There is a vacancy for an Associate Non-executive Director (NED) at East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust. This is an exceptional opportunity to share your talents and expertise to make a positive difference to the lives of people served by the Trust.

The Associate NED role is used successfully in the NHS to support Board succession strategy and achieving a balance of Board level skills. Associate NEDs function in all respects along with other NEDs except they cannot participate in any formal vote at Board (in any event these are extremely rare).

The successful candidate for the Associate role will be appointed by the Trust but may also be considered for appointment as a NED of the Board in future, should a vacancy arise and they have the appropriate skills.

Essential Criteria

• You will need to have a genuine commitment to patients and the promotion of excellent health care services and be able to demonstrate that interest.
• ESHT has over 8,000 staff and an annual budget of around £650,000,000; as a result you will need experience at Board level or equivalent in a large complex environment.
• To ensure an effective balance of skills among Non Executive Board Members you will have clinical and patient safety expertise gained from medical, nursing or allied health disciplines at a very senior level in an academic, research, regulatory or clinically focused role.
• Applicants should live in/close by or have strong connections with East Sussex e.g. recent work experience.

As a future NHS leader, the successful candidate will be able to demonstrate that they meet the NHS leadership competency framework for board members (please see the information pack for the six domains). The competency domains are aligned to Our NHS People Promise, Our Leadership Way and the Seven Principles of Public Life (Nolan Principles).

The best boards are those that reflect the workforce and communities they serve. We particularly welcome applications from women, people from local black, Asian and minority ethnic communities, and people with disabilities, who we know are all under-represented in these important roles.

Application documents

• ESHT Associate NED Info Pack S3125
• Monitoring form S3125

Key dates

*Applications should be sent to england.chairsandneds@nhs.net quoting reference S3125

Find out more

• If you believe you meet the criteria for this role and are considering an application, we strongly recommend an informal and confidential discussion with Steve Phoenix the Chair of the Trust.  Please contact Kim Swatridge on kim.swatridge@nhs.net
• NHS England – for general process enquiries contact Miriam Walker by emailing miriam.walker@nhs.net

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