# Non Executive Director > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/non-executive-director/4f894777-a648-45e3-8bb0-a0efb959545e - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/non-executive-director/4f894777-a648-45e3-8bb0-a0efb959545e.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** St Nicholas Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Non-executive director - **Salary:** Remuneration £13,500 per annum - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 3 years (4 days per month) - **Employment type:** Part time - 7.5 hours per week (4 days per month) - **Closing date:** 2026-11-06T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-07T10:11:23.269Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Tyne_Wear/Newcastle_upon_Tyne/Cumbria_Northumberland_Tyne_Wear_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Mental_Health/Mental_Health-v8349013 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8349013?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.cntw.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Thank you for your interest in joining Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust as a Non-Executive Director. This is an important time for our Trust and for the wider NHS. We are working in a challenging environment, with significant changes taking place across health and care. At the same time, we have a real opportunity to think differently, strengthen our partnerships and continue improving the care and support we provide to the communities we serve. We are seeking two new Non-Executive Directors who will bring independent thinking, constructive challenge and sound judgement to our Board. Across the two appointments, we are looking to strengthen the Board’s collective expertise in: - Medical or clinical leadership and practice. - The NHS and the wider health and care environment. - Primary care or social care. - Organisational development and culture. These areas of expertise are important, but they are not the whole of what we are looking for. How you work, the values you bring and your commitment to the people we serve will matter just as much. Our values are simple but fundamental: we are caring and compassionate; respectful; honest and transparent. We want Board members who will live those values, keep service users and carers at the heart of their thinking, listen to different perspectives and help create an inclusive culture in which people feel valued and able to speak openly. ### Main duties of the job We particularly welcome applications from people whose backgrounds, perspectives and lived experiences will broaden the thinking of our Board and help us better reflect and understand the diverse communities we serve. If you share our values and feel your experience could help us meet the challenges and opportunities ahead, I would be delighted to hear from you. Darren Best Chair, Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust You can also view a video from Darren telling you a little bit more about the role here If you have any queries regarding the application process, please contact Debbie Henderson, Director of Communications and Corporate Affairs via email at debbie.henderson@cntw.nhs.uk Should you be interested in this role and would like to have an informal discussion with Darren Best, Chair, please contact the Corporate Affairs Team via email at corporateaffairs@cntw.nhs.uk Closing date for applications: 6th November 2026 Interviews will be held over two days during week commencing 7th December 2026 Please note: successful candidates will be subject to the NHS England Fit and Proper Person Test Framework requirements NHS England » NHS England Fit and Proper Person Test Framework for board members ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Applications should be submitted by sending a full CV (covering a minimum of six-year employment history) and a supporting statement outlining how requirements of the role can be met. All CVs and supporting statements should be sent via email to corporateaffairs@cntw.nhs.uk CVs submitted in the absence of the supporting statement will not be considered for interview. Please find attached job description and also ensure to read the attached 'Recruitment Pack'. Closing date: Friday 6th November at midnight ### Applicant requirements 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 ### Leadership **Essential** - Contribute to setting the direction and strategy and aspirations of the Trust and act in a manner consistent with its values - Create a compelling vision for the future and communicate this within and across organisations - Work with others in teams and networks and engage, listen, and involve service users, carers and communities to provide services with a view to continuous improvement - Demonstrate resilience, independence of thought, emotional intelligence, the ability to work through conflict and ambiguity and the ability to demonstrate a range of leadership styles to secure results - A level of political astuteness with highly developed skills in engaging and influencing - Demonstrate presence and engage people by the way they communicate, behave, and interact with others ### Competencies **Essential** - Demonstrates an ability to work effectively and with sound judgement in a highly complex and dynamic environment - The ability to develop, with service users, carers, colleagues and partners a clear and compelling organisational narrative that describes the future strategy of the Trust, and to communicate this narrative and progress to a wide range of audiences - The ability to communicate complex health and care issues in laypersons language at public meetings. - Understand and analyse complex issues, drawing on the breadth of data that needs to inform the Trust’s deliberations and decision-making; and the wisdom to ensure that it is used ethically to balance competing priorities and make difficult decisions. - The ability to influence and persuade others articulating a well-founded view and to engage in constructive debate without being adversarial or losing respect and goodwill - The ability to take an objective view, seeing issues from all perspectives and especially external and service user and carer perspectives - Capability to work across organisational boundaries ### Background and experience **Essential** - Empathy, compassion and an understanding of the complex challenges of mental health and disability issues - Board level experience in a large organisation whether gained in the private, public, or voluntary sector, well respected with strong reputation in their chosen field. - A good knowledge and experience of corporate governance, strategy formulation, change management and financial management - Politically astute, able to grasp relevant issues and understand the relationships between interested parties. - Excellent partnership and relationship management skills; a good understanding of public and voluntary sector organisations - Accustomed to being held to a high level of accountability and experienced in holding others to account - Ability to understand and accept the legal duties and liabilities of Non- Executive Directors and the regulatory framework in which the NHS operates. - Experience of leading and delivering transformational change in an open and inclusive way, with a natural ability to communicate with service users and carers, communities and colleagues as well as managing complex political environments - Experience of effective joint working with other statutory, third sector or private sector organisations - Qualified to be a member of the CNTW NHS FT (please refer to the Eligibility section of the recruitment website ### Attributes, personal qualities and values **Essential** - Commitment to continuously improving outcomes, tackling health inequalities, and delivering the best value for money for the taxpayer - Commitment to upholding, the NHS principles and values outlined in the NHS Constitution - Commitment to ensuring that the organisation values diversity, and promotes equality and inclusivity in all aspects of their business - Commitment to promoting integration where this is in the patients’ best interest - Committed to ‘system working’, partnering across organisations to deliver on key priorities set out in NHS Long Term Plan - An effective decision maker who leads by example and can take others with them - Flexible and adaptable in approach, enabling him/her to respond to the situation accordingly - Strategic thinker with the ability to communicate a vision and engage followership - Personal integrity and commitment to openness - Independent in judgement - Commitment to the NHS, CNTW and other partners within the system for the benefit of health services and the wider population - Exceptional engagement skills; and able to communicate well with a range of people including staff and service users. - Strong inter-personal skills to contribute to discussions to achieve common goals - Ability to represent the Trust at regional and national levels - Able to weigh up arguments and summarise key issues - Commitment to NHS values and principles; understands aims of NHS Foundation Trusts; and demonstrates understanding of role of Governors. - Ability to contribute to the development of a strong organisational values-driven culture. ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 196.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10674159) - [recruitment pack (pdf, 330.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10674160) - [employee benefits (pdf, 922.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2167) - [interview guarantee scheme (pdf, 127.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1211) - [tips on how to complete your application (pdf, 171.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1209) - [reference guidelines for applicants - please read (pdf, 20.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1210) ## 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.