Job summary
NHS Sussex is is one of the largest and most complex integrated care systems in England, serving 1.7 million people across Brighton, East Sussex and West Sussex.
We have a clear vision and strategy, which requires us to work collegiately with a wide range of local NHS, local authority, voluntary, academic and wider partners, to Improve Lives Together and we are now looking for two exceptional Non-Executive Directors to help us deliver this.
As NHS Sussex we exist to improve health outcomes and reduce health inequities for all of our communities. Our population is older than the UK average and we have some of the most deprived areas in the country as well as some of the least deprived, leading to a 14 year difference in life expectancy across our geography. We serve a population living in cities, towns, rural and coastal locations with multiple transport links.
Main duties of the job
The ideal candidates for these roles will share our values and ambitions and will bring a diverse range of skills, experience and thinking to help us shape and deliver improvements to the health and care services our Sussex residents rightly demand and expect. In terms of specific professional backgrounds, we are looking for candidates who can bring either organisational development and/or partnership working experience in a large and complex multi-disciplinary system, community or organisation or clinical quality improvement and/or innovation experience in delivering NHS services in more than one healthcare setting.
If you would like to have an initial conversation, please call or email our recruitment partners Jenny Adrian and Rhiannon Smith, at Hunter Healthcare on: 07939 250362 or [email protected].
To register your details and upload your CV please visit: Non-Executive Directors - NHS Sussex - Hunter Healthcare (hunter-healthcare.com)
About us
NHS Sussex ICB are committed to
enabling team members to work in an agile and flexible way. We adopt a flexible
first approach to working patterns. We empower our people to work where, when,
and how they choose with minimum constraints to support their wellbeing to
sustain good work life balance and to optimise performance and delivery.
We celebrate diversity and promote equal
opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other
forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in
the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all
employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity
and respect.
Flexible working requests will be
considered for all roles.
Agile working is
not just related to working from different locations or at different times. It
is about effectively utilising technology to improve work practices and to work
differently to increase our overall effectiveness to improve health outcomes for
our population.
Should you require a reasonable
adjustment to our recruitment process please contact the Recruitment Team at [email protected] to ensure that measures can be put in place
to support you.
NHS Sussex has committed to achieving Net Zero Carbon emissions
by 2045. As a member of staff you will be encouraged and supported to implement
new ways of working that will help us achieve that goal.
Working for us - Sussex Health and Care (ics.nhs.uk)
Job description
Job responsibilities
NHS Sussex Independent Non-Executive Directors will:
Work collaboratively to shape the long-term, viable plan for the delivery of the functions, duties, and strategic objectives of NHS Sussex; determine strategy and priorities; identify and mitigate risks; and ensure the effective stewardship of public money,
Ensure that the Board is effective in all aspects of its role and appropriately focused on its four core purposes, namely to: improve outcomes in population health; reduce inequalities in access, experience and outcomes; enhance productivity and value for money, and support broader social and economic development,
Be champions of robust governance, collaborative leadership and effective partnership working, including with local government, NHS bodies, voluntary sector, education and local communities,
Support the NHS Sussex Chair and the wider Board on issues that impact organisations and workforce across the Sussex system, such as integration, productivity, digital transformation and emergency preparedness, resilience and response,
Play a key role in ensuring that NHS Sussex meets its statutory duties and builds strong partnerships with system partners.
Person Specification
Driving high quality, sustainable outcomes
Essential
- Problem-solving skills and the ability to identify issues and areas of risk, leading stakeholders to effective resolutions and decisions.
- Strategic planning experience in a complex environment with multiple partners that has achieved meaningful outcomes.
Providing robust governance and assurance
Essential
- Understanding of good corporate governance.
- Ability to remain neutral to provide independent and unbiased leadership with a high degree of personal integrity.
- Experience in contributing effectively to complex professional meetings at a very senior level.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of operating at a senior or board level, ideally in executive and non-executive roles.
- Independent and proactive leadership with demonstrable confidence, respect and integrity.
- Excellent communication skills that can persuade groups and individuals to improve the way they are currently doing things.
- Ability to evaluate detailed Board reports and data with an independent mindset so that specific issues can be targeted to have the most strategic benefit on people and service delivery.
- Champion open, frank, and disciplined discussion and be prepared to ask the difficult questions.
- It is important that the successful candidates can add to the diversity of skills, thought and experience of the other members of the NHS Sussex Board and the biographies of the other Board members.
Setting strategy and delivering long term transformation
Essential
- Knowledge of health, care, local government and/ or the voluntary sector.
- A capacity to thrive in a complex and politically charged environment of change and uncertainty.
- Experience of leading change and organisational development at a senior level to bring together disparate stakeholder interests.
- Successful implementation of transformation programmes leading to productivity improvements in a complex
- business environment.
Promoting equality and inclusion, and reducing health inequalities
Essential
- Awareness and appreciation of social justice and how it might apply within the Health and Care system.
- Record of promoting equality, diversity, and inclusion in leadership roles.
- Life experience and personal motivation that will add valuable insights and perspectives.
Building trusted relationships with partners and communities
Essential
- Understanding of different sectors, groups, networks, and the needs of diverse populations.
- Exceptional communication skills and comfortable presenting in a variety of contexts.
- Highly developed interpersonal and influencing skills, able to lead in a creative environment which enables people to thrive and collaborate.
- Experience of working collaboratively across agency and professional boundaries.
Employer details
Employer name
NHS Sussex ICB
Address
Wicker House
High Street
Worthing
BN11 1DJ