Job summary
Delivering outstanding compassionate care to the communities we serve
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust is a truly innovative and inclusive place to be. It is our people that make us the organisation we are. Our 'One culture of care' means that we focus on compassionate care for patients, staff and our communities equally. This culture of care is underpinned by our four 'pillars' or values, which are:
- We put people first
- We 'go see'
- We work together to get results
- We do the must-dos
We have a Care Quality Commission rating of GOOD for our services. We are a highly digital trust with significant use of technology and innovation across all our services and
Our ambitious reconfiguration and transformation plans are well underway with the recent completion of our new Accident and Emergency Department in Huddersfield and developments on the Calderdale site due to start in early 2024.
We have an opportunity for two Non-Executive Directors to join us to help to shape and deliver our plans. We are seeking to improve the diversity of our Board to be reflective of the communities we serve, and we are therefore keen to receive applications from people with one or more protected characteristics.
Main duties of the job
Role 1: Background in a HR / Workforce / People officer role at a senior level in a large organisation
Role 2: Clinical qualification and experience at a senior level in a clinical environment. We would particularly be interested in applications from people with experience in primary care.
About us
We employ more than 6,500 staffwho deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals,Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as well as in community sites, healthcentres and in patients' homes. We also are incredibly proud to have almost 150 volunteers here at CHFT.
We provide a range of services including urgent and emergency care; medical; surgical; maternity; gynaecology; critical care; children's and young people's services; end of life care and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services.
We provide community health services, including sexual health services in Calderdale from Calderdale Royal and local health centres. These include Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza.
We continue to modernise and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation.Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services. They are part of the NHS- yet decisions about what they do and how they do it are driven by independent boards. Boardslisten to their Council of Governors and respond to the needs of their members - patients, staff andthe local community.
Foundation trusts provide what the health service wants, yet are also free to invest quickly in thechanges to the local community needs, in striving to be the best, and in putting their patients first.
Job description
Job responsibilities
All Candidates must:
- Be able to demonstrate a commitment to improving the care, outcomes for patients and the reduction of health inequalities and have the resilience to work within a highly visible, transparent and accountable context
- Be a collaborator, able to work in partnership with stakeholders, public and staff
- Be well respected with strong connections to the local community
- Have the ability to contribute to the tone and style of Board discussions that facilitate effective decision making and constructive debate, conforming to the highest standards of corporate, clinical and mutual governance
- Have strong interpersonal skills
- Must be able to attend meetings and visit the Trust in person
Job description
Job responsibilities
All Candidates must:
- Be able to demonstrate a commitment to improving the care, outcomes for patients and the reduction of health inequalities and have the resilience to work within a highly visible, transparent and accountable context
- Be a collaborator, able to work in partnership with stakeholders, public and staff
- Be well respected with strong connections to the local community
- Have the ability to contribute to the tone and style of Board discussions that facilitate effective decision making and constructive debate, conforming to the highest standards of corporate, clinical and mutual governance
- Have strong interpersonal skills
- Must be able to attend meetings and visit the Trust in person
Person Specification
Role 1 Non-Executive Director (only)
Essential
- Background in a HR / Workforce / People officer role at a senior level in a large organisation
Role 2 Non-Executive Director (only)
Essential
- Clinical qualification and experience at a senior level in a clinical environment
- Demonstrates a commitment to improving the care of, lived experience of and outcomes for patients
- Demonstrates high standards of corporate conduct and personal integrity, compassion, and empathy
- Demonstrates resilience and experience of working within a highly visible, transparent, and accountable environment
- Politically astute, able to grasp relevant issues and understand the relationships between interested parties. Be independent in judgement and think creatively, with a proven ability to provide the right balance of support and challenge.
- Committed to NHS and Trust values and principles. Understand the aims of Foundation Trust status and the impact of regulatory and compliance frameworks
- Able to demonstrate leadership skills and engender respect from others. An ability to listen, understand, empathise, and support the Executive team, able to weigh up arguments and summarise for others
- Strong people skills and experience of effectively chairing high level meetings
- Excellent communications skills, highly articulate with good analytical skills
- An inclusive leadership style with a demonstrable commitment to the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion
- Seek to reflect diversity by bringing "lived experience" and personal insights from people with protected characteristics and have an understanding of social diversity and the lives of people who live in socially deprived backgrounds
- A collaborator with experience of working in partnership with stakeholders, public and staff
- Well respected, with a commitment and strong connections to the local communities served by the Trust
- A broad knowledge of corporate governance issues and the role of the unitary Board
- Experience of working in a regulated industry
Desirable
- Complex change management expertise
Person Specification
Role 1 Non-Executive Director (only)
Essential
- Background in a HR / Workforce / People officer role at a senior level in a large organisation
Role 2 Non-Executive Director (only)
Essential
- Clinical qualification and experience at a senior level in a clinical environment
- Demonstrates a commitment to improving the care of, lived experience of and outcomes for patients
- Demonstrates high standards of corporate conduct and personal integrity, compassion, and empathy
- Demonstrates resilience and experience of working within a highly visible, transparent, and accountable environment
- Politically astute, able to grasp relevant issues and understand the relationships between interested parties. Be independent in judgement and think creatively, with a proven ability to provide the right balance of support and challenge.
- Committed to NHS and Trust values and principles. Understand the aims of Foundation Trust status and the impact of regulatory and compliance frameworks
- Able to demonstrate leadership skills and engender respect from others. An ability to listen, understand, empathise, and support the Executive team, able to weigh up arguments and summarise for others
- Strong people skills and experience of effectively chairing high level meetings
- Excellent communications skills, highly articulate with good analytical skills
- An inclusive leadership style with a demonstrable commitment to the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion
- Seek to reflect diversity by bringing "lived experience" and personal insights from people with protected characteristics and have an understanding of social diversity and the lives of people who live in socially deprived backgrounds
- A collaborator with experience of working in partnership with stakeholders, public and staff
- Well respected, with a commitment and strong connections to the local communities served by the Trust
- A broad knowledge of corporate governance issues and the role of the unitary Board
- Experience of working in a regulated industry
Desirable
- Complex change management expertise
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).
