpose of the Committee is to independently and objectively review the integrity of the Trusts financial statements. Oversee compliance with corporate governance standards and assurance processes across clinical and non-clinical activities and assist the Board of Directors in its oversight of risk management and the effectiveness of internal control Trust-wide
In additional you will oversee external and internal audit functions and the local counter fraud service, receiving assurance of their independence.
The Person
You will have the qualifications, expertise or experience to enable you to express credible opinions on finance and audit matters and possess a strong background in Audit and Governance, an appreciation of public or private sector Audit and Governance arrangements, and ideally prior experience of a non-executive in the NHS.
Your focus on equality, diversity, and inclusion will be critical, and you will share our ambition and hold the interests of our patients and the wellbeing of our staff and communities at the heart of your leadership.
We are keen to attract candidates who can bring diverse perspectives, and we welcome expressions of interest from the widest possible range of backgrounds, particularly those who are under-represented at board level in the NHS.
For further information, please contact our recruitment advisor Jonathan Phillips on 07817 988 490. Applications are to be made via CV and covering letter to Jonathan at jp@seymourjohn.com using the email subject “T&S NED application”
Closing date: Midnight 8th December 2025
Interview date: 7th January 2026