Non Executive Director

Job overview

We are seeking two outstanding individuals to join our Board as Non-Executive Directors from 1st September 2025.

The successful candidates must embody a strong commitment to the NHS, and share the values of our Partner Trusts.

Ideally, we would wish candidates for both roles to demonstrate prior experience of successfully Chairing Board committees.

Main duties of the job

The ideal candidates will have:

• A strong commitment to public service and NHS principles
• Excellent communication, leadership, and people skills
• Experience in building strong teams and encouraging a positive, inclusive culture
• A clear focus on equality, diversity, and inclusion
• Previous experience at Board level, with an understanding of the difference between executive and non-executive roles
• Confidence in identifying and addressing challenges, including underperformance, and the ability to ask the right questions and analyse information effectively

Berkshire and Surrey Pathology Services (BSPS) is one of the largest NHS pathology networks in the county. A contractual joint venture between five NHS Foundation Trusts, operating with a unified management, financial and governance structure, it serves a population of 3.2 million; processes over 50 million tests per year; employs 1,600 clinicians, scientists, and support staff; and has costs associated approaching £150 million.

BSPS’s five partner Trusts are: Ashford and St. Peter’s Hospitals NHS FT, Frimley Health NHS FT, Royal Berkshire NHS FT, Royal Surrey NHS FT and Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust.

This is a great opportunity to help shape services that make a real difference to our communities.

Working for our organisation

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached candidate pack for full range of duties and responsibilities of a Non Executive Director.

Please note - If applying for these roles as per the instruction in the candidate pack on how to apply - The covering letter should be embedded in your CV which will then be uploaded when you make your application.

Interview Dates: 26th June & 30th June

Person specification

Experience

• Senior Medical/Clinical Leadership - Senior level medical or clinical experience gained in either a medical, nursing or allied health professional discipline with a strong service delivery background and a demonstrable track record of delivering quality improvement at a strategic level
• Strong interpersonal, communication and leadership skills
• Prior Board experience and a clear understanding of the distinction between executive and non-executive contributions
• An understanding of public service values and accountability
• Links to the area and a general understanding of the local and health needs of the community
• Knowledge and exposure to delivering improvements in equality and diversity within organisations

Qualifications

• Degree educated and / or professional registered qualification / or able to demonstrate equivalent knowledge and skills gained though senior level experience

Measurable Skills

• Ability to work as an effective member of the Board and to contribute to a continued patient focused culture
• Good understanding of risk management and finance, budgeting and control
• Demonstrable commitment to the Trust's values and the principles of the NHS
• Knowledge of public service values and the ability to understand their relevance to Foundation Trusts
• Real enthusiasm to help the Trust deal with the challenge of providing high-quality healthcare with increasing efficiency
• Self-Awareness - understands own emotions, strengths and limitations

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.

We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities.

We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.

We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.

Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.