Non-Executive Member for Finance and Contracting

Job overview

Our Chair, Anu Singh, and four Non-Executive Members have been appointed, and we are now looking to appoint an individual as the Non-Executive Member (NEM) and Chair of the Finance and Contracting Committee to our Integrated Care Boards. This is a crucial role on our unitary Boards, providing oversight, scrutiny, challenge, assurance, support and insight to our Boards and partners. Ensuring that all decisions are made in the interest of our patients and communities; this is an exciting opportunity to bring your talent and experience to impact on the future health, well-being and prosperity of our populations and those who serve them.

Main duties of the job

The role requires experienced board level leadership with a breadth of perspectives and a personal commitment to reducing inequalities.

We are seeking someone with significant board leadership experience, ideally inclusive of non-executive level.

Candidates should live in or have established connections with places served by the two ICBs. The post holder will bring independent oversight and constructive challenge to the priorities, plans and performance of the Executive Team, and promote informed, open and transparent decision-making.

You will have a key role in ensuring the voice and needs of patients and communities are central to the ICBs' discussions and decisions, so that strategies and services are inclusive and accessible to the whole population and deliver the best possible health outcomes.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

As a Non-Executive Member, you will work alongside the Chair, other Non-Executives and Executives as an equal member of Boards meeting in common which will lead the cluster. You will be responsible for specific areas relating to board governance and oversight and will:

• Work collaboratively to shape the long-term viable plan for the delivery of functions, duties and objectives of the cluster and for the stewardship of public money.
• Have a collective responsibility with the other members of the Board to ensure corporate accountability for the performance of the organisation, ensuring its functions are effectively and efficiently discharged and its financial obligations are met.
• Bring independent thought and respectful challenge to the plans, aims and objectives, and priorities of the cluster and champion the Boards approach to innovation and thinking outside the box.
• Promote informed, open and transparent decision-making that facilitates consensus aimed at maximising outcomes for the population.
• Ensure the Boards and Committees are effective and well led in all aspects and focused on the transforming toward the core purpose and functions of Strategic Commissioning; alongside immediate priorities of delivering 2025/26 final plan, operational and quality standards, and achieving the safe transition of functions to NHS England and providers as set out in the Model ICB Blueprint.
• Be champions of governance arrangements, collaborative leadership and effective partnership working, including with local government, NHS Trusts, Primary Care, the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise sector (VCSE), and others.
• Support the Chair and wider Boards on issues that impact development and delivery of cohesive and complementary work across the LNR cluster.
• Play a key role in the Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) to ensure the cluster is well led, meets its statutory duties, building strong partnerships and governance arrangements with system partners, including assuming commissioning functions from NHS England.

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.