CSH Surrey

GP - Non Exec Director

The closing date is 19 April 2026

Job summary

Are you a practicing or recently retired General Practitioner (GMC registered) with extensive clinical leadership and governance experience gained at either Board or senior executive level? CSH Surrey, the first social enterprise and employee-owned community healthcare provider in the U.K., is recruiting a GP Non-executive Director to join our Board and provide senior clinical oversight.

The Role

As a Non-Executive Director and Board member, you will bring independent challenge, strategic insight, and clinical expertise to support CSH Surrey in delivering safe, sustainable, and high-performing services. You will play a key role in assuring clinical quality and patient safety.

About You

You should have a proven track record of operating at a strategic level, with the ability to balance clinical excellence with the commercial realities of a social enterprise.

Diversity and Location - We strongly encourage applications from candidates who reflect the diversity of the communities we serve. While CSH Surrey operates across North-West Surrey, we welcome applications from candidates based locally or in neighbouring localities.

Closing date - Sunday 19th April

Interview date - Monday 11th May

Interested? For an informal discussion about this opportunity, please arrange a call with Renee Padfield, by contacting karla.mcguire@nhs.net.

Please note that we do NOT offer UKVI sponsorship for this post, and so all applicants require a current right to work in the UK

Main duties of the job

The Board of Directors is legally responsible for the activities of CSH Surrey.

The Articles of Association for CSH Surrey (available on request) outline the structure of CSH Surrey, and the relationships with the CSH Guardian Trust, and the Voice.

Non-executive directors play a crucial role in bringing an independent perspective to the Board room in addition to any specific knowledge and skills they may have. Non-executive directors have a duty to uphold the highest standards of integrity and probity and to foster good relations in the board room. They should apply similar standards of care and skill in their role as a non-executive director as they would in similar roles elsewhere.

Non-executive directors are expected to participate fully as members of committees of the Board of Directors to which they are appointed and to take the role of Committee Chair when so appointed. There are currently six board committees that hold meetings throughout the year at varying frequencies. The Board also holds away days for strategy and other discussions, and non-executive directors may be asked to attend other meetings internal and external to CSH Surrey. Non-executive directors will also be expected to visit CSH teams and speak to colleagues, patients and their families: a DBS check will be required.

About us

CSH Surrey are part of the NHS and are Surreys longest established NHS community services provider, so our employees get NHS pay and pensions, and also receive the Fringe High-Cost Allowance of 5%.

Our staff enjoy excellent training and development opportunities, including the care certificate, apprenticeships, numeracy and literacy courses, access to the Nursing Associate programme, and a wide variety of management and leadership courses and programmes.

We CARE about our staff though through our values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Excellence. Our active employee council called The Voice, elect employee representatives to ensure colleagues' voices are heard at Board level. CSH is a diverse organisation, if you are a passionate, person-focused individual then apply to join CSH Surrey today!

We welcome candidates from all backgrounds who meet the essential criteria of the job you are applying for and if you require any reasonable adjustments, please contact the named individual for this advert, or our recruitment team.

Date posted

27 March 2026

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£13,000 a year

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

3 years

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

B9074-26-0020

Job locations

4th Floor, Dukes Court

Dukes Street

Woking

Surrey

GU21 5BH

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information and a full overview of the responsibilities and requirements of this role, please refer to the attached job description.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information and a full overview of the responsibilities and requirements of this role, please refer to the attached job description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Educated to degree level or equivalent qualification or experience.
Current or prior GMC registration.

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities

Essential

Skills in strategic or operational management, experience of social enterprises, not-for-profit sector or the NHS, business planning, clinical and quality assurance, customer focus or wider business services experience (e.g. customer services, procurement, place based or demographic planning, estates planning, stakeholder engagement, change management).
Ability to chair a committee, an understanding of the wider determinants of health including the needs of our local patient community, the roles and responsibilities of the Voice, statutory and regulatory requirements, risk management and board assurance processes.
Specific expertise relating to the work of the CSH.

Experience

Essential

Experience of operating at senior or board level within a complex public or private sector organisation with a background in collaborative working ideally with strong local connections, community health background and/or commercial experience, experience in social enterprise or employee-owned businesses would be an advantage.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Educated to degree level or equivalent qualification or experience.
Current or prior GMC registration.

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities

Essential

Skills in strategic or operational management, experience of social enterprises, not-for-profit sector or the NHS, business planning, clinical and quality assurance, customer focus or wider business services experience (e.g. customer services, procurement, place based or demographic planning, estates planning, stakeholder engagement, change management).
Ability to chair a committee, an understanding of the wider determinants of health including the needs of our local patient community, the roles and responsibilities of the Voice, statutory and regulatory requirements, risk management and board assurance processes.
Specific expertise relating to the work of the CSH.

Experience

Essential

Experience of operating at senior or board level within a complex public or private sector organisation with a background in collaborative working ideally with strong local connections, community health background and/or commercial experience, experience in social enterprise or employee-owned businesses would be an advantage.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

CSH Surrey

Address

4th Floor, Dukes Court

Dukes Street

Woking

Surrey

GU21 5BH

Employer's website

https://www.cshsurrey.co.uk/about-us/about-csh-surrey (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

CSH Surrey

Address

4th Floor, Dukes Court

Dukes Street

Woking

Surrey

GU21 5BH

Employer's website

https://www.cshsurrey.co.uk/about-us/about-csh-surrey (Opens in a new tab)