As the UK’s leading heart and lung hospital, Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust occupies a unique and special place in the NHS, with our complexity and impact far exceeding our scale. From our state-of-the-art building on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus, one of the world’s largest centres of healthcare research and delivery, we offer heart and lung services, with an extensive range of specialist services provided nowhere else in the UK.

With an international reputation for excellence in research and innovation, we are a member of Cambridge University Health Partners and are building The Heart and Lung Research Institute in partnership with the University of Cambridge. We are also a critical part of the Cambridge and Peterborough Integrated Care System and recognise the important role we can play in tacking health inequalities and maximise the opportunities created by the research and innovation work that takes place in our region.

As a Board member, you will work alongside Executive and Non-executive Director colleagues to constructively challenge and support the development of proposals on strategies, scrutinise the performance of management in meeting agreed goals and satisfy yourself that financial controls and systems for risk management are robust and effective.

We are seeking a compassionate leader with a genuine commitment to patients and the promotion of excellent health care services. Relevant senior leadership experience in the private, public, or voluntary sector and a good understanding of the workings of the NHS, and in particular NHS Foundation Trusts, is essential.

In order to ensure that we draw on the full range of relevant perspectives and align our board with our strategic aims, we are specifically inviting interest from those with a clinical background (examples include but are not limited to nursing, medical, mental health, pharmacy, radiography, allied health professionals, or healthcare science) for this role.

That said, we appreciate that people might have skills or experience which could make a constructive contribution to healthcare and the Trust, but which is not easily matched to our preferred criteria. If you don’t obviously fit the specification but think you have relevant knowledge or aptitudes which could make a real difference, please consider getting in touch. We are always willing to consider capable people with a track record in their own walk of life.

Royal Papworth recognises that diverse boards make the best decisions, and we want our board to reflect the diversity of the population we serve and our workforce.

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To apply:

You will need to complete an application form via the Royal Papworth website at royalpapworth.nhs.uk/working-here/our-vacancies. Once you have completed your application online, please email your combined document (including CV and supporting statement) to jonathan.elwood@nhs.net

Further information:

Please refer to the Candidate information pack: 20260601 Royal Papworth NED candidate (Clinical) pack Final v.1.3