# Non-Executive Director (Clinical) > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/non-executive-director-clinical/36cb66ed-58d0-4b34-80e9-dde165a9ec31 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/non-executive-director-clinical/36cb66ed-58d0-4b34-80e9-dde165a9ec31.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Manager and corporate - **Salary:** Negotiable - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 3 years (2-3 days per month) - **Employment type:** Flexible working, Other, 2-3 days per month - **Closing date:** 2026-09-16T11:00:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-19T11:28:00.723Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8240507 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8240507?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.roh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview This is an exciting opportunity to join the Board of our Trust and benefit the patient population we are so proud to serve. As Non-executive Director you will work alongside executives as equal members of our unitary Board who share responsibility with the other directors for the Board’s decisions and for success of the organisation in leading the improvement of our healthcare services for patients. If you wish to apply, please follow the guidance within the Non-Executive Direction (NED) Candidate Recruitment Pack linked. Please note: Applications MUST NOT be made online via the NHS Jobs TRAC recruitment portal. Candidates are encouraged to contact us for a conversation before submitting an application. You may contact Simon Page, Trust Chair. To arrange this, please contact Simon Grainger Lloyd, Chief Governance Officer via email on s.grainger-lloyd@nhs.net or telephone 0121 812 3329 Applications must be emailed directly to our Corporate Services Manager, Tammy Ferris: tammy.ferris@nhs.net Applications MUST NOT be made via the TRAC portal. If you need clarification, please contact Simon This post will close on 16th September 2026 12pm mid-day. ### Main duties of the job You will chair the Trust’s Quality & Safety Committee, and you will work across professional boundaries, providing scrutiny and fresh, multi-disciplinary perspectives internally. You will have a focus on improvement, challenging clinical processes to ensure that they are as robust and efficient as possible, encouraging teams to use benchmarking and best practice to drive up standards and deliver excellence in patient care As part of ROH’s current strategy rethink, you will play a role in supporting the development of commercial offering and develop its culture & capability around continuous improvement. Please refer to the Non-Executive Direction (NED) Candidate Recruitment Pack and Job Description for full details of the Trust and what the role entails. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of duties as a Non-Executive Member ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Collaborative, team oriented style with equal accountability and voice from all unitary board members. - Excellent strategic abilities, with the capacity to plan for the long-term, along with sound independent judgement, diplomacy and political astuteness. - Experience of working at Board level, or equivalent and able to demonstrate an understanding of corporate governance and assurance requirements ### Qualifications **Essential** - Qualified to Masters or equivalent professional qualification and / or experience - Evidence of continuous professional development ### Skills & Knowledge **Essential** - Experience of working at Board level, or equivalent, and able to demonstrate an understanding of corporate governance and assurance requirements. - Ability to support the Executive Team and their leadership of the organisation, while monitoring their conduct and seeking to uphold the highest ethical standards of integrity and probity. - Excellent strategic abilities, with the capacity to plan for the long-term, along with sound independent judgement, diplomacy and political astuteness. - Ability to work as an effective Board member, able to prioritise focus and deployment of key resources - Chairing skills ## Documents - [ned - ps (pdf, 856.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10551312) - [ned - jd,ps (pdf, 856.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10551309) - [candidate recruitment pack (pdf, 1.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10551310) - [equal opportunities form (pdf, 360.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10551311) - [roh recruitment guidance on artificial intelligence (ai) (pdf, 188.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3060) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.