Opportunity
We are now seeking a NED with a clinical background to join the Board at a pivotal time. This is a significant opportunity to contribute to the future direction of the Trust, support the continued strengthening of our governance, and help us deliver high quality care to the communities we serve. You will bring clinical expertise, an independent perspective and constructive challenge to our shared work, supporting the Trust to achieve its strategic goals and to sustain its journey of improvement.
Board role
Non-Executive Directors have a key role in providing leadership inside the Trust and to be an external ambassador for the Trust. They make an important contribution to the effective running of the Trust through helping to develop strategy, providing effective oversight of the agreed Trust plan, and scrutinising performance. In carrying out that role it is important that Non-Executive Directors promote the highest standards of corporate governance. A Non-Executive Director should have the independence and the skills to offer constructive challenge and thorough scrutiny. The Board functions as a corporate decision-making body. Non-Executive Directors and Executive Directors are full and equal members. Their role as members of the Board of Directors is to consider the key strategic and managerial issues facing the Trust in carrying out its statutory and other functions in accordance with the legal requirements and the Trust Constitution.
Trust overview
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) operates across more than 90 sites in South London, providing not only core mental services for their four local boroughs, but over 50 specialist mental health services nationwide. Part of the South London Mental Health and Community Partnership, they work closely in partnership with a variety of organisations across London including South West, and South East London Integrated Care systems, Kings Health Partners and the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience. We provide the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK and aim to be a leader in improving health and wellbeing locally, nationally and globally. We serve a local population of 1.3 million people in south London, as well as specialist services for children and adults across the UK and beyond. Each year we provide inpatient care for over 5,000 people and treat more than 40,000 patients in the community in Lambeth, Southwark, Lewisham and Croydon.
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