CHAIR AND NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
Closing Date: 12th March 2019
We are looking for an exceptional leader to chair University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust (UHDB) as well as two Non-Executive Directors.
This a particularly exciting time to join UHDB – having merged two single organisations from Derby and Burton – Derby Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Burton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, in July 2018. We are now one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country, with over 12,000 staff across five hospitals. Our vision is to be one of the best hospitals in the country and significantly contribute to the population we serve, not simply in terms of our specialist health and well-being services, but also as one of the largest employers in the region and as an emerging leader in healthcare research, education and innovation. The Chairman and Non-Executive Directors must be able to continue the integration of UHDB – particularly to support our staff – working across all sites. The Board of Directors and the Council of Governors will work in partnership to achieve these important goals, building on rising staff engagement, strong clinical leadership and increasingly important relationships with many partners cross Derbyshire and Staffordshire, as well as nationally.
The successful Chair candidate will have substantial leadership experience, ideally gained within organisations of significant size and complexity in the public, private or voluntary sectors. The Chair will have an enabling and collaborative style with first class chairing skills, building respect at all levels of the organisation through their highly developed interpersonal and communication skills. The ability to influence and persuade at the most senior levels in private and public sector contexts and to forge strong partnerships will be important. The Chair will provide credible support and challenge to the Trust and have experience of building strong alliances with a wide and diverse range of stakeholders.
We are also looking for a qualified accountant to serve on the board as a Finance Non-Executive. This new Non-executive Director will bring the confident strategic corporate and financial insight that could only be gained through having served at board level in a complex and highly regulated consumer facing organisation. It is likely that the successful candidate will have non-executive or trustee experience as well.
We are also looking to appoint our new medical Non-Executive. This individual will most likely have worked at executive board level and will bring experience of governance and seniority of view to provide guidance on clinical development to the wider board, with the ability to challenge and support the Trust’s executive clinical leaders. This individual will be a doctor who might have developed experience in acute care or community health services. Evidence of system-wide understanding of healthcare would be beneficial.
Across all appointments, a commitment to UHDB’s values and to the needs of patients, staff and the local and national communities served by the Trust is essential. The time commitment for the Chair is approximately 3 days per week, remunerated at £50,000. The time commitment for both Non-Executive roles is 4-6 days per month, and the remuneration is set at £13,500 per annum plus additional (£1,500) fee for Committee Chair and expenses.
Saxton Bampfylde Ltd is acting as an employment agency advisor to University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust on these appointments. For further information about the role, including details about how to apply, please visit www.saxbam.com/appointments . If applying for the Chair role, please use code TYDXI1, if applying for the Clinical NED use code TYDXI2, and if applying for the Finance NED use code TYDXI3. Alternatively telephone +44 (0)20 7227 0880 (during office hours). Applications should be received by noon on 12th March 2019