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Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust is an award-winning provider of health and social care services in Hull, the East Riding and North Yorkshire. Offering multispecialty services and care, it improves the physical and mental health and wellbeing of patients and service users.

It provides a broad range of community and therapy services, primary care, community, and inpatient mental health services, learning disability services, healthy lifestyle support and addictions services. This includes specialist services for children, incorporating physiotherapy, speech and language therapy and support for children and their families who are experiencing emotional or mental health difficulties.

Its specialist services, such as forensic support and offender health, support patients from the wider Yorkshire and Humber area and further afield. Inspire, its Child and Adolescent Mental Health in-patient unit serves the young people of Hull, East Yorkshire, North and North-East Lincolnshire.

It holds a total of three GP practice contracts, registered to provide care with the Care Quality Commission (CQC). These are a mixture of General Medical Services (GMS) and Personal Medical Services (PMS) contracts in Cottingham, Market Weighton and Bridlington.

As a Teaching Trust, it works closely with its major academic partners, Hull York Medical School, and The University of Hull, nurturing a workforce of tomorrow's doctors, nurses, and health professionals. The research that it carries out helps to improve the health and wellbeing of the people it serves, its services and the care and treatment of people worldwide.

It has a dedicated Research and Development team involved in both national and global medical research and its fourth annual research conference was held virtually in November, with international delegates and with over fifty organisations represented.

Its services cover a vast geographic area comprising Hull, the East Riding of Yorkshire, Scarborough and Ryedale, Pocklington, and Whitby, including nationally commissioned services. Its services are grouped into four divisions:

• Community and Primary Care
• Children’s and Learning Disabilities
• Secure Services
• Mental Health

Supported by its excellent and award-winning support services, its care is delivered in a variety of settings including in patients' own homes, GP practices and health centres, outpatient clinics, hospitals, local authority premises and its inpatient units. More specialised care is provided by the psychiatric intensive care unit and forensic services. In 2022/23 its Mental Health and Physical Health Community Services saw 87,382 patients, and an additional 1,346 patients were cared for in its mental health units and community beds.

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The Associate Non-Executive Director role is used successfully in the NHS to support Board succession strategy, diversity and achieving a balance of Board level skills.

The Associate NED is a ‘step up’ role aimed to attract potential Non-Executive Director candidates who do not yet have sufficient board-level experience but have the ability and potential to succeed.

Associate Non-Executive Directors cannot participate in any formal vote at Board but will have full exposure to all Board level discussions and decisions, providing an excellent opportunity to progress into a Non-Executive Director role should a vacancy arise.

As an Associate Non-Executive Director, you will be expected to contribute to and play your part in:

Strategy and accountability

• Assist in the setting of the Trust’s strategic aims, ensuring that the necessary financial and human resources are in place.
• Ensure that the Trust manages risk effectively and that all risks taken can be managed.
• Ensure that services are run for the people using them, with particular attention to alignment to the Trust’s Vision, Mission, Strategy and Values. Promote safety and quality in all aspects of services.
• Have an on-going dialogue with the Council of Governors on progress in delivery of the Trust’s strategic objectives and high level financial and operational performance.

Clinical governance strategy

• Ensure the long-term sustainability of the Trust
• Analyse and contribute positively to the strategic development of long-term healthcare plans.
• Build and maintain close relations between the Foundation Trust’s constituencies and stakeholder groups to promote the effective operation of the Trust’s activities.
• Act as an ambassador for the Trust in engagement with stakeholders.

Compliance

• Ensure the Foundation Trust meets its commitment to patients and targets for treatment.
• Ensure the Trust establishes and maintains the highest standards of clinical standards.

Specific responsibilities of Associate Non-Executive Directors

• Prepare for, attend, and contribute to Board of Directors’ meetings, quarterly Council of Governors’ meetings, and Board development activities.
• To the extent that the required time commitment allows, participate in those activities where it has been agreed that Associate Non-Executive Director’s involvement would bring an external and independent perspective.
• Work in conjunction with the Council of Governors to promote public sector values and the interests of Foundation Trust members through good corporate governance.
• Attend the Annual Members’ Meeting, formal and informal governor meetings and attend the Board committees, as agreed with the Chair. Participate in visits and occasional external stakeholder meetings.
• Participate in an annual review and appraisal of own performance with the Chair and Chair of governor-led Appointments, Terms and Conditions Committee and contribute to the annual appraisal of the Chair and periodic reviews of the performance of the Board.
• Support the Chair, Chief Executive and Executive Directors in the governance and stewardship of the Trust.
• When asked to do so by the Chair, act as critical friend in connection with issues relevant to their own skills, expertise, and experience.

This role will see you as an Associate Non-Executive member of the Trust Board and you will be expected to bring your unique perspective, informed by your expertise to the full range of matters put before the Board and through its established committees.

The Trust is seeking two ANEDs with strong leadership skills and a passion for improvement in health and social care. Just as important is the ability to engage and inspire others, and your commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion for all. You may also have lived experience and/or knowledge of its local communities which can bring fresh perspectives to its Board. Training and development support will be provided as required.

• You will need to have a genuine commitment to patients and the promotion of excellent health care services.
• Relevant experience in the private, public, or voluntary sector.
• Ideally resident in or have strong connections with the service areas within Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust.
• A personal interest and commitment in equality, diversity, and inclusion.
• A clear understanding of the needs of all sectors of the community.
• Able to demonstrate a range of professional expertise as well as community understanding and experience, and insights into lived experiences such as being a patient or carer, engaging with diverse ethnic, cultural, social, and economic and cultural groups and communities, experience of women and gender issues, experiences, and challenges of younger people, and those with lived experience of mental health issues and/or living with physical disability.
• Self-knowledge and appetite to drive your own learning and development, and the ability to engage with, and add value to the work of Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust’s Board and its committees.
• Commitment to the Trust values and ability to role model them always.

Ability to be able to demonstrate, you could use your experience to:

• Work alongside other non-executives and executive colleagues as an equal member of the Board and Trust governors.
• Bring independence, external perspectives, skills, and challenge to strategy development.
• Hold the executive to account by providing purposeful, constructive scrutiny and challenge.
• Shape and actively support a healthy culture for the Trust.
• Uphold the highest standards of conduct and display the principles of selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty, and leadership through demonstrating the Trust’s values and the NHS values and principles.
• Demonstrate a genuine commitment to patients and the promotion of excellent health care services.

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Rt Hon Caroline Flint, Trust Chair
Michele Moran, Chief Executive
Lynn Parkinson, Chief Operating Officer
Dr Kwame Opoku-Fofie, Executive Medical Director
Hilary Gledhill, Director of Nursing, Allied Health and Social Care Professionals Steve McGowan, Director of Workforce & Organisational Development
Peter Beckwith, Executive Director of Finance
Mike Smith, Non Executive Director
Dean Royles, Non Executive Director
Francis Patton, Non Executive Director
Hanif Malik OBE, Associate Non-Executive Director
Stuart McKinnon-Evans, Non-Executive Director
Dr Phillip Earnshaw, Non-Executive Director

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Residency criteria

It is highly desirable that applicants live in or have strong connections with the areas where we provide services. You will need to live in a Constituency Area of Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust as defined by our Constitution (East Riding of Yorkshire, Hull, Whitby, or Wider Yorkshire and Humber).

Appointment details

The initial appointment is for a 12-month period with possibility to extend to 18 months. An Associate Non-Executive Director is an office holder only and not an employee of the Trust.
You will be engaged via letter of appointment and paid via payroll, in line with HMRC regulations, for PAYE and NI deductions and contribution to be applied. The notice period is 3 months.

Time commitment

You will be expected to be available for an average 2 days a month, although some flexibility is required. However, during the first few months you may well need to spend more time building up your knowledge of our services.

Remuneration and allowances

£6,500 per annum plus mileage and expenses for formal Trust business. Specific IT equipment can be provided to enable you to conduct your role.

Location

Board activities take place in person and online via MS Teams. Support can be provided. The main location is Trust Headquarters in Willerby, East Riding of Yorkshire. Visits and other events may take place across Trust locations.

Background checks

Given the significant public profile and responsibility members of NHS Boards hold, it is vital that the Board inspires confidence of the public, patients, and NHS staff always. NHS England makes several specific background checks to ensure that those we appoint are “fit and proper” people to hold these important roles.

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust welcomes applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, belief or disability. (As women/those from an ethnic minority background/ individuals from the LGBTQ+ community are currently under-represented on the Board, applications from those individuals would be particularly encouraged). All appointments will be made on merit, following a fair and transparent process. In line with the Equality Act 2010, however, the organisation may employ positive action where candidates from underrepresented groups can demonstrate their ability to perform the role equally well.
A personal interest and commitment in equality, diversity and inclusion is a priority for this role.