Non-Executive Director (IT, digital, cyber)

We run three busy hospital sites at Peterborough, Huntingdon and Stamford and provide outpatient services in two community hospitals in Ely and Doddington. Our 6,000 staff serve a growing population of 750,000 across North Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire.

As a larger organisation we have increased opportunities to enhance services, ensuring we provide the best patient experience and clinical outcomes. For our staff this means they can experience a wide and varied career within the one organisation. We offer a real commitment to supporting your career in an environment where your skills and ideas are valued, where you are supported in developing your full potential and where your individual contribution is recognised, respected and rewarded.

Job overview

Are you interested in joining a board where you can contribute to delivering outstanding care in your community? Consider becoming a Non-Executive Director at North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust and support the delivery of vital health and care services for the community and neighbourhood.

Location: Cambridgeshire, South Lincolnshire and the neighbouring counties

The Trust seeks someone who has a genuine commitment to patients and the delivery of high-quality care, appreciates our diverse communities and is passionate about making a positive difference to the lives of people in our community. Furthermore, the ability to see things at a system level and help identify areas to work efficiently and collaboratively within our area's evolving Integrated Care System will be beneficial.

You will also need to bring professional strategic experience of IT, digital, cyber and information governance and compliance, to assist us in driving forward with improvements and modernisation of our systems and services. Being financially aware and commercially minded would also be helpful.

It will be your duty to ensure effective governance, consistent with the Nolan principles and NHS values, alongside assisting in developing a long-term vision and strategy for the Trust with the executive directors and Council of Governors.

Experience of working within the NHS is not essential.

Main duties of the job

Our Board of Directors is collectively responsible for our strategic direction, effective leadership in our day-to-day operations and performance, and ensuring the Trust is well-governed in all aspects of our activities. As a unitary Board, Non-Executive Directors and all Executive Directors have joint responsibility for every decision of the Board and share the same liability.

The Board operates with seven committees:

• Audit Committee
• Charitable Funds Committee
• Finance and Digital Committee
• People and Culture Committee
• Performance and Estates Committee
• Strategy and Transformation Committee
• Quality Assurance Committee.

Our Non-Executive Directors play a vital role in challenging the Board in decision-making and on our Trust's strategy and is, therefore, a rewarding opportunity to add value to the Board through your experiences, perspective and strategic insights as well as your ability to seek assurance from, and hold to account, the executive team in a collaborative manner.

The time commitment is approximately 4 days per month and includes Board and committee meetings, Council of Governors Public meetings, Non-Executive Directors' meetings, attending relevant Trust activities and events, sharing specific advice on plans and projects, and preparation time for meetings.

Working for our organisation

We are committed to ensure a work-life balance to all our staff by offering full time and part time roles, flexible working hours on a shift pattern to fit around your family life.

We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) and candidates form our local communities.

Benefits to you
• 27 days annual leave for new starters, rising to 29 days after five years of service and 33 days after 10 years of service, plus 8 Bank Holidays (pro-rata for part time staff);
• NHS Pension Scheme:
• Flexible working opportunities;
• Increased hourly rates for unsociable hours e.g. night shifts, weekends, bank holidays;
• Career development and training;
• Wellbeing support and activities;
• In-house physiotherapy Service;
• On-site canteens with subsidised meals;
• Subsidised staff parking (currently free).
• Free Stagecoach Bus Travel to and from work within Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

Detailed job description and main responsibilities
It will be your duty to ensure effective governance, consistent with the Nolan principles and NHS values, alongside assisting in developing a long-term vision and strategy for the Trust with the executive directors and Council of Governors.

Please review the Job Description attached for further information regarding this role.

Person specification

Experience
Essential criteria

• Ability to work at Board level as an effective member.
• Previous experience in information governance, particularly within the NHS
• Previous legal, governance and compliance experience
• Ability to represent the needs of the diverse communities we serve

Desirable criteria

• Previous experience in a Non-Executive role
• A recognised finance qualification or relevant finance experience
• Previous commercial sector experience or commercial mindset and skills

Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Please note that from January 2021, to work in the UK all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply can self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship Check if you need a UK visa - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) .

It is vital that you provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form. Overseas applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided in continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years.

Not everyone needs a 'Skilled Worker' visa. If you are applying for a vacancy in health or adult social care, check if you're eligible to apply for the Health and Care Worker visa instead. It's cheaper to apply for and you do not need to pay the annual immigration health surcharge.

If the role you are applying for requires a DBS Check and you are not on the update service or the role is not eligible for a free fast track service, you will be charged for the cost of the check. The cost of the check is currently £38 for an enhanced check and £18 for a standard check or basic check.

We reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.

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Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Documents to download

• NWAFT Non-Executive Director ( PDF , 237.7 KB )
• Recruitment Brochure ( PDF , 1.2 MB )
• Living our Values ( PDF , 260.7 KB )
• Information for Candidates ( PDF , 348.5 KB )