Description
Shape the future of patient care. Influence at Board level. Make a lasting difference.
Horder Healthcare is seeking an exceptional Non-Executive Director (Nurse) to join our Board at an exciting time in our journey. This is a unique opportunity to play a vital role in helping Horder Healthcare deliver its ambition to provide safe, effective and compassionate care to every patient.
As part of our Board, you will play a critical role in influencing how services evolve, how quality is assured, and how a positive, high-performing culture is sustained across the organisation.
Why join us?
This is more than a Board role — it’s an opportunity to:
1. Influence the strategic direction of a well-established and growing healthcare charity
2. Champion patient safety, experience and outcomes at the highest level
3. Provide independent challenge and support to a high-performing Executive team
4. Shape a culture of quality, compassion and continuous improvement
5. Work alongside a collaborative, values-driven Board committed to excellence
The role
As a Non-Executive Director, you will contribute to the overall leadership and governance of Horder Healthcare. You’ll bring an independent perspective, helping ensure strong decision-making, robust governance and outstanding organisational performance.
In this nursing-focused NED role, you will:
6. Provide oversight of clinical governance, patient safety and safeguarding
7. Ensure quality, risk and assurance systems are effective and meaningful
8. Keep patient experience and outcomes at the heart of Board decisions
9. Offer senior clinical insight to influence strategy, transformation and quality improvement
10. Chair the Clinical Governance Committee, playing a key leadership role
11. Act as an ambassador for the organisation and its values
About you
You are a credible, senior nursing leader with the confidence and integrity to both support and challenge constructively at Board level.
You will bring:
12. Registration as a qualified nurse, with significant senior leadership experience
13. Experience operating at Board or equivalent strategic level
14. Deep expertise in: Governance, accountability and assurance Strategy and organisational performance Organisational culture and values Service development and improvement Healthcare regulation (including CQC frameworks)
15. Strong analytical thinking and the ability to interpret complex information and ask the right questions
Desirable experience includes:
16. Chief Nurse, Director of Quality or equivalent
17. Service transformation, improvement or pathway redesign
18. Knowledge of independent healthcare, charity governance or community services
Most importantly, you will share our values: Caring | Friendly | Quality | Integrity | Pride
Commitment
19. Approximately 6 Board meetings per year (in person, including strategy sessions)
20. Chairing the Clinical Governance Committee (4 meetings annually)
21. Participation in Finance & Resource Committee meetings
22. Time for preparation, development and stakeholder engagement
Right to work in the UK
In accordance with Home Office guidance, successful candidates will be required to evidence their right to work in the UK before commencing employment. We have assessed this role and it does not meet the criteria for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route. As such, we will not be accepting any visa sponsorships for this role, and candidates must be able to demonstrate their right to work in the UK independently, without sponsorship from Horder Healthcare.
At Horder Healthcare, we are proud to champion and celebrate diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging in all areas of our business. We are committed to creating an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants without regard to protected characteristics by applicable law.
In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Due to the nature of work here at Horder Healthcare, and to ensure that we remain committed to our Safeguarding policy, any applicant upon an initial offer of employment will be subject to pre-employment checks, including an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS check). References and Occupational Health checks will also be taken up before appointment.