Job summary
- Main area
- Non- Executive Director
- Grade
- NHS Non-Executive: NHS Trust Non-Executive Member/Director
- Contract
- 2 years (Fixed term)
- Hours
- Part time - 3.75 hours per week (Minimum)
- Job ref
- 410-HINW-7327003
- Employer
- Liverpool Heart & Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Health Innovation North West Coast
- Town
- Warrington
- Salary
- £13,000 Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 15/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Health Innovation North West Coast - Non-Executive Director
NHS Non-Executive: NHS Trust Non-Executive Member/Director
As the largest single site specialist heart and chest hospital in the UK, we, at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, have a clear vision 'to be the best cardiothoracic integrated healthcare organisation'.
We provide specialist services in cardiothoracic surgery, cardiology, respiratory medicine including adult cystic fibrosis and diagnostic imaging, both in the hospital and out in the community.
We serve a catchment area of 2.8 million people, spanning Merseyside, Cheshire, North Wales and the Isle of Man, and increasingly we receive referrals from outside these areas for highly specialised services such as aortics.
Heart and lung disease continue to be amongst the biggest killers in the UK and the communities we serve are marked by increased prevalence of cardiovascular disease, higher levels of heart failure, hypertension, coronary artery disease and an ageing population.
Our reputation for strong performance is important in delivering the best care for our patients and high quality clinical services. This is underpinned by a culture of research and innovation, delivered in modern estate and facilitated by technology. New and upgraded clinical areas are designed with patients and families fully involved to deliver their needs.
As part of our long term plan, we aim to form strong clinical and organisational relationships where possible. There is clear evidence that partnerships improve patient care and enhance quality and we aim to collaborate with a range of other providers and professionals with the aim to extending access and improve quality.
Our vision is underpinned by five strategic goals:
- Quality: to deliver the highest quality, safest and best experience for patients and their families by providing reliable care
- Service and Innovation: to develop our service portfolio for patients by developing innovative models of care
- Value: to maintain financial viability, enhance service delivery and develop new models of care to improve the health of our patients and safely reduce costs
- Workforce: to be the best NHS Employer by 2019 by attracting and retaining the best staff to deliver excellent patient care
- Stakeholders: to develop productive relationships with key stakeholders in order to enhance our profile and reputation.
Our Mission
“Excellent, Compassionate and Safe care for every patient, every day”
Job overview
This role is based at Health Innovation North West Coast who are hosted by Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital.
The Non-Executive Director (NED) will work alongside the Chair of the Board and the Executive Team of Health Innovation North West Coast to set the strategic direction, provide effective leadership and support and challenge to the Board.
It will be necessary for the NED to display a constructive, open, impartial and engaging leadership style, providing fair and constructive challenge when required, and acknowledging successful performance.
Main duties of the job
As a NED of the Health Innovation Network Board you will be required to undertake the following key responsibilities:
Strategy
Governance
Communication and Relationships
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Please see attached Job Description for further details.
Working for our organisation
Health Innovation North West Coast, one of England's 15 Health Innovation Networks, collectively acts as the innovation arm of the NHS.
We are commissioned by NHS England and Improvement and the Office for Life Sciences to deliver programmes and support innovations for adoption and spread in our region.
We understand the needs of our health systems and are well placed to broker innovative solutions, while collaborating across England to take what works best and quickly spread it nationally, responding to the diverse needs of patients and our population through partnerships and collaboration.
Please visit our website -Health Innovation North West Coast - Home page (healthinnovationnwc.nhs.uk)
www.healthinnovationnwc.nhs.uk
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
As a NED of the HINWC Board you will be required to undertake the following key responsibilities:
Finance and Performance
Health Innovation NWC operates under a Master License Agreement (MLA) from its national commissioners and is required to set a balanced budget each financial year. In this role you will chair the Finance, Performance and Strategy (FPS) Committee which is a subcommittee of the HIN NWC Board.
In addition to the activity described by national commissions, HIN NWC also offers a number of services which attract income. This includes a broad range of offers including coaching academy work, real world evaluation, enhanced innovator support, work with international companies, bid writing and industry partnerships.
These services are crucial to maintaining the depth and breadth of the skills within the team and are an important part of our growth strategy.
As the NED with responsibility for Business Development, your role will include providing scrutiny, advice and guidance to the business development team and encouraging an entrepreneurial mindset with the aim of taking an increasingly commercial approach to business opportunities.
Additionally, through your knowledge and experience, you will offer strategic guidance to the organisation to
- Maximise operational efficiency in business development system and processes
- Leverage existing partnerships, assets and emerging opportunities to accelerate growth and financial return for the organisation.
Strategy
Support the Chair in providing visible leadership in developing a positive culture for the HINWC by facilitating a close and constructive working relationship between all Board members, built on transparency, openness, mutual respect and trust, valuing the contribution of all Board members.
To provide independent judgment and advice on issues of strategy, vision, performance, resources and standards of conduct and constructively challenge, influence and assist the Executive Team in developing proposals on such strategies.
Horizon scan regionally, nationally and internationally to bring good practice eand foresight to further develop HINWC.
Develop and maintain strategic networks that will be of benefit to the HINWC.
Governance
To bring independent judgment and experience based on medical, clinical, organisational development, research, scientific, entrepreneurial, legal, finance or governance expertise from outside of the HINWC and apply this to the benefit of the organisation, its workforce and its wider community
To commit to working to, and encouraging, within the HINWC, the highest standards of probity, integrity and governance and contribute to ensuring that internal governance arrangements conform to best practice and statutory requirements.
Communication and relationships
Develop a constructive, frank and open relationship with the Chief Executive and Directors through regular communication and to provide support and advice while respecting Executive responsibility.
In consultation with the Chair, take an active part in and/or chair other Committees established by the Board to exercise delegated responsibilities.
To liaise with the Chief Executive concerning correspondence received from members of the organisation
To act as an ambassador, represent and promote actively HINWC and build up strong partnerships with partner organisations, the public, investors and national bodies.
Additionally, as Non-Executive Director of the Board you must:
Promote the vision, values and goals of the organisation through appropriate and visible leadership behaviours and actions.
Uphold the highest of ethical standards of integrity and probity.
Create a culture of listening, openness, constructive challenge and support.
Act with integrity, objectivity, honesty and openness.
Person specification
Professional or personal experience, qualifications and training
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable experience of effective partnership working with a range of agencies and stakeholders
- A strong track record of successfully achieving performance targets
- A strong record of leading and holding senior officers to account for high performance
- Experience of developing and implementing a strategic vision for an organisation with a wide range of stakeholders
- Experience of working at Director level
- Experience of being the member of a Board of a complex organisation
- Proven commercial experience from working in industry or establishing and growing a small business
Desirable criteria
- A link to working, living or other interest in the Cheshire and Merseyside geography
- Experience of working in the health or life sciences sector
- Strong evidence of effective partnership working and stakeholder management both with and beyond the NHS sector
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable understanding of the NHS and the context in which it operates
- Operational and financial experience of managing budgets including profit and loss accounts, audit, forecasting, capacity and demand analysis and prioritisation abilities
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrable understanding of health-related research and the issues relevant to it
- Experience of working with NHS or Social Care Teams
Communication and relationship skills
Essential criteria
- Highly developed verbal and non-verbal communication skills across a range of stakeholders and circumstances
- High level of communication and listening skills with the gravitas to support and challenge senior clinicians and other senior stakeholders at regional, national and international level
- High level of Influencing, persuasion and negotiating skills
- Ability to challenge effectively
- Ability to demonstrate warmth and empathy when communicating
- The ability to motivate and inspire staff at all levels
Analytical and judgment skills
Essential criteria
- Experience in exercising judgment involving complex facts and situations, requiring analysis, interpretation and comparison of a range of options
Aptitude and style
Essential criteria
- Intellectually flexible, to think broadly and creatively to develop new solutions to difficult issues
- Experience of developing effective relationships and sustainable partnerships with a wide and diverse range of stakeholders
- Ability to simultaneously and successfully lead strategic change, performance improvement and cost-effective service delivery
- Resilience, innovation and the ability to influence at regional, national and international level
- A commitment to equality, diversity and wider human rights
Motivation and disposition
Essential criteria
- The drive and determination to make a difference
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Louise Robson
- Job title
- Chair
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07976631151
- Additional information
Please contact Allison Hayes to arrange a conversation with Louise Robson, Chair of HINWC.
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