Job summary
You will work alongside the Chair, other Non-Executive Directors, Executive Directors, and Partner Members and as an equal member of the unitary Board you are likely to be responsible for specific areas relating to board governance and oversight. You will bring independent and respectful challenge to the plans, aims and priorities of NHS Sussex, and promote open and transparent decision-making that facilitates consensus aimed at delivering exceptional outcomes for our population.
Personally, you will bring a range of professional expertise, which includes successful commercial, finance and/or general management experience, together with your lived experience and understanding of communities in Sussex that will inform the work of the Board. We are interested in your personal experiences, insights and motivations that might have been gained through being a patient, carer, or service user. Similarly, we are keen to bring to the Board experiences of gender and womens issues; engaging with diverse social, economic, and cultural groups and communities; and understanding of the experiences and challenges of younger people, and people living with mental health issues and/or physical chronic conditions or disability.
Main duties of the job
NHS Sussex Independent Non-Executive Directors will:
- be accountable to the NHS Sussex Chair;
- have designated areas of responsibilities, as agreed with the NHS Sussex Chair;
- have a collective responsibility with the other members of the NHS Sussex Board to ensure corporate accountability for the performance of the organisation, ensuring its functions are effectively and efficiently discharged and its financial obligations are met.
About us
NHS Sussex ICB recognises the positive value
of diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination and welcomes applications from people of diverse backgrounds and identities. We
particularly welcome applications from disabled and ethnically diverse candidates as these staff groups are currently
under-represented throughout our organisation currently. We have also made a positive commitment to employing people from the Armed Forces Community,
We are also committed to enabling team members
to work in an agile, more flexible way, recognising that this will lead to more
effective and efficient ways of working. We will empower our people to work
where, when, and how they choose with minimum constraints to optimise
performance and delivery of results. Smarter working is not just related to
working from different locations or at different times. It is about gaining the
benefit of utilising technology to change work practices and to work
differently which should increase the effectiveness of the service and deliver
benefits to ICB business.
NHS Sussex has committed to achieving Net Zero
Carbon emissions by 2045. As a member of staff you will be encouraged and
supported to implement new ways of working that will help us achieve that goal.
Working
for us - Sussex Health and Care (ics.nhs.uk)
Job description
Job responsibilities
NHS Sussex Independent Non-Executive Directors will:
- work collaboratively to shape the long-term, viable plan for the delivery of the functions, duties, and strategic objectives of NHS Sussex; determine strategy and priorities; identify and mitigate risks; and ensure the effective stewardship of public money;
- ensure that the Board is effective in all aspects of its role and appropriately focused on its four core purposes, namely to: improve outcomes in population health; reduce inequalities in access, experience and outcomes; enhance productivity and value for money, and support broader social and economic development;
- be champions of robust governance, collaborative leadership and effective partnership working, including with local government, NHS bodies and the voluntary sector;
- support the NHS Sussex Chair and the wider Board on issues that impact organisations and workforce across the ICS, such as integration; the productivity agenda; digital transformation; and emergency preparedness, resilience, and response; and
- play a key role in delivering the statutory arrangements for the ICS to ensure that NHS Sussex meets its statutory duties and builds strong partnerships with system partners.
Job description
Job responsibilities
NHS Sussex Independent Non-Executive Directors will:
- work collaboratively to shape the long-term, viable plan for the delivery of the functions, duties, and strategic objectives of NHS Sussex; determine strategy and priorities; identify and mitigate risks; and ensure the effective stewardship of public money;
- ensure that the Board is effective in all aspects of its role and appropriately focused on its four core purposes, namely to: improve outcomes in population health; reduce inequalities in access, experience and outcomes; enhance productivity and value for money, and support broader social and economic development;
- be champions of robust governance, collaborative leadership and effective partnership working, including with local government, NHS bodies and the voluntary sector;
- support the NHS Sussex Chair and the wider Board on issues that impact organisations and workforce across the ICS, such as integration; the productivity agenda; digital transformation; and emergency preparedness, resilience, and response; and
- play a key role in delivering the statutory arrangements for the ICS to ensure that NHS Sussex meets its statutory duties and builds strong partnerships with system partners.
Person Specification
Governance and Assurance
Essential
- Maintaining oversight of the delivery of NHS Sussex plans, ensuring expected outcomes are delivered in a timely manner through the proportionate management of risks.
- Ensuring that NHS Sussex operates to deliver its functions in line with all of its statutory duties, and that compliance with the expected standards of the regulatory bodies is maintained.
- Collectively ensuring that NHS Sussex is compliant with its constitution and contractual obligations, holding other members of NHS Sussex and the ICS to account through constructive, independent, and respectful challenge.
Person Specification
Governance and Assurance
Essential
- Maintaining oversight of the delivery of NHS Sussex plans, ensuring expected outcomes are delivered in a timely manner through the proportionate management of risks.
- Ensuring that NHS Sussex operates to deliver its functions in line with all of its statutory duties, and that compliance with the expected standards of the regulatory bodies is maintained.
- Collectively ensuring that NHS Sussex is compliant with its constitution and contractual obligations, holding other members of NHS Sussex and the ICS to account through constructive, independent, and respectful challenge.
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.
