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Salary Summary The Board is collectively responsible for ensuring the success of Nottingham CityCare Partnership and to play a key independent role to the Board by seeking assurance on the delivery of the organisations strategy, performance and governance whilst ensuring accountability to our commissioners and as a social enterprise, the communities we serve. All Directors, Executive and Non-Executive have responsibility to constructively challenge the decisions of the Board and support the development of priorities, risk mitigation, standards, and strategy. The Non-Executive Director hold the organisation to account ensuring good governance and value for public money. Roles & Responsibilities The role and responsibilities of our Non-executive Directors include the following: Commit to working to, and encouraging within the organisation, the highest standards of probity, integrity and governance and contribute to ensuring that the organisations internal governance arrangements conform with best practice and statutory requirements.
Provide independent judgment and advice on issues of strategy, vision, performance, resources and standards of conduct and constructively challenge influence and help the Executive Board develop proposals on such strategies. In accordance with agreed Board procedures, monitor the performance and conduct of management in meeting agreed goals and objectives and statutory responsibilities, including the preparation of annual reports and annual accounts and other statutory duties. Contribute to the determination of appropriate levels of remuneration for Executive Directors. Chair and/or participate in sub committees of the board, established to exercise delegated responsibilities, in particular chairing the Finance and Performance Committee.
Bring independent judgment and experience and expertise from outside the organisation and apply this to the benefit of the organisation, its stakeholders, and its wider community. Assist fellow Directors in setting the organisations strategic aims, ensuring that the necessary financial and human resources are in place for the organisation to meet its objectives, and that performance is effectively monitored and reviewed. Assist fellow Directors in providing entrepreneurial leadership to the organisation within a framework of prudent and effective controls, which enable risk to be assessed and managed and mitigated. Assist fellow Directors in setting the organisations values and standards and ensure that its obligations to its stakeholders and the wider community are always understood and balanced.
Engage positively and collaboratively in Board discussion of agenda items and act as an ambassador for the organisation in engagement with stakeholders including the local community, dealing with the media when appropriate. Eligibility To be eligible for appointment, candidates should live or work in the area serviced by the organisation i.e., Nottingham City or surrounding areas. Criteria for Disqualification This post is subject to the fit and proper person requirements which came into force for all NHS providers from 27th November 2014. These regulations play a major part in ensuring the accountability of directors (including non-executive directors) and other board level appointments.
These regulations include a requirement that you are: Of good character Have the necessary qualifications, competence, skills, and experience; and Are able by reason of your health, after reason adjustments are made, of properly performing tasks which are intrinsic to the office or position. The following paragraphs identify the circumstances where an individual would not be eligible for appointment as a member of the Board of Directors. You cannot be considered for appointment as a Non-executive Director if you are: A person who has been adjudged bankrupt or whose estate has been sequestrated and (in either case) has not been discharged. A person who has made a composition or arrangement with, or granted a trust deed for, his creditors and has not been discharged in respect of it.
A person who within the preceding five years has been convicted in the British Islands of any offence if a sentence of imprisonment (whether suspended or not) for a period of not less than three months (without the option of a fine) was imposed. A member of the Council of Governors or a Governor or Director of an NHS body (although Governors may apply but would need to resign if appointed). The spouse, partner, parent or child of a member of the Board of Directors. A member of a Local Authoritys Scrutiny committee covering health matters.
A person who is the subject of a disqualification order made under the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986. A person whose tenure as a chairman or as a member or Director of an NHS body has been terminated on the grounds that their appointment is not in the interests of the health service, for non-attendance at meetings, or for non-disclosure of a pecuniary interest. A person within the preceding two years dismissed, otherwise than by reason of redundancy, from any paid employment with an NHS body. In the case of a Non-executive Director, they have refused without reasonable cause to fulfil any training requirement established by the Board of Directors.
A person who has refused to sign and deliver to the Secretary a statement in the form required by the Board of Directors confirming acceptance of the code of conduct for Directors. Remuneration & Time Commitment The Non-executive Director posts attract a remuneration of £8,368 per annum. The ability to attend board and sub-group meetings during the working day, with full participation in our 10 Board meetings each year, it is essential that you are confident in making a commitment of 2.5 days per month, which will include participation in sub-committees of the Board. As with all NED posts, the time commitment will require some flexibility with some months requiring greater input and others less, depending on service needs.
Meetings take place during the working day You will be eligible to claim reasonable allowances for travel and subsistence costs necessarily incurred.
