Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust, Non-executive Director
There is a Non-executive Director (NED) vacancy at Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust (AWP). 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 service users and the promotion of excellent health care services. We are looking for candidates who are financially numerate and have recent, relevant finance experience gained in a large and complex organisation with the capacity to Chair the Finance, Planning and Performance Committee, preferably with a financial qualification. Experience of operational performance management at Board or equivalent senior level is also essential for this role.
We be particularly interested to hear from candidates who can additionally offer one or more of the following desirable attributes:
- Has lived experience of mental health and/or learning disability, autism, and neurodevelopmental services, either as a service user or carer, and wishes to use this experience to strengthen the patient voice and promote co-production.
- Partnership strategy, public relations, and digital communications experience
- Strategic change and transformation leadership experience
Applicants should live in or have strong connections with the area served by the trust.
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).
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.
Candidate documentation
Find out more
- We strongly recommend an informal and confidential discussion with Paul Miller, the Chair of the Trust. Please contact Wendy May by emailing wendy.may1@nhs.net
- NHS England – for general process enquiries contact Mandy Reszczynski by emailing amanda.reszczynski@nhs.net
Key dates
| Closing date for applications* | 25 February 2026 at 11:00am |
| Interviews | 18 March 2026 |
| Proposed start date | 1 May 2026 (subject to completion of recruitment checks) |
*Please forward your completed application and monitoring information form to england.chairsandneds@nhs.net quoting reference number S3602