Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust- Chair

Closing Date: 31st July 2026

About the Organisation

Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is one of the country’s most influential organisations working to improve the health of children and young people.

Sheffield Children’s has been dedicated to providing world class services to children and young people for 150 years; they provide a wide range of integrated healthcare, including community and mental health as well as acute and specialist services to patients locally, regionally, nationally and internationally, with an annual income of circa £350m.

They are rated ‘Good’ by the CQC and have many areas of outstanding practice upon which to build as they deliver their strategy ‘Caring Together’. They are proud of their history and achievements and remain ambitious to build on those foundations, determined to deliver even better care outcomes for the patients and families they serve in the future.

The Opportunity

Following in Professor Laura Serrant’s footsteps, they are seeking to appoint another inspirational, values-driven Chair who will lead us into a new era. This is an exciting time for a new Chair to join us, as they open The Spark, home to the National Centre for Child Health Technology (NCCHT) at Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park with the opportunity for Sheffield Children’s to play an even greater role on local, regional and national platforms.

Their partnerships are strong at a local level and nationally. They also work very closely with Sheffield Children’s Hospital Charity to fund things that are over and above standard NHS provision.

Few Board Chair roles nationally will offer such an opportunity to influence the life chances of future generations of children and young people – not just in Sheffield and South Yorkshire, but nationally and internationally through their many specialist services with clinicians considered amongst the best in the world.

As their new Chair you will have the opportunity to lead a highly capable Board that prides itself on keeping patients at the heart of its decisions and be part of an organisation that is committed to enhancing the health and wellbeing for the millions of people who live in their communities. The successful candidate should demonstrate inspirational leadership qualities gained at board level in organisations of complexity and influence, with the capability to not only lead a board of directors, but to play an important leadership role at system and on a national stage.

They want their Board to be as inclusive and diverse as possible. They encourage applications from individuals who bring lived experience that equips them both for the leadership aspects of the role but also brings an understanding of some of the challenges of their local communities. If you share their values, attitudes and behaviours, please contact us.

To Apply

• For a conversation in confidence, please contact Odgers: Peter Mason or Gill Powell via vicky.graham@odgers.com

• For more information and to apply, please visit Opportunities | Odgers

Other information

Remunerated between £44,000 to £54,000 per annum for a time commitment of circa 3 days per week.