Job summary
- Main area
- Non Executive Director
- Grade
- Non Executive Director
- Contract
- Fixed term: 3 years (term of office)
- Hours
- Part time - Minimum of 3 days per month
- Job ref
- 350-TWS6505186
- Employer
- Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Trust Headquarters
- Town
- Liverpool
- Salary
- £13,000 per annum
- Closing
- 04/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Non Executive Director
Non Executive Director
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Job overview
We’re recruiting for a Non-executive Director
This exciting role comes at an interesting time in our evolution. The CQC rated the Trust outstanding for being well led, and outstanding for being caring, so you will be joining an excellent team of committed individuals striving to deliver perfect care across our communities.
To deliver this we recognise that we need the specialist skills of a non-executive director who has an understanding and work experience within social care and local government at board level.
Main duties of the job
Take a look at our Recruitment Pack to find out more about joining Mersey Care as an Non-executive Director.
The closing date for this role is Sunday 4th August 2024 at midnight.
Working for our organisation
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the recruitment pack for full details of the role, how you should apply for this and timescales for this recruitment process.
Please can we ask you do not submit an online application form for this role as application is via CV - please see below:
HOW TO APPLY
In order to apply please provide the following documents by emailing:
[email protected]
- An up to date CV. Please label this document ‘CV’ with your name and the role title
- A supporting statement (maximum two pages) that outlines your interest in this particular organisation and role, and your fit against the essential experience criteria set out in the person specification and role description. Please label this document ‘Supporting
Statement’ with your name and the role title - A completed diversity monitoring form.
Please include details of employment history covering the last 6 years, however minimum of 2 referees are required. Referees will not be contacted until the final stages of the appointment process.
This closes at midnight on Sunday 4th August 2024
Person specification
NHS Leadership Competency Framework for Board Members
Essential criteria
- Drive high quality and sustainable outcomes
- Deliver safe strategy and long term transformation
- Promote equality and inclusion and reduce health and workforce inequalities
- Provide robust governance and assurance
- Create a compassionate, just and positive culture
- Build trusted relationships with partners and communities
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree or equivalent management experience.
Desirable criteria
- To hold a Masters qualification (or have alternative senior management experience).
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- To have understanding and work experience within Social Care and Local Government at Board Level
- Significant senior leadership experience and a demonstrable track record of delivering quality improvement at a strategic level
- Experience of committees in a medium to large size organisation
- Experience of partnership working, including partnership working and delivering transformations with an emphasis on culture
- Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills
- The ability to understand complex strategic issues, analyse and resolve difficult problems
- Understanding of the components of a complex organisation and the processes of planning, financial control, performance management and governance, assurance and risk management
- Significant Board Level experience in complex public or private sector organisations
- A commitment to Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust values and vision.
Desirable criteria
- High level experience in private sector
- An understanding and experience of land, estates and facilities and their impact on population health
- Experience of working at a local/ regional level
- An overview of the Foundation Trust regulatory framework and Governor responsibilities
- clear understanding of the legal duties, liabilities, and responsibilities of non-executive directors
Values
Essential criteria
- Continuous Improvement
- Accountability
- Respectfulness
- Enthusiasm
- Support
- High professional standards
- Responsive to service users
- Engaging leadership style
- Strong customer service belief
- Transparency and honesty
- Discreet
- Change oriented
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to work as an effective Board member, individually and as part of a team
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with natural ability and willingness to actively seek out opportunities to communicate confidently about the Trust
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills
- Chairing skills
- Ability to interpret national Government policy
- Ability to think and act strategically and articulate a clear sense of direction and vision to a diverse audience
- Ability to engage, lead and develop relationships with a wide range of stakeholders
- Able to relate and adapt to the perspective of others, including those with protected characteristics
- Calm and rational approach to situations where conflict arises, a skilful diplomat with integrity
- Shows commitment and compassion for service users and carers in a community physical health and mental health setting
- Ability to demonstrate a collaborative and inclusive leadership style that is consistent with the Trust values
- Able to embrace and champion the Trust’s values and behaviours
- Commitment to ongoing personal development
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Cathie Brocklehurst
- Job title
- Strategic Lead for Workforce Operations Services
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
For a conversation in confidence in the first instance please contact Cathie
Brocklehurst from the Trust’s HR team at: [email protected]Cathie will also be able to arrange an opportunity for a chat with Rosie Cooper, who is Mersey Care’s Chair.
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