Group Chair
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- Employer:
- Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
- Location:
- Portsmouth, Newport and across the region
- Salary:
- £60,000
- Closing date :
- 9am Monday 23rd September 2024
- Job Ref:
- GSe109868
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Description
Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust (PHU) and Isle of Wight NHS Trust (IWT) have a shared vision which sets the ambition for both Trusts: “Working together to deliver excellence in care for our patients and communities.”
Our 11,000 staff operate from two main sites: Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth and St Mary’s Hospital in Newport, Isle of Wight. Both Trusts are rated ‘Good’ by the CQC.
Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust first formed a strategic partnership in 2019 and appointed a single chair in 2020 to support delivery of sustainable services on Isle of Wight, providing the scale and critical mass needed to overcome the challenges of providing acute care to the small, physically remote island population. In 2023 the two Trusts deepened the partnership further, appointing a single CEO and executive team to work closely together to deliver excellence in care for our patients and communities. Each Trust is a statutory organisation, but with aligned governance arrangements and operating through Boards and Committees in-common as an NHS Group.
Working together and with system partners across Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICS provides opportunities and scale to address the challenges we face, improve services for patents, create attractive places to work and deliver efficiencies that would not be available by working separately.
Against this backdrop, the Chair will be taking on a critical leadership role at a pivotal point in our organisations and region’s history. That is why we are looking for an exceptional and politically astute Chair who is passionate about serving the interests of our communities and who has the fortitude, intuition and empathy to lead us into the next exciting stage of our journey, ensuring that we make the most of the many opportunities that our proposed integration and closer system working will provide.
If you are an authentic leader who recognises themselves in our vision and values, and who wants to guide in serving over 800,000 people across Portsmouth, South East Hampshire and Isle of Wight, then we very much look forward to hearing from you.
For further information, please visit HantsIOWleadership.co.uk or for a confidential conversation please contact Melanie Shearer on 07785 616548 melanie.shearer@gatenbysanderson.com, Melanie West melanie.west@gatenbysanderson.com 07384 464 187 or Carmel Bell carmel.bell@gatenbysanderson.com
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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.
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