Non Executive Director

Lancashire
Remuneration: £13,000 per annum for a minimum of 4 days a month (on average)

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one the largest providers of healthcare in the North West.  With more than 9,000 employees and an annual income of over £550 million, the Trust offers a wide range of general hospital services to the local population of around 450,000 who live within the boroughs of Chorley, South Ribble and Preston.  We are also proud of delivering a wide range of specialist services to the wider population within Lancashire and South Cumbria.  Our specialist services include renal, cancer, vascular surgery and neurosciences.

As a Non-Executive Director, you will play an important part in the achievement of the Trust’s objectives, as well as working with other Board members and the Trust’s Council of Governors to help determine its future strategy.  We are looking for an individual who will bring skills, enthusiasm, energy and personal experience to the Board, as well as a passion for the provision of quality health services.  Your commitment to keeping the interests of patients and colleagues at the heart of what we do will help you both challenge and guide the organisation as we seek to achieve ongoing improvements and transform the way we deliver health care.

For this appointment, we are particularly interested in individuals who have a good understanding of the local communities we serve, health inequalities and the wider determinants of health. You will have senior leadership experience gained at, or close to, board level in public or voluntary sector organisations, or across complex systems involving multiple partner organisations. Bringing an understanding of corporate governance, finance, risk management and with strong political acumen, you will be committed to working constructively as a member of an inclusive team valuing diversity internally across the Trust and externally across the wider community.

We are committed to, and actively promote, equality of opportunity for all and we want our Board of Directors to reflect the diversity of the population we serve. We welcome all applications, especially from under-represented groups including people from minority ethnic communities and those whose lived experience provides our Board with a fresh perspective. Applications are particularly encouraged from those who:

• Are from a minority ethnic background
• Have experience of gender and women’s issues
• Are a younger person
• Are open about their faith
• Have an understanding of or have experienced social deprivation and used this to influence positively
• Live with a disability
• Are openly LGBQT+

If you support and value public service, share our values and believe that you can champion the standards of public life, we would like to hear from you.

For further information please click Apply to visit our dedicated recruitment website or contact Richard Murphy or Michelle Shirley at GatenbySanderson on 07393 013 067.

Closing date: 9am Monday 25^th  October 2021
Preliminary interviews: w/c 8^th  November 2021
Final Panel: 25^th November 2021