With over 5,000 dedicated colleagues, Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of acute and community healthcare services to 400,000 people living across Derbyshire. Rated as Good by the CQC, we are a values-led organisation committed to providing exceptional care for the communities we proudly serve. Our new Improving Care Together strategy sets out our shared commitment to building a healthier future for our communities, strengthening our partnerships to deliver care closer to home, tackling health inequalities, and creating the conditions which will improve outcomes for the populations we serve.

Following the appointment of Jackie Smith as our outstanding new Chair earlier this year, we are now seeking three exceptional new Non-Executive Directors to join our highly committed Board. This is an exciting and pivotal time to join #TeamCRH and to provide scrutiny as we focus on delivering the ambitions of our new strategy. You will bring your experience to support our board in ensuring long-term financial sustainability, overseeing major transformation, and ensuring that we meet the challenges and opportunities presented by a rapidly evolving health and care landscape.

We are seeking leaders with a proven track record of operating at board level in large and complex environments, a strong track record of partnership working, strong governance credentials, and strategic insight. In two of these appointments, we are looking for individuals with significant financial leadership experience with the credibility to chair our Finance & Performance and Audit Committees. In the third role, we welcome candidates with broad and relevant experience of leading significant organisational transformation at board level. Whilst NHS experience is not essential, previous or current experience as a Non-Executive Director in the public, private, or not-for-profit sector is highly desirable. Above all, you should demonstrate strong alignment with our values; bringing a genuine commitment to high-quality patient care and colleague experience with an understanding of our diverse communities.

We are incredibly proud of our diversity as an organisation, and it is important to us that our Board understands a broad spectrum of lived experience. We are keen to attract candidates who can bring diverse perspectives, and particularly welcome expressions of interest from candidates with protected characteristics.

If you are excited by these roles and the opportunity to join our Board, we would love to hear from you. For a confidential discussion, please contact our recruitment partners GatenbySanderson: Mary Beale, Niamh Blair, or Emma Pickup via mary.beale@gatenbysanderson.com .

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Documents

Fit and Proper Person Declaration - New.docx

Recruitment Timetable

Closing date
9am Monday 24th August

Stakeholder engagement
w/c 7th September (date TBC)

Final Interviews
Wednesday 9th September

How to Apply

• Please submit an up to date copy of your CV, along with a Supporting Statement that addresses the criteria set out in the person specification, using examples to demonstrate how you meet the essential requirements.
• A completed fit and proper person form - the template can be downloaded from the same place as the job description.
• Detail any employment or education gaps.
• You should provide the names, positions, organisations, and contact details for your referees, which must be your line managers and include your current and most recent employer. The referees should cover at least two roles as the minimum. Please note, should you be appointed, you will be required to provide references covering your last 6 years of employment as per the new NHS Fit and Proper Person regulations. Where there have been gaps in employment, this six year period will be extended accordingly. Referees will only be contacted for those proceeding to the final stage - we will always gain your permission before we contact referees.
• Let us know any difficulty you may have with the indicative timetable.
• Check that your contact details are correct before you submit.

Once you have submitted your application, you will receive an automated email to confirm that you have applied. If you do not receive this email, please make contact with GatenbySanderson.