Job summary
We are looking for a Non-Executive Director to play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our large acute Trust and our wider health and care system. We are specifically looking for individuals who can bring recent and significant board level digital and business transformation experience from a large and complex organisation.
With over £1 billion turnover and 13,000 staff, we lead and operate multi-site hospitals in our community in addition to providing specialist centre care for neurosciences, cardiac services and children's intensive care. We touch the lives of over four million people.
Main duties of the job
Attached you will find the person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.
For an overview of the main duties of the role please see the 'Job Description and Main Responsibilities' section below. To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached.
About us
It is an exciting time to join the Trust as we navigate change in the NHS and work more collaboratively with our system partners. As a major centre for teaching and research, we work closely with the University of Southampton, Medical Research Council, Welcome Trust and Cancer Research UK, giving us some of the best access in the country to the latest medical advances, diagnoses, therapies and treatments.
Through our long-standing values of Patients First, Working Together and Always Improving, we are proud of the care we provide and the outcomes we achieve. We are also proud of our hugely talented and diverse workforce and we are all passionately committed to building a culture where everyone can be their best.
Job description
Job responsibilities
What youll do
- Working effectively and collaboratively, with constructive challenge, you will work alongside the Chair, Board of Directors and our Council of Governors, where you will contribute to setting our strategic direction.
- You will ensure effective governance and compliance, meeting performance targets required by NHS England, the Care Quality Commission and other statutory bodies.
- Contribute to the Trusts over-arching commitment to a patient focused culture and acts in the best interests of patients, the community and wider public, and delivers in line with the Trusts strategic vision.
What youll bring
- You will bring significant experience at, or very near, board level gained in a large and complex organisation. We are particularly seeking individuals with extensive digital and business transformation leadership experience.
- You will demonstrate a general understanding of the local and health needs of the community, together with the ability to demonstrate an awareness, appreciation and empathy of issues relating to equality, diversity, and inclusion.
- Your ability to demonstrate cross boundary working to facilitate high levels of collaboration within and across organisations and sectors.
Additional Requirements
- Applicants should live in or have strong connections with the areas served by our Trust.
- Board meetings are in person in Southampton and there is a requirement for non-executive director to regularly meet at the Trust.
Key dates: Closing date: 4 June 2025Online Preliminary Interviews w/c 16 June and w/c 23 June 2025Short list meeting w/c 30 June 2025Stakeholder sessionsand onsite Final Panel w/c 7 July or w/c 14 July 2025
For an informal discussion please contact Jane McCartney in the UHS Senior Appointments Team at jane.mccartney@uhs.nhs.uk
We look forward to meeting you during the process.
Job description
Job responsibilities
What youll do
- Working effectively and collaboratively, with constructive challenge, you will work alongside the Chair, Board of Directors and our Council of Governors, where you will contribute to setting our strategic direction.
- You will ensure effective governance and compliance, meeting performance targets required by NHS England, the Care Quality Commission and other statutory bodies.
- Contribute to the Trusts over-arching commitment to a patient focused culture and acts in the best interests of patients, the community and wider public, and delivers in line with the Trusts strategic vision.
What youll bring
- You will bring significant experience at, or very near, board level gained in a large and complex organisation. We are particularly seeking individuals with extensive digital and business transformation leadership experience.
- You will demonstrate a general understanding of the local and health needs of the community, together with the ability to demonstrate an awareness, appreciation and empathy of issues relating to equality, diversity, and inclusion.
- Your ability to demonstrate cross boundary working to facilitate high levels of collaboration within and across organisations and sectors.
Additional Requirements
- Applicants should live in or have strong connections with the areas served by our Trust.
- Board meetings are in person in Southampton and there is a requirement for non-executive director to regularly meet at the Trust.
Key dates: Closing date: 4 June 2025Online Preliminary Interviews w/c 16 June and w/c 23 June 2025Short list meeting w/c 30 June 2025Stakeholder sessionsand onsite Final Panel w/c 7 July or w/c 14 July 2025
For an informal discussion please contact Jane McCartney in the UHS Senior Appointments Team at jane.mccartney@uhs.nhs.uk
We look forward to meeting you during the process.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree educated and / or professional qualification / or able to demonstrate equivalent knowledge and skills gained though senior level experience
Experience/ Knowledge
Essential
- Senior Medical/Clinical Leadership - Senior level medical or clinical experience gained in either a medical, nursing or allied health professional discipline with a strong service delivery background and a demonstrable track record of delivering quality improvement at a strategic level.
- An understanding of public service values and accountability;
- Knowledge and exposure to delivering improvements in equality and diversity within organisations;
- Links to the area and a general understanding of the local and health needs of the community.
Skills
Essential
- Ability to work as an effective member of the Board and to contribute to a continued patient focused culture
- The ability to understand and absorb complex data and information and reach informed judgement
- Ability to chair a sub-committee of the Board if required;
- Ability to demonstrate how to work across boundaries creating networks which facilitate high levels of collaboration within and across organisations and sectors
- Good understanding of risk management and finance, budgeting and control
Values/Behaviours
Essential
- Demonstrable commitment to the Trust's values and the principles of the NHS
- Knowledge of public service values and the ability to understand their relevance to Foundation Trusts
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree educated and / or professional qualification / or able to demonstrate equivalent knowledge and skills gained though senior level experience
Experience/ Knowledge
Essential
- Senior Medical/Clinical Leadership - Senior level medical or clinical experience gained in either a medical, nursing or allied health professional discipline with a strong service delivery background and a demonstrable track record of delivering quality improvement at a strategic level.
- An understanding of public service values and accountability;
- Knowledge and exposure to delivering improvements in equality and diversity within organisations;
- Links to the area and a general understanding of the local and health needs of the community.
Skills
Essential
- Ability to work as an effective member of the Board and to contribute to a continued patient focused culture
- The ability to understand and absorb complex data and information and reach informed judgement
- Ability to chair a sub-committee of the Board if required;
- Ability to demonstrate how to work across boundaries creating networks which facilitate high levels of collaboration within and across organisations and sectors
- Good understanding of risk management and finance, budgeting and control
Values/Behaviours
Essential
- Demonstrable commitment to the Trust's values and the principles of the NHS
- Knowledge of public service values and the ability to understand their relevance to Foundation Trusts
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
