Non-Executive Director (Clinical)
The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Birmingham, B31 2AP
Salary
Negotiable
Contract
Fixed-Term
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
16 September 2026
15 days left
Job description
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Board of our Trust and benefit the patient population we are so proud to serve. As Non-executive Director ...
You will chair the Trust's Quality & Safety Committee, and you will work across professional boundaries, providing scrutiny and fresh, multi-disciplinary perspectives internally. You will have a focus on improvement, challenging clinical processes to ensure that they are as robust and efficient as possible, encouraging teams to use benchmarking and best practice to drive up standards and deliver excellence in patient care
As part of ROH's current strategy rethink, you will play a role in supporting the development of commercial offering and develop its culture & capability around continuous improvement.
Please refer to the Non-Executive Direction (NED) Candidate Recruitment Pack and Job Description for full details of the Trust and what the role entails.
Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of duties as a Non-Executive Member
Please note: Applications MUST NOT be made online via the NHS Jobs TRAC recruitment portal.
The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist hospital located in Birmingham UK. One of the largest orthopaedic units in Europe, the ROH offer a comprehensive range of surgical and non-surgical treatment.
The Trust's annual financial turnover is in the region of £136 million. It has fourteen operating theatres, five NHS wards, one private wards and 115 beds, including six High Dependency Unit beds.
The Trust employs in excess of 1,400 staff, including more than 80 Consultant medical staff, each supported by multi-disciplinary clinical teams including surgeons, nurses, anaesthetists, physiotherapists, radiologists, pathologists, occupational therapists and other clinical professionals.
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified to Masters or equivalent professional qualification and / or experience
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of working at Board level, or equivalent, and able to demonstrate an understanding of corporate governance and assurance requirements.
- Ability to support the Executive Team and their leadership of the organisation, while monitoring their conduct and seeking to uphold the highest ethical standards of integrity and probity.
- Excellent strategic abilities, with the capacity to plan for the long-term, along with sound independent judgement, diplomacy and political astuteness.
- Ability to work as an effective Board member, able to prioritise focus and deployment of key resources
- Chairing skills
Experience
Essential
- Collaborative, team oriented style with equal accountability and voice from all unitary board members.
- Excellent strategic abilities, with the capacity to plan for the long-term, along with sound independent judgement, diplomacy and political astuteness.
- Experience of working at Board level, or equivalent and able to demonstrate an understanding of corporate governance and assurance requirements
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
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First seen
19 August 2026
Last checked
21 August 2026
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