With over 5,000 dedicated colleagues, Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of acute and community healthcare services to 400,000 people living across Derbyshire. Rated as Good by the CQC, with an ambition to achieve Outstanding, we are a values-led organisation committed to providing exceptional care for the communities we proudly serve. Our Together as One strategy is due to be refreshed next year in line with the new national 10 Year Plan for the NHS in England, making this an exciting and pivotal time to join #TeamCRH. As a key partner in the wider health and care system and an anchor institution in our community, we are committed to working closely with our partners to reduce inequalities and improve the health, wellbeing, and opportunities of those we serve.

The opportunity

We are seeking an inspirational new Chair to lead our Board at this exciting and challenging time for our Trust and the NHS. As Chair, you will champion our ethos of Working the Chesterfield Way, fostering an inclusive, high-performing culture within our board and guiding our future direction.  Our Chair will lead our board and Council of Governors to ensure we continue to deliver high quality, safe, and equitable care. You will play a critical role in gaining assurance, lifting ambition, encouraging system-wide collaboration, and ensuring we are maximising opportunities to embrace digital innovation, promote neighbourhood working, and further focus on the prevention agenda.

We are seeking an exceptional leader with vision, influence, and a deep commitment to our populations, colleagues, and organisation. With successful and significant board level leadership and governance experience in complex, regulated, and person-centred organisations, you will be a visible and approachable leader with the credibility to engage a wide range of stakeholders, and inspire and guide our Board and Council of Governors. Your public service values, strategic vision, strong understanding of effective governance, and ability to build trusted relationships across diverse stakeholder groups will support your success in this high-profile role.

This is a fantastic opportunity to lead the board of a successful organisation and make a lasting impact on the future health and wellbeing of our local population. We are incredibly proud of our diversity as an organisation; we warmly welcome and encourage applications from candidates with protected characteristics and value the lived experience of all our Board members.

If you feel this role could be for you and are inspired by this very special opportunity to join us as our Chair, we would love to hear from you.

For a confidential discussion, please contact their recruitment partners GatenbySanderson: Helen Barkham, Niamh Blair, or Emma Pickup of GatenbySanderson via helen.barkham@gatenbysanderson.com or 07921 308 766.

To apply, please visit the GatenbySanderson website.

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