Job vacancy: Non-Executive Director, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton

Job summary

Main area: Non-Executive
Grade: Board Level
Contract: 3 years (Fixed Term)
Hours: Part time - 2 1/2 days per month
Job ref: 188-THQ1HH010525

Employer: University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Southampton General Hospital
Town: Southampton
Closing: 04/06/2025 23:59
Interview date: 16/06/2025

Non-Executive Director

Board Level

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

What you’ll 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 Trust’s 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 Trust’s strategic vision.

What you’ll 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 2025
Online Preliminary Interviews w/c 16 June and w/c 23 June 2025
Short list meeting w/c 30 June 2025
Stakeholder sessions
and 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 [email protected]

We look forward to meeting you during the process.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Degree educated and / or professional qualification / or able to demonstrate equivalent knowledge and skills gained though senior level experience

Experience/ Knowledge

Essential criteria

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 criteria

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 criteria

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

Please be advised that this vacancy may close earlier than stated if we receive a large number of applications. We will not accept any applications or queries via agencies, under any circumstances.

For more information about our Trust

https://careers.uhs.nhs.uk

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Getting to work should be as easy as possible and that’s why we have introduced the UHS travel promise – a commitment from the Trust that we will provide reasonable travel options for every member of staff. Every member of staff can apply for a permit to use our park & ride facility. Eligibility for on-site parking is dependent on the nature and requirement of the role. All staff can also access a range of discounted benefits relating to travel including reduced price bus tickets, purchase of salary sacrifice bikes and ultra-low emission cars.

Our commitment to equality

Equality remains at the centre of our policymaking, service delivery, and employment practice, giving all employees equal opportunity to develop, apply for promotions, and have working arrangements that enable them to achieve a manageable work-life balance.

UHS actively promotes a work environment free from harassment and discrimination and provides training for managers and staff to ensure this happens. We also closely monitor recruitment activity, training, development, and employment practices to ensure equality of practice with regard to race, colour, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, disability, marital status and age.

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