University Hospitals Tees is one of the most significant and ambitious healthcare groups in the North of England, serving a diverse and complex population of around 700,000 people across the Tees Valley, North Yorkshire and County Durham. Through its specialist services, including cancer care, vascular surgery and rehabilitation, its reach extends to approximately 1.85 million people, spanning from the Scottish Borders down into Yorkshire.

Formed to deliver a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reshape healthcare, the Group brings together major acute and community services to improve outcomes at scale. It serves communities with some of the highest levels of deprivation and health inequality in the country, where stark variations in life expectancy and health outcomes persist. This context creates both a profound challenge and a unique opportunity to make a meaningful difference.

Operating across a £1.4bn organisation with over 16,000 staff, the Board is leading an ambitious programme of transformation. The focus is on delivering consistently high-quality care, improving population health outcomes, and tackling entrenched inequalities through innovation, integration and system-wide collaboration.

UHT is seeking to appoint up to three Non-executive Directors. As a Non-executive Director serving the University Hospitals Tees group arrangement across North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust and South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, this person will operate as an equal member of the unitary Board overseeing a large, complex provider group serving up to 1.85 million people, many facing significant health inequalities.

This person will work alongside the Chair, other Non-executive Directors, the Chief Executive and Executive Directors to ensure the organisation delivers high-quality care, strong performance and long-term sustainability.

The Board is overseeing a significant programme of transformation, including:

• delivery of large-scale strategy and service integration
• continuous improvement and performance transformation
• oversight of maternity services and associated governance responsibilities
• major capital and estate challenges, including legacy infrastructure and future development
• planning for long-term infrastructure changes, including potential new hospital development

Success in this role will involve helping the organisation to deliver measurable improvements in patient outcomes, access to care, service integration and long-term sustainability, while strengthening its position as a leading provider group within the NHS.

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Closing date for receipt of applications: Midnight (UK time) on the evening of 28th May