Required skills, experience and attributes are described in the NHS Leadership Competency Framework for Board Members

Desirable experience:

• Prior experience as a Non-executive director (any sector)
• Prior experience on an NHS board (executive, non-executive or associate role)
• Professional qualification or equivalent experience
• Prior senior experience of complex organisations outside the NHS, i.e. private, voluntary or other public sector providers of similar scale
• A deep understanding and experience of the type of challenges which currently present within the Kent and Medway Integrated Care System;
• Experience of working collaboratively with a range of stakeholders, including statutory, voluntary, and community sector partners
• Evidence of successfully supporting organisations through periods of challenge (financial sustainability, partnership working), whilst still achieving positive outcomes for local communities
• Experience of managing with impartiality, integrity, assertiveness and tactfulness and be able to evidence their advocacy of constructive challenge
• The ability to manage a group of non-executive directors with a view to continuously improve and sustain an effective relationship with the full Board of Directors and the Council of Governors
• Evidence of setting direction, providing a vision for strategic improvement and modernisation which is both challenging and attainable
• A leadership style that facilitates the effective contribution of all Board members and makes a positive difference in motivating, empowering and supporting individuals especially when faced with ambiguity and uncertainty in the pressurised and rapidly changing environment of the health service

NHS leadership competency framework for board members

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 Trusts.

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

• NHS Chair Info Pack DGT MFT S3345
• Monitoring form S3345

Find out more

• Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust – Hayley Robson, Executive Assistant by emailing hayley.robson3@nhs.net
• Medway NHS Foundation Trust – Chikanso Aroyewun, Business Manager by emailing chikanso.aroyewun@nhs.net
• NHS England – for general process enquiries contact Miriam Walker by emailing miriam.walker@nhs.net

Key dates

*Applications should be emailed to england.chairsandneds@nhs.net quoting reference S3345 in the subject line.

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