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- Prif leoliad
- Mental Health
- Gradd
- Local Pay
- Contract
- Parhaol
- Oriau
- Rhan-amser - 7.5 awr yr wythnos (4 days per month)
- Cyfeirnod y swydd
- 263-NED-2025
- Cyflogwr
- Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust
- Math o gyflogwr
- NHS
- Gwefan
- St Nicholas Hospital
- Tref
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Cyflog
- Remuneration £13,500 per annum
- Yn cau
- 02/06/2025 23:59
Teitl cyflogwr
Non Executive Director
Local Pay
Hello!
We are so delighted you are considering coming to work with us at Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust (CNTW).
We know the power of looking into an organisation, one you might want to work in, or one where you are going to get help, and being able to say, ‘I’ve seen somewhere I can fit in and be myself.’ We’re on a journey to make the Trust an inclusive employer, representative of the community we serve and we want more of our community to consider applying for jobs with us.
Opportunities for you
Spanning east to west coasts from Northumberland to Cumbria and from the Scottish Borders down to Middlesbrough we’ve got exciting new opportunities available at every level and in every area.
We offer flexible working, helping work fit around family and caring responsibilities, or training and development needs and there’s lots on offer in the way of benefits, such as, lease cars, childcare schemes, staff discounts, season tickets for travel and a cycle to work scheme. All this in a vibrant workplace supported by the following staff networks.
- Cultural diversity staff network
- Disabled staff network
- LGBT+ staff network
We also have a number of staff support groups which are open to any staff to attend. These Include:
- Armed Forces and Veterans Staff Association
- Mind, Health and Wellbeing Community
- Menopause toolkit and cafes and staff carer support group
We offer fantastic personal development opportunities through our Collective Leadership Programme and other Organisational Development initiatives. Whatever you are looking for, you will be joining a supportive, friendly team, offering varied and interesting roles, with opportunities for career progression.
Always improving
CNTW is regulated by the national healthcare regulator, the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Our last two inspections have rated us as an outstanding organisation. We’re always seeking to improve as an organisation. Do you want to be part of that?
Please note that it is a requirement of this Trust that all external applicants pay for their own DBS certification if a DBS check is required for the post. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first monthly pay
Trosolwg o'r swydd
We are seeking to appoint 2 Non-Executive Directors to join our Board. The role will require individuals whose personal values are aligned to those of the NHS and of CNTW. If you can answer the following questions positively, please contact Debbie Henderson, Director of Corporate Affairs, to discuss the role further.
- Do you keep service users and carers at the centre of all you do and, in your mind, and heart?
- Are you committed to good relationships with the Governors, members of the Board and our colleagues of every profession and occupation?
- Can you lead and manage, support others to manage and encourage leadership throughout the Trust?
- Do you understand that CNTW cannot deliver for the people we serve on our own and that relationships with Local Government, Primary Care Networks, the Third Sector and all our partners are fundamental to all we do?
- Can you fulfil the role of Non-Executive Director of a Statutory organisation and play a full part in the work of the Integrated Care System?
- Can you work with our Staff Networks and Service User and Carer Networks, and all our colleagues to progress the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion agenda and combat discrimination of any kind?
- Will you do your best to live the values of CNTW – caring and compassionate, respectful, honest, and transparent?
If you can answer these questions, you could be our next Non-Executive Director. Our Chair, Darren Best has also produced a video message as further information to the role.
Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd
** To apply for this role: Applications should be submitted by sending a full CV (covering a minimum of six year employment history) and a supporting statement outlining how can meet the requirements of the role, in the context of the job description, person specification and questions outlined in the advert. All CVs and supporting statements should be sent via email to [email protected] **
If you have any queries regarding the application process, please contact Debbie Henderson, Director of Communications and Corporate Affairs via email at [email protected]
Should you be interested in this role and would like to have an informal discussion with Darren Best, Chair Designate or James Duncan Chief Executive, please contact the Corporate Affairs Team via email at [email protected].
Gweithio i'n sefydliad
We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.
Swydd-ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl
We are now seeking two Non-Executive Directors to join our Board:
- One post requires an individual with a legal background to Chair our Mental Health Legislation Committee
- One post requires an individual with a broad scope of corporate / business acumen and innovation, ideally with digital innovation experience and knowledge.
Prior experience of the NHS is not required but both roles will require individuals whose personal values are aligned to those of CNTW. You will work as part of the Board of Directors and will play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering the Trust’s strategy as the NHS continues to develop.
Please find attached job description and also ensure to read the attached 'Recruitment Pack'.
Closing date: Monday 2nd June at midnight
Manyleb y person
Background and experience
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Empathy, compassion and an understanding of the complex challenges of mental health and disability issues
- Board level experience in a large organisation whether gained in the private, public, or voluntary sector, well respected with strong reputation in their chosen field.
- A good knowledge and experience of corporate governance, strategy formulation, change management and financial management
- Politically astute, able to grasp relevant issues and understand the relationships between interested parties.
- Excellent partnership and relationship management skills; a good understanding of public and voluntary sector organisations
- Accustomed to being held to a high level of accountability and experienced in holding others to account
- Ability to understand and accept the legal duties and liabilities of Non- Executive Directors and the regulatory framework in which the NHS operates.
- Experience of leading and delivering transformational change in an open and inclusive way, with a natural ability to communicate with service users and carers, communities and colleagues as well as managing complex political environments
- Experience of effective joint working with other statutory, third sector or private sector organisations
- Qualified to be a member of the CNTW NHS FT (please refer to the Eligibility section of the recruitment website
Attributes, personal qualities and values
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Commitment to continuously improving outcomes, tackling health inequalities, and delivering the best value for money for the taxpayer
- Commitment to upholding, the NHS principles and values outlined in the NHS Constitution
- Commitment to ensuring that the organisation values diversity, and promotes equality and inclusivity in all aspects of their business
- Commitment to promoting integration where this is in the patients’ best interest
- Committed to ‘system working’, partnering across organisations to deliver on key priorities set out in NHS Long Term Plan
- An effective decision maker who leads by example and can take others with them
- Flexible and adaptable in approach, enabling him/her to respond to the situation accordingly
- Strategic thinker with the ability to communicate a vision and engage followership
- Personal integrity and commitment to openness
- Independent in judgement
- Commitment to the NHS, CNTW and other partners within the system for the benefit of health services and the wider population
- Exceptional engagement skills; and able to communicate well with a range of people including staff and service users.
- Strong inter-personal skills to contribute to discussions to achieve common goals
- Ability to represent the Trust at regional and national levels
- Able to weigh up arguments and summarise key issues
- Commitment to NHS values and principles; understands aims of NHS Foundation Trusts; and demonstrates understanding of role of Governors.
- Ability to contribute to the development of a strong organisational values-driven culture.
Competencies
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Demonstrates an ability to work effectively and with sound judgement in a highly complex and dynamic environment
- The ability to develop, with service users, carers, colleagues and partners a clear and compelling organisational narrative that describes the future strategy of the Trust, and to communicate this narrative and progress to a wide range of audiences
- The ability to communicate complex health and care issues in laypersons language at public meetings.
- Understand and analyse complex issues, drawing on the breadth of data that needs to inform the Trust’s deliberations and decision-making; and the wisdom to ensure that it is used ethically to balance competing priorities and make difficult decisions.
- The ability to influence and persuade others articulating a well-founded view and to engage in constructive debate without being adversarial or losing respect and goodwill
- The ability to take an objective view, seeing issues from all perspectives and especially external and service user and carer perspectives
- Capability to work across organisational boundaries
Leadership
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Contribute to setting the direction and strategy and aspirations of the Trust and act in a manner consistent with its values
- Create a compelling vision for the future and communicate this within and across organisations
- Work with others in teams and networks and engage, listen, and involve service users, carers and communities to provide services with a view to continuous improvement
- Demonstrate resilience, independence of thought, emotional intelligence, the ability to work through conflict and ambiguity and the ability to demonstrate a range of leadership styles to secure results
- A level of political astuteness with highly developed skills in engaging and influencing
- Demonstrate presence and engage people by the way they communicate, behave, and interact with others
Bathodynnau ardystio / achredu cyflogwyr
Gofynion ymgeisio
Mae'r swydd hon yn ddarostyngedig i Orchymyn Deddf Adsefydlu Troseddwyr 1974 (Eithriadau) 1975 (Diwygio) (Cymru a Lloegr) 2020 a bydd angen cyflwyno Datgeliad i'r Gwasanaeth Datgelu a Gwahardd.
Dogfennau i'w lawrlwytho
Rhagor o fanylion / cyswllt ar gyfer ymweliadau anffurfiol
- Enw
- Debbie Henderson
- Teitl y swydd
- Director of Communications and Corporate Affairs
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
Rhestr swyddi gyda Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust yn Cyfarwyddwyr neu bob sector