Job summary
- Main area
- Director
- Grade
- Board Member
- Contract
- Fixed term: 3 years (2-3 days per month)
- Hours
- Flexible working
- Other
- Job ref
- 303-8240507
- Employer
- The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital
- Town
- Birmingham
- Closing
- 16/09/2026 12:00
- Interview date
- 13/10/2026
Employer heading
Non-Executive Director (Clinical)
Board Member
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Board of our Trust and benefit the patient population we are so proud to serve.
As Non-executive Director you will work alongside executives as equal members of our unitary Board who share responsibility with the other directors for the Board’s decisions and for success of the organisation in leading the improvement of our healthcare services for patients.
If you wish to apply, please follow the guidance within the Non-Executive Direction (NED) Candidate Recruitment Pack linked.
Please note: Applications MUST NOT be made online via the NHS Jobs TRAC recruitment portal.
Candidates are encouraged to contact us for a conversation before submitting an application. You may contact Simon Page, Trust Chair. To arrange this, please contact Simon Grainger Lloyd, Chief Governance Officer via email on [email protected] or telephone 0121 812 3329
Applications must be emailed directly to our Corporate Services Manager, Tammy Ferris: [email protected]
Applications MUST NOT be made via the TRAC portal. If you need clarification, please contact Simon
This post will close on 16th September 2026 12pm mid-day.
Main duties of the job
You will chair the Trust’s Quality & Safety Committee, and you will work across professional boundaries, providing scrutiny and fresh, multi-disciplinary perspectives internally. You will have a focus on improvement, challenging clinical processes to ensure that they are as robust and efficient as possible, encouraging teams to use benchmarking and best practice to drive up standards and deliver excellence in patient care
As part of ROH’s current strategy rethink, you will play a role in supporting the development of commercial offering and develop its culture & capability around continuous improvement.
Please refer to the Non-Executive Direction (NED) Candidate Recruitment Pack and Job Description for full details of the Trust and what the role entails.
Working for our organisation
The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist hospital located in Birmingham UK. One of the largest orthopaedic units in Europe, the ROH offer a comprehensive range of surgical and non-surgical treatment.
The Trust’s annual financial turnover is in the region of £136 million. It has fourteen operating theatres, five NHS wards, one private wards and 115 beds, including six High Dependency Unit beds.
The Trust employs in excess of 1,400 staff, including more than 80 Consultant medical staff, each supported by multi-disciplinary clinical teams including surgeons, nurses, anaesthetists, physiotherapists, radiologists, pathologists, occupational therapists and other clinical professionals.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of duties as a Non-Executive Member
Please note: Applications MUST NOT be made online via the NHS Jobs TRAC recruitment portal.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Qualified to Masters or equivalent professional qualification and / or experience
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Skills & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Experience of working at Board level, or equivalent, and able to demonstrate an understanding of corporate governance and assurance requirements.
- Ability to support the Executive Team and their leadership of the organisation, while monitoring their conduct and seeking to uphold the highest ethical standards of integrity and probity.
- Excellent strategic abilities, with the capacity to plan for the long-term, along with sound independent judgement, diplomacy and political astuteness.
- Ability to work as an effective Board member, able to prioritise focus and deployment of key resources
- Chairing skills
Experience
Essential criteria
- Collaborative, team oriented style with equal accountability and voice from all unitary board members.
- Excellent strategic abilities, with the capacity to plan for the long-term, along with sound independent judgement, diplomacy and political astuteness.
- Experience of working at Board level, or equivalent and able to demonstrate an understanding of corporate governance and assurance requirements
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Simon Grainger-Lloyd
- Job title
- Executive Director of Governance
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0121 812 3329
- Additional information
Applications must be emailed directly to our Corporate Services Manager, Tammy Ferris: [email protected]
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