Job summary
- Main area
- Corporate
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 229-COR-6211111
- Employer
- Wye Valley NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Trust Headquarters
- Town
- Hereford
- Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Deputy Trust Secretary (INTERNAL)
Band 7
Job overview
***INTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY***
The Deputy Trust Secretary provides assistance to the Trust Secretary on a wide range of corporate governance tasks. The post holder will deputise for the Trust Secretary during periods of absence.
This is a great opportunity for a governance professional (or an individual seeking to follow this career path) to make a difference within the Trust.
You will ensure the smooth running of the Trust's formal governance arrangements at board and board committee level, as well as getting involved in a range of projects.
Main duties of the job
The Deputy Trust Secretary supports the Trust's governance arrangements and provides support to the Board committees, managing Trust Board business. The post holder will lead on supporting the allocated Committees and fulfilling other duties.
The post holder will work closely with the Associate Director of Corporate Governance/Company Secretary and the Board of Directors. They will develop relationships with senior staff throughout the Trust and, where appropriate, interact with the regulators, members of the public, external stakeholders, and peers.
Working for our organisation
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.
We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we’d want for our family and friends.
More than 3,500 people work for the Trust – they tell us it’s a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: “The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential.”
Our values - Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time…all the time.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more information about the role and responsibilities please see the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to Masters’ level or evidence of equivalent experience in a health discipline or management role
Desirable criteria
- Company Secretary qualification
- Evidence of continued professional development
Skills, Knowledge & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Analytical skills – ability to produce complex reports using unfamiliar data provided by Executive Directors
- Able to plan and organise Board seminars, Board Away Days
- Able to undertake detailed checking of reports
- Minute taking skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to prioritise work and work to tight deadlines
- Excellent computer skills
- Ability to analyse information and evaluate situations to draw appropriate conclusions.
- Decision making and problem solving skills
- Knowledge of NHS management issues: National agendas and initiatives; ICS and system developments
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of risk management issues
- Use of Board paper management software (such as AdminControl)
- Use of financial systems such as Integra
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous Company Secretary or corporate governance experience in a public sector environment
- Experience of working with senior leaders
- Highly developed specialist knowledge of the corporate governance and its applicability to health
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in a NHS environment
- Experience of managing the Board Assurance Framework
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Self-motivated with a high drive for success
- Adopts a flexible approach
- Ability to work as a team but also on own initiative
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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
- Erica Hermon
- Job title
- Company Secretary
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07739 734578
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