Job summary
- Main area
- Non-Executive Director
- Grade
- £15,000 per annum
- Contract
- Fixed term: 3 years (5/6 days time commitment per month)
- Hours
- Part time
- Job ref
- 201-25-176
- Employer
- Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Carew House, Bodmin
- Town
- Bodmin
- Salary
- £15,000 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/03/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Non-Executive Director (Clinical)
£15,000 per annum
Thank you for your interest in joining us at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.
Strategic Themes
Great Care
- Care based on what matters to people.
- Care provided at home or close to home.
- Improvement through learning, research and innovation.
- Prevention and alternatives to hospital.
Great Organisation
- Buildings that support health and wellbeing.
- Technology enabled care.
- Care teams are supported by responsive corporate services.
- Safe, efficient, effective and productive.
Great People
- A place people love to work and feel valued.
- Living our values with staff (all voices count).
- Attract, grow and develop talent.
- Leaders with compassion, who continuously learn and listen.
Great Partner
- Encourage and enable effective partnerships.
- Joined-up community services.
- Work with others to maximise workforce opportunities.
- Reduce our impact on the environment.
At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. Unless exempt, we encourage and support staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.
Job overview
Join us at this exciting time, bringing your ambition and creativity to help us shape the strategy and plans to change and transform the health and wellbeing of our communities.
We are looking for an individual with clinical experience to join our Board and play a full role in Board discussions/decisions. With a strong connection to the communities we serve, the ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate a passion for quality and excellence, together with an appreciation of the risks we manage in our services.
To apply please visit: https://www.gatenbysanderson.com/job/GSe115850.1/Non-Executive-Director-Clinical/
Main duties of the job
The Foundation Trust is led by a unitary Board of Directors, whose expertise and skills drive the vision and values of the organisation. Board members lead the development of strategy, the focus on quality, safety and performance and ensure effective governance systems.
Collectively the Board is responsible for the performance of the organisation and as key players in this team Non-Executive Directors need to take a broad strategic view. They have a particular duty to challenge constructively and must satisfy themselves as to the integrity of financial, clinical, and other information, and that the control mechanisms and systems of risk management are robust.
Non-Executive Directors are required to chair and be members of Board committees.
Working for our organisation
We are 1 of 2 NHS trusts in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly and are the specialist community and mental health provider. We support the health and wellbeing of over 570,000 local people as well as those who visit. We have close links with Devon Partnership NHS Foundation Trust for mental health and work closely with Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust for hospital services.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To view the full details of the role please see the attached the candidate pack or visit GatenbySanderson:
https://www.gatenbysanderson.com/job/GSe115850.1/Non-Executive-Director-Clinical/
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Clinical experience
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Melanie Shearer
- Job title
- Partner
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07785 616 548
- Additional information
Serena Dobson, Senior Consultant
T: +44 (0) 7530 627 120
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