Non-Executive Director

Non-Executive Director

Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care

Remuneration: £8,824 per annum

Four-year appointment for two to three days per month

The Professional Standards Authority’s (PSA) role is to promote the health, safety and well-being of patients, service users and the public by raising standards of regulation and registration of people working in health and care. We are a small, independent body, accountable to the UK Parliament.  We are the oversight body for 10 statutory regulators of professionals working in the Health and Social Care sector and we manage an Accredited Registers programme for roles that are not statutorily regulated. 

Our work includes:

• Robust statutory powers – we can refer fitness to practise decisions by the regulators to the High Court if we think they are insufficient to protect the public
• The publication of reports on the performance of the regulators and critical incident reviews of regulatory failures
• Commissioning and publishing research into the effectiveness of regulation
• Working with governments on the reform of professional regulation in health and social care.

We are looking for an individual with highly developed influencing and leadership skills to work in the interests of all members of our diverse society – we do not have preconceptions about where our new Board Members will come from, so don’t rule yourself out before reading further!

This is a unique and influential role in the high-profile field of health and social care and our new Non-Executive Director will join the PSA at a time of an opportunity to be at the centre of the implementation of reform. You will be part of a team working with the governments and administrations across the United Kingdom, with the statutory regulators and non-statutory registers we oversee, with representatives of highly diverse patient and professional groups, and with other stakeholders.

The Board and the Chief Executive lead a small, high-calibre organisation with staff who are widely respected in their fields.

We are looking to recruit an individual who:

• Demonstrates an interest in public service and protection of the public
• Has a solid background in the principles of good governance
• Demonstrates a sound team-working approach, the ability to support others, and working effectively with people at all levels
• Has experience of dealing with diverse stakeholders
• Demonstrates a commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion
• Demonstrates an appreciation of the UK wide context within which the PSA operates.

No non-executive members of our Board may be or ever have been a member of a profession regulated by any of the 10 regulators we oversee so that we are independent of the health and social care professions.

Please see the Candidate Information Pack for more information about us and this role.

We are keen to improve the diversity within our organisation and would like to encourage applications from individuals who come from a diverse range of backgrounds. Therefore we require all applicants to complete the EDI questionnaire provided as part of the pack (although you may tick prefer not to answer if you wish).

As a Disability Confident employer, we will guarantee an interview for people with disabilities who meet all the essential criteria and so if you would like to be considered under this scheme then please let us know.

If you are interested in applying or want to find out more about the organisation and the role please contact recruitment@professionalstandards.org.uk.

Closing date for applications: Midnight on 3 June 2024

Interviews are likely to be held week commencing 1 July 2024 in person.