# Group Chair Norfolk & Waveney University Hospital Group

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Salary:** £85,000 per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Part time - 3 sessions per week (3 days per week)
- **Closing date:** 2026-11-13T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-22T12:50:53.061Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Norfolk/Norwich/Norfolk_Norwich_University_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Executive/Executive-v8387528
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8387528?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.nnuh.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

In conjunction with Alumni Global The Norfolk & Waveney University Hospitals Group are seeking to appoint a new Group Chair.

To be considered for this role please follow the link to the application process with Alumni

Group Chair, Norfolk and Waveney University Hospitals Group - Alumni Global

Please note only applications submitted to Alumni will be considered, we will not be accepting applications via Trac and NHS Jobs

### Main duties of the job

All applications must include:

- A full curriculum vitae/resume
- Quoting the relevant role reference number: A042402
- A covering letter highlighting the aspects of the job description and Norfolk & Waveney University Hospitals Group that particularly attract you to the post (Microsoft Word document)
- Contact details for three referees, these will not be contacted without your permission. (References should validate a minimum period of six years employment)
- A completed Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form (which you will be redirected to once you have submitted your application)

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a confidential discussion on this role please contact:

Thomas Patterson, Managing Director or Frank McKenna, Global Managing Director whose details can be found via the link to the Alumni advert Group Chair, Norfolk and Waveney University Hospitals Group - Alumni Global

### Applicant requirements

This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.

## Person Specification

### People

**Essential**

- Experience building and leading inclusive teams and collaborative cultures.
- Skilled in engaging, challenging, and supporting senior leaders.
- A proven track record in championing equality, diversity and inclusion, and culture change
- Highly developed skills in chairing meetings and events and managing competing views and perspectives in an inclusive way.

### Strategic

**Essential**

- Experience of shaping and delivering organisational vision and strategy.
- Track record of leading complex change at Board level with a focus on transformation, technology and innovation.
- Ability to assess competing priorities and maintain focus on patient and public benefit.

### Partnerships

**Essential**

- Ability to collaborate across real and perceived organisational boundaries; sociopolitical acumen.
- Commitment to engaging with patients, communities, and diverse stakeholders with empathy.

### Outcomes Focus

**Essential**

- Demonstrated constructive and sustained impact on service improvement, innovation, and public sector value creation and preservation.
- Comprehensive understanding of the discharge of financial stewardship, probity, directors’ statutory and fiduciary duties, and regulatory compliance.

### Professional Acumen

**Essential**

- Experience of working as a Board member in complex organisations, both at Executive and Non-Executive Director levels, including leading complex change and transformation
- Strong knowledge of statutory and regulatory governance, risk management and internal control and Board assurance systems in a regulated industry.
- Experience of working within or closely with public sector organisations.
- A high degree of personal integrity and resilience

**Desirable**

- Recent experience and understanding of implementation of digital strategies and complex technology transformations (desirable).

## Documents

- [useful links (pdf, 184.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2809)
- [staff benefits (pdf, 674.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=901)
- [job description (pdf, 379.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10717194)
- [nnuh fraud prevention notice (pdf, 104.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3081)
- [our nnuh lgbt+ staff network (pdf, 675.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2367)
- [our nnuh women's staff network (pdf, 103.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2473)
- [our nnuh together staff network (pdf, 370.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2166)
- [our nnuh disability and long term conditions staff network (pdf, 607.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2424)

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