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Coventry & Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust, Non-executive Director (Clinical)

There is a vacancy for a Non-executive Director (NED) at Coventry & Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT). 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.

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 clinical and patient safety expertise gained from medical, nursing, or allied disciplines. Ideally, you will be a General Practitioner working in the Coventry and Warwickshire area with NED or equivalent experience. As a Board member, you will contribute to the achievement of our goal for the Trust to enter as early as possible into the new Foundation Trust pathway. You will serve as Deputy Chair (deputising for the Chair when necessary) of the Trust’s Quality Committee. You will play a lead role for the Board providing strategic and practical advice on the integration of our services into Neighbourhood Health teams.

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 PromiseOur 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.

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

Application documents

Key dates

Closing date for applications* 8 January 2026 at 11:00 am
Interview date w/c 9 February 2026
Proposed start date TBC 2026

*Applications should be sent to england.chairsandneds@nhs.net, quoting reference M3481

Find out more

  • We strongly recommend an informal and confidential discussion with Eamonn Kelly, the Chair of the Trust. Please contact on 07876 740 273 by emailing eamonn.kelly@covwarkpt.nhs.uk
  • NHS England – for general process enquiries contact Mandy Reszczynski by emailing amanda.reszczynski@nhs.net

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