Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, Group Chair
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest Groups in the NHS, with a turnover of £1.4 billion and 17,000 dedicated staff. Made up of two Trusts, Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) and Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG), we are committed to delivering world-class services for the 1,500,000 people we serve. Our dedicated workforce operates across five main hospital sites and community settings providing secondary and tertiary care to a significant sized population. We also deliver a wide range of community services across North and North East Lincolnshire, including district nursing, physiotherapy, psychology, podiatry, and specialist dental services. As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we are a UK leader in research and innovation. We are also a significant partner in the Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care System.
Everything we do is guided by our vision statement United by Compassion – Driving for Excellence, reflecting our values and our ambition to improve and transform the care we provide for our local population. Whilst we continue to face a number of significant regulatory and performance challenges, an immediate response is underway to address and resolve these to provide the care and experience our staff and populations deserve. The Group is also developing an Improvement Plan to deliver better services for patients, with key priorities to live within our finances, transform our approaches to enable smarter ways of working, and build a truly engaged clinical workforce and safety culture. We are proud of the efforts our workforce has already delivered, and we remain committed to making sure that our Group is a great place to work, with our patients and communities at the heart of everything we do.
This is one of the largest roles of its kind in the country; we are therefore looking for an exceptional leader to chair our Group Board, providing strong leadership, vision, and strategic oversight. Given the size of our Group and the significant challenges we face, you will therefore need exemplary leadership skills gained at board level, supported by experience of managing complex stakeholder relationships. Your political acumen and communication skills will give you the personal credibility needed internally with staff and patients and support you to build collaborative relationships with partners within the local health and care economy to reduce health inequalities for our population. This is a unique opportunity to help shape the future of local services by sharing your talents and expertise to help transform the hospital and make a positive difference to your community.
We want our Board to be as inclusive and diverse as possible, and we are keen to attract candidates who can bring diverse perspectives. We warmly welcome expressions of interest from the widest possible range of backgrounds, particularly those who are under-represented at board level in the NHS.
For an informal conversation about the role and to discuss what we are looking for in more detail, please contact GatenbySanderson via Robin Staveley robin.staveley@gatenbysanderson.com or Niamh Blair niamh.blair@gatenbysanderson.com.
Key Dates
| Closing date for applications* | Thursday 29 January 2026 |
| Final interview and stakeholder activity | w/c 16 February 2026 |
| Proposed start date | TBC |