Job summary
The NHS trust voted the best to work for anywhere in the Midlands by its own staff is looking to appoint two Non-Executive Directors and one Associate Non-Executive Director to help continue to lead its improvement journey.
Sherwood Forest Hospitals, which serves 350,000 patients in the Mid-Nottinghamshire area, employs more than 5,000 people and hosts more than 380 volunteers across its King's Mill, Mansfield Community and Newark Hospital sites.
The Trust is rated 'Outstanding' for 'Care' by the Care Quality Commission, with its maternity services rated 'Good' and its King's Mill Hospital remaining the only 'Outstanding' NHS-run acute hospital anywhere in the Midlands.
Sherwood has also proudly been named as the best NHS Trust to work for anywhere in the East and West Midlands by the Trust's own staff every year since 2018 in the NHS National Staff Survey.
Planned recruitment timelineThe Trust is looking to appoint to all three roles as soon as possible, with the intended timelines for recruitment set out below:o Applications close: Monday 18 November 2024o Issue of invitations to interview: Week commencing 2 December 2024o Interviews: Monday 16 December 2024
Main duties of the job
Following a number of changes on its Board of Directors, the Trust is looking to appoint to three vital roles to help lead the Trust's continuing improvement journey and help support the delivery of the Trust's five-year Improving Lives strategy.
One of these roles is the appointment of an Associate Non-Executive Director with current Research and Innovation experience, drawn from Medical, Nursing or an Allied Health Profession to join its engaged and dynamic Board of Directors.
The Associate Non-Executive Director role is used successfully in the NHS to support Board succession planning, diversity and achieving a balance of Board level skills. The role is a step-up role aimed at attracting potential Non-Executive Director candidates who do not yet have sufficient board-level experience but have the ability and potential to succeed in the role.
In addition, to the Associate Non-Executive role, the Trust is looking to appoint to two further Non-Executive Director roles:
- One financially qualified Non-Executive Director with board-level strategic financial leadership experience, drawn from a track record working in complex highly regulated sector(s).
- One clinically qualified Non-Executive Director with extensive experience in primary care, secondary care, public health or social care to join the Trust's Quality Committee.
More information about this role is available in the supporting documents for this vacancy.
About us
Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and we are the Health Service Journal's Trust of the Year in 2020.
The Care Quality Commission rated King's Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall we are rated Outstanding for care.
For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.
Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please read the attached job pack or contact Sally Brook Shanahan, the Trusts Director of Corporate Affairs, by emailing sally.brookshanahan@nhs.net or calling 01623 622 515, extension 3523
Job description
Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please read the attached job pack or contact Sally Brook Shanahan, the Trusts Director of Corporate Affairs, by emailing sally.brookshanahan@nhs.net or calling 01623 622 515, extension 3523
Person Specification
Driving high-quality and sustainable outcomes
Essential
- A demonstrable interest in health and social care and a strong desire to achieve the best sustainable outcomes for all patients and service users through encouraging continuous improvement, clinical excellence and value for money
- Strong understanding of financial management, with the ability to balance the competing objectives of quality, operational performance and finance
- An appreciation of constitutional and regulatory NHS standards
Setting strategy and delivering long-term transformation
Essential
- Experience of leading and delivering against long-term vision and strategy
- Experience leading transformational change, managing complex organisations, budgets and people
Promoting equality and inclusion, and reducing health and workforce inequalities
Essential
- A clear commitment towards the achievement of equality, diversity and inclusion
- Significant experience of engaging with the diverse social, economic and cultural groups served by the Trust
Providing robust governance and assurance
Essential
- Providing robust governance and assurance
- Evidence of successfully demonstrating the NHS Leadership competencies in other leadership roles
- An ability to identify and address issues, including underperformance, and to scrutinise and challenge information effectively for assurance
Creating a compassionate, just and positive culture
Essential
- A clear commitment to the NHS and the Trust's values
- Experience of building effective teams, encouraging change and innovation and shaping an open, inclusive and compassionate culture through setting the right tone at the top and championing diversity at, and across, all levels
- Strongly focused on the experience of all staff and patients
- Experience managing conflict, finding compromise and building consensus across varied stakeholder groups with potentially conflicting priorities
Building a trusted relationship with partners and communities
Essential
- A desire to engage with the local population served by the Trust and to collaborate with senior stakeholders across the health and care system
- Strong interpersonal, communication and leadership skills
Person Specification
Driving high-quality and sustainable outcomes
Essential
- A demonstrable interest in health and social care and a strong desire to achieve the best sustainable outcomes for all patients and service users through encouraging continuous improvement, clinical excellence and value for money
- Strong understanding of financial management, with the ability to balance the competing objectives of quality, operational performance and finance
- An appreciation of constitutional and regulatory NHS standards
Setting strategy and delivering long-term transformation
Essential
- Experience of leading and delivering against long-term vision and strategy
- Experience leading transformational change, managing complex organisations, budgets and people
Promoting equality and inclusion, and reducing health and workforce inequalities
Essential
- A clear commitment towards the achievement of equality, diversity and inclusion
- Significant experience of engaging with the diverse social, economic and cultural groups served by the Trust
Providing robust governance and assurance
Essential
- Providing robust governance and assurance
- Evidence of successfully demonstrating the NHS Leadership competencies in other leadership roles
- An ability to identify and address issues, including underperformance, and to scrutinise and challenge information effectively for assurance
Creating a compassionate, just and positive culture
Essential
- A clear commitment to the NHS and the Trust's values
- Experience of building effective teams, encouraging change and innovation and shaping an open, inclusive and compassionate culture through setting the right tone at the top and championing diversity at, and across, all levels
- Strongly focused on the experience of all staff and patients
- Experience managing conflict, finding compromise and building consensus across varied stakeholder groups with potentially conflicting priorities
Building a trusted relationship with partners and communities
Essential
- A desire to engage with the local population served by the Trust and to collaborate with senior stakeholders across the health and care system
- Strong interpersonal, communication and leadership skills
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).
