Job summary
- Main area
- Non-Executive Director
- Grade
- NHS Non-Executive: NHS Trust Non-Executive Director
- Contract
- 3 years (Fixed Term for 3 years)
- Hours
- Part time - 3-4 days per month, refer to the Candidate brief for further details.
- Job ref
- 323-SM7212-LM
- Employer
- Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Ashford & St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, St Peter's Hospital
- Town
- Chertsey
- Salary
- £13,316 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 15/10/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 06/11/2025
Employer heading
Non-Executive Director
NHS Non-Executive: NHS Trust Non-Executive Director
St. Peter’s Hospital, Chertsey, Surrey is situated in greenbelt parkland between Woking and Chertsey near junction 11 of the M25. It is also close to junction 2 of the M3 with good transport links to the surrounding area.
The main centres of population served by the hospital are Woking, Weybridge, Chertsey, Staines and Walton on Thames. Originally St. Peter’s Hospital was built to serve casualties of the Second World War. Over the years, the Hospital has been rebuilt, developed and extended to include maternity services, a department/clinic area and a new theatre complex.
Services include:
- Accident and emergency services
- Intensive care
- Emergency surgical and medical care
- Elective and day-case surgery
- Orthopaedics (Rowley Bristow unit)
- Maternity care
- Paediatric services (children’s services)
- Neonatal intensive care unit which provides care for acutely ill babies
- Outpatients and diagnostics; X ray, ultrasound, CT scans, endoscopy (using cameras to look inside the body) and MRI scans
- Pathology services (provided through the Surrey and Berkshire Pathology Service)
Ashford Hospital, situated on the A30 to the west of London, close to the junction 13 of the M25 and Heathrow Airport.
The hospital continues to provide a wide range of medical and mainly day surgical services, outpatients services, ophthalmology, inpatient rehabilitation, and includes the Ashford Walk-in Centre (run by CSH Surrey).
The main centres of population served by the hospital are Ashford, Staines, Sunbury, Shepperton, Feltham, Hanworth, Bedfont, Hampton, Teddington, Wraysbury and Heathrow Airport.
Services include:
- Day-case surgery
- Elective Surgery
- Ophthalmology
- Outpatients (including paediatrics) and diagnostics; X ray, ultrasound, and MRI scans
- Inpatient Rehabilitation
- Outpatient Midwifery hub
Job overview
Thank you for your interest in the role of Non-Executive Director (NED) at Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (ASPH).
We are seeking three NEDs to help us deliver our mission of ensuring the provision of high-quality, sustainable healthcare services to the community we serve across North West Surrey and beyond.
You should have an exceptional proven track record willing to bring your experience and skills to work at Board level, in a large, complex organisation, as you will be expected to have had experience of leading within a governance structure.
We are looking to actively seek to move hospital services closer to the community we serve and partner with many other organisations to support the health and well-being of the population with the aim of minimising the need to attend our hospital sites and be able to live meaningful lives at home for as long as possible.
You should understand governance and regulations relating to NHS legislation and have a track record of thinking about delivering place making, including innovative workplace, demographic and estates-based thinking and creation that promotes collaboration, health and well-being. You should be passionate about sharing, advising and assuring over transformational change for example through leverage of proven digital solutions and innovative ways of working.
Main duties of the job
Please refer to the attached candidate brief, which provides full information about the Trust and Non-Executive role.
Working for our organisation
Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond.
Over 4,800 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce. The trust provides the majority of its services from St Peter's Hospital, Ashford Hospital and Woking Community Hospital in North West Surrey.
St Peter's Hospital in Chertsey, Surrey, focuses on delivering more complex medical and surgical care, maternity and emergency services. Ashford Hospital, Ashford, Surrey, primarily delivers planned care, including day case and orthopaedic surgery, as well as outpatient services, ophthalmology and the Ashford Health Centre and Rapid Access Centre. At Woking Community Hospital, the trust delivers outpatients services, inpatient neuro-rehabilitation services and operates a recently opened on site Community Diagnostic Centre
Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at ASPH. We are committed to providing continuous professional development and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached candidate brief, which provides full information about the Trust and Non-Executive role.
Person specification
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Essential criteria
- Please see attached Candidate Brief and Job Description
All
Essential criteria
- Please see attached Candidate Brief and Job Description
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sal Maughan
- Job title
- Associate Director of Corporate Affairs
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07970921827
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