Trust Secretary
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- Employer:
- Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
- Location:
- Norwich
- Salary:
- 8D
- Closing date:
- 9am Monday 14th October 2024
- Job Ref:
- GSe112244.1
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Description
“Improving Together for Mental Health”
About us
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) provides mental health and learning disability care for people across Norfolk and Suffolk. We are dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion, delivering many of the NHS services that are provided outside of hospital and in the community. We have clinical teams providing services in inpatient, community and primary care settings. Our teams currently work in geographic care groups with dedicated local clinical leadership teams. We support a population of just over 1.6 million people and have a dedicated workforce of over 5,000 staff. Our biggest bases are at Hellesdon Hospital, Norwich, Wedgwood House, Bury St Edmunds and Woodlands Unit in Ipswich but our staff are based in more than 50 locations.
We believe in ‘working together for better mental health’. We’re working closely with health and care partners and voluntary sector organisations to transform mental health care to ensure the people of Norfolk and Suffolk get help and support in the right place for them, when they need it, to stay mentally and emotionally well.
As an organisation NSFT has for many years struggled to provide the quality of care that we would wish to provide, and our service users and carers deserve. This is despite the extraordinary efforts of our hard working, committed and professional staff. The CQC’s most recent inspection report published in February 2023 has improved our overall rating from Inadequate to Requires Improvement whilst our staff continue to be rated Good for Caring overall. We know that we are at an early stage of our improvement journey and that whilst this is an indication we are able to change and improve our services, we still have a very long way to go. We rightly remain under significant scrutiny and are working hard to address recent deficiencies identified in the way in which we report and record patient deaths.
The Opportunity
You will be responsible for overseeing the good management of Board business including the work of Board Committees in line with the Trust’s statutory and regulatory responsibilities including the NHS Foundation Trust Code of Governance, you will also be responsible for overseeing the production of the Trust’s Annual Report and Accounts, and other statutory reporting requirements. As we are a Foundation Trust, you will also be responsible for management of the Council of Governors and Trust membership, as well as corporate administration including oversight of all of Trusts policies and procedures. You will need to have the experience to work closely with the executive leadership team, Non-Executive Directors and Council of Governors in ensuring that the business of our Trust is managed in a safe and compliant manner. You will ideally be ICSA, or equivalent qualified.
We are looking for candidates who have a passion for our work and a track record of achievement in influencing colleagues and partners. We know that there is much to do at our organisation and are looking for people who want to be part of our improvement journey.
We are committed to equality of opportunity for all. We know that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve, and therefore we would particularly welcome applications from those who are under-represented in senior levels in the NHS.
For more information, please visit our recruitment microsite: https://join-nsft.co.uk/.
For a confidential discussion please contact:
Stephanie Crossland, Research Associate
E: stephanie.crossland@gatenbysanderson.com
T: +44 (0) 113 268 0704
Julia St Clare, Consultant and Research Lead
E: julia.stclare@gatenbysanderson.com
T: +44 (0) 7807 631 564
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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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