Non Executive Director
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Gloucestershire, GL1 3NN
Salary
£15,860
Contract
Fixed-Term
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
7 September 2026
5 days left
Job description
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Non-Executive Director to join its Board. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to...
We are seeking individuals with significant strategic experience and a proven ability to challenge, contribute to, and support the vision and objectives of complex organisations. The successful candidate will demonstrate a strong track record of holding the Board to account, coupled with a readiness to embrace a high level of personal accountability.
While NHS experience is not essential, candidates should bring relevant expertise that can be effectively applied in our healthcare environment. You will need to quickly understand the health and social care policy, navigate relationships with key stakeholders, and appreciate governance requirements, including the risks inherent in the delivery of our services. Your sound judgment, political acumen, and ability to provide a fresh perspective will be highly valued.
This role offers exciting and rewarding opportunities to apply your energy, skills, and experience in making a tangible difference to the health and wellbeing of the communities served by our Trust, both now and in the future. If you are passionate about public service and share our values, we would be delighted to hear from you.
Additional working pattern details: On average 5 days a month
The interview date is: 28th October 2026
Please see the attached candidate pack for more information on the main responsibility and person specification for this role.
With a team of over 9,000 employees, Gloucestershire Hospitals are proud to be one of the largest employers in Gloucestershire and rank among the top 10 largest Trusts in the South West region. Providing acute hospital services from two large district general hospitals, as well as outpatient clinics and some surgery services from community hospitals throughout Gloucestershire. Providing services to almost 660,000 people across our county, we have an annual income of over £865m. We have an ambitious strategic plan to transform our hospital services and our provision to our patients and communities.
For more information and a confidential discussion, please contact our partners at Hunter Healthcare: Jenny Adrian on 07939 250362 or James McLeod on 07842 424530, or email jadrian@hunter-healthcare.com.
Knowledge, Experience and Skills
Essential
- Understand the challenges and opportunities across the BNSSG system and the wider NHS
- Bring independent judgement and a commitment to improving outcomes for our communities
- Strategic and forward-looking, able to shape long-term direction
- Committed to putting patients, people and service users first
- Able to think beyond organisational boundaries, with a system-wide perspective
- Open, curious and independent, offering constructive challenge at Board level
- Driving high-quality and sustainable outcomes
- Setting strategy and delivering long-term transformation
- Promoting equality and inclusion, and reducing health and workforce inequalities
- Providing robust governance and assurance
- Creating a compassionate, just and positive culture
- Building a trusted relationship with partners and communities
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
8 August 2026
Last checked
11 August 2026
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