A Vacancy at Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust. Please refer to the Candidate Recruitment Pack for details on how to apply. Applications should not be made online via TRAC or NHS Jobs.
NHS boards play a key role in shaping the strategy, vision and purpose of an organisation. They hold the organisation to account for the delivery of strategy and ensure value for money. They are also responsible for ensuring that risks to the organisation and the public are managed and mitigated effectively. Led by an independent chair and composed of a mixture of both executive and independent non-executive members, the board has a collective responsibility for the performance of the organisation.
The Non‑Executive Directors examine information that comes to the Board assuring the governance of the Trust. They bring an additional perspective to governance, bringing their industry skills and experience. Non‑Executive Directors must demonstrate the highest standards of corporate conduct and personal probity and adhere to the Code of Conduct for the Board, and the seven Nolan Principles of Public Life.
We are passionate about delivering first‑class patient‑centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patient’s own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do.
Most of our services are provided in the community, which means treating people in their homes or from clinics close to home. In this sense we are a very modern part of the NHS, with better integration and coordination of care. Where community care is not possible, we offer a number of facilities to treat people in hospital or residential environments. We also provide healthcare in prisons, in London and the surrounding areas.
Our vision is wellbeing for life. We work in partnership with all who use our services to improve health and wellbeing. Together we look at ways of improving an individual’s quality of life, through high quality healthcare and personal support. Our work at neighbourhood and place is a key part of who we are.
As a Trust we have always been committed to constantly developing to provide modern, dependable services. We are committed to continuous improvement and seek out opportunities to challenge conventional practice. Our values‑led approach represents the way in which we care for our patients, and for each other.
See www.cnwl.nhs.uk for more information.
Key Responsibilities
* Constructively challenge, influence and help the Executive Board develop proposals on such strategies to enable the organisation to fulfil its leadership responsibilities to patients, for healthcare of the local community.
* Assist fellow Directors in setting the Trust’s values and standards and ensure that its obligations to its stakeholders and the wider community are understood and fairly balanced; ensure that the Board sets challenging objectives for improving its performance across the range of its functions.
* Provide financial oversight and strategic advice to the Board, contributing to the overall strategic decision making and governance of the Trust.
* Monitor, in accordance with agreed board procedures, the performance and conduct of management in meeting agreed goals and objectives and statutory responsibilities, including the preparation of annual reports and annual accounts and other statutory duties.
* Satisfy the Board of the integrity of reporting mechanisms, and financial and quality intelligence including going out and about, observing and talking to patients and staff.
* Provide analysis and constructive challenge to information on organisational and operational performance – this is a constant.
* Hold the executive to account for the delivery of strategy; Chair or take part as a member of key committees that support accountability.
* Accept accountability to NHS Improvement for the delivery of the organisation’s objectives and ensure that the board acts in the best interests of patients and its local community.
* Actively support and promote a healthy culture for the organisation which is reflected in their own behaviour; ensure that the organisation values diversity in its workforce and demonstrates equality of opportunity in its treatment of staff and patients, their families and in all aspects of its business.
* Ensure that the Directors of the Board are ‘fit and proper’ for the role and champion an open, honest and transparent culture within the organisation. As a member of Board Committees, appoint, remove, support, encourage and where appropriate ‘mentor’ senior executives; commit to working, and encouraging within the Trust, the highest standards of probity, integrity and governance; and contribute to ensuring that the Trust’s internal governance arrangements conform with best practice and statutory requirements.
* Ensure the effective operation of the Audit Committee, facilitating effective discussion and decision making; ensuring the Committee operates appropriately within the delegated authority of the Board, reporting back, making recommendations and referring matters to the Board as required.
This advert closes on Friday 17 Apr 2026.
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