Logo for South Central Ambulance Service Closing Date: 30th January 2025 About the organisation South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SCAS) provides a range of emergency, urgent care and non-emergency healthcare services, along with commercial logistics services. They are a Foundation Trust and deliver services to the populations of the South Central region – Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire and Oxfordshire – as well as non-emergency patient transport services in Surrey and Sussex, and a dental service (accessed via NHS 111) in parts of Dorset. They employ 4,700 staff who, together with over 900 volunteers, enable us to operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The NHS finds itself in very challenging circumstances and SCAS is no exception. Their services in 999, NHS 111, Patient Transport Services (PTS) and Clinical Coordination Centres (CCCs) have had to respond to challenges that they have never seen before. They continue to operate in very difficult times and under significant pressure, which has necessitated a great deal of resilience from their people; the board and the community. Their focus continues to be on ensuring they deliver a high-quality safe service, have a timely response to incidents, look after their workforce and live within the financial resource they have allocated to us. To do this it is imperative that they work closely with the wider NHS, emergency services, and public and voluntary sector partners to deliver their strategy and align it with the systems they work with. Their response to the Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection of their 999 call centres and frontline operations, and the resultant report published in August 2022, has continued throughout 2023/24. Their SCAS Improvement Programme, immediately set up to address the issues identified, has focussed on four key areas: governance and well-led, culture and staff wellbeing, performance improvement, and patient safety. The Chair is working closely with the Chief Executive and their NHS England Improvement Director to shape and develop a strong Unitary Board to ensure that their services meet the growing needs of the populations they serve, whilst realising the significant financial efficiencies they are required to deliver and keeping their operations safe. About the role They are looking to appoint two NEDs who will bring significant Board level leadership experience (Executive or NED) from complex, highly regulated public facing organisations. Within that they would like to hear from individuals with board level skills in organisational development, transformation and culture change, communications and engagement as well as those with strategic clinical experience particularly around primary care, community services or the emergency care pathway. You will need to be a strategic thinker who understands the challenges of operating as part of a unitary board with the experience to provide supportive challenge in a pressurised environment under external scrutiny. Politically astute, you will enjoy engaging and working collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders to ensure that SCAS delivers its priorities and works effectively with its system partners. You will have the highest standards of personal integrity and will also be able to demonstrate a clear understanding of, and alignment to, their values. They want their Board to provide a broad spectrum of lived experience and are keen to attract candidates who can bring diverse perspectives. They welcome expressions of interest from the widest possible range of backgrounds, particularly those who are under- represented at Board level in the NHS. Location: HQ is Bicester with travel expected across the patch Salary: £13,000 per annum for four days a month on average For more information and to apply please visit: https://leadscas.com/ For a confidential discussion please contact: Julia St Clare, Senior Consultant E: julia.stclare@gatenbysanderson.com T: +44 (0) 7807 631 564 Melanie Shearer, Partner E: melanie.shearer@gatenbysanderson.com T: +44 (0) 7785 616 548

Closing Date: Monday 27th January 2025 About the Organisation ELFT (East London NHS Foundation Trust) strives to improve the quality of life of all they serve. They work hand in hand with their service users, staff, Governors, communities and partners to continue to improve the wellbeing and health of their populations, and to reduce health inequalities across East London, Bedfordshire and Luton. Rated as ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) for the third consecutive time in January 2022, they are recognised as an exceptional organisation where people participation, co-production, staff engagement and quality improvement are at the heart of what they do. This approach has transformed the culture of the Trust and the way they work with their staff, service users and carers. They know that the future will be different with continued service and financial pressures and an increased focus on improving value. However, against this shifting delivery context, one thing remains a constant - the Trust Board is clear that they must continue to be ambitious for their service users, staff and local populations. Their refreshed strategy will ensure that they maintain their high quality of service delivery and continues their ambition to improve the health and wellbeing, quality of care and value for the people they serve as well as the experience of their staff. This means working with them to provide safe, compassionate and recovery focused care. They are especially excited to be developing their programme to measurably improve population health and wellbeing and by the opportunity to build upon the collaborative work that they accelerated with partners throughout their response to the pandemic. They are seeking to further integrate health and care throughout place and system level and are working with partners in local authorities, general practice, mental health, community health and acute services, across both statutory and non-statutory sectors. About the role They are seeking to appoint three Non-Executive Directors to their Board, supporting and challenging them as they move forward in the next phase of their development. They are keen to hear from those with strategic finance or commercial experience, clinical experience especially in primary care, experience of improving population health outcomes and inequalities, digital experience, and connections to their local communities. Above all else, they are seeking inspirational, collaborative and values led people whose visions for health and social care, ambition for their Trust, and commitment to their service users, carers and staff is aligned to their own. This is an exciting and rewarding role with the opportunity to make a real difference in reducing health inequalities and improving the health and wellbeing of their communities. They are proud that their organisation is one of the most diverse in the NHS and understand the benefits this brings to the quality of services and effective decision making, and warmly welcome applications from members of their vibrant and diverse communities as well as from seldom heard communities or underrepresented groups. You can find out more at their Virtual Open Event on Wednesday 15th January 2025 please register to book your space using the link below as numbers are limited. https://forms.office.com/e/m51Z5Y4miM For further information and/or an informal discussion on the roles please contact Melanie Shearer, Jim Canning or Mohamed Ebrahim via mohamed.ebrahim@gatenbysanderson.com. To apply please click on the link below. https://www.gatenbysanderson.com/job/GSe117651

Closing Date: 29th December 2024 About the Organisation This is a fantastic opportunity to take on a significant leadership role in a high performing ICB, where you will have the opportunity to work with colleagues and partners committed to ensuring the people in their system live longer, healthier lives. NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board (BLMK ICB) is responsible for the planning of NHS service delivery and resource allocation to achieve the system’s strategic objectives and to improve the health of the population. They work with partners across the BLMK Integrated Care System (ICS) to improve outcomes in health and care. Working with their system partners, they focus on tackling inequalities in outcomes, experience and access; enhancing productivity and value for money; and helping all partners to support broader social and economic development. Their Integrated Care System is made up of four Places – Bedford Borough; Central Bedfordshire; Milton Keynes and Luton. Each of these Places has its own unitary local authority and each differs in terms of population and health needs. Milton Keynes is a new city, with rich ethnic minority communities and a large rural area. Bedford Borough has both rural and urban areas with about two-thirds of the population living in the towns of Bedford and Kempston. Central Bedfordshire comprises of a mix of market towns and rural villages. Luton is a Marmot town with a plan, Luton 2040, designed to build a great town celebrating its diversity. In all their places they have the joint opportunity as partners to reduce the inequalities and variation in wellbeing. As a system they have developed strong working relationships between their NHS, local authority, police, fire and VCSE partners. They have identified five strategic objectives, with an overarching goal to help people to live longer, healthier lives, as well as reducing inequalities across their populations. In BLMK, they are proud to be working with partners, local people, and communities to create a fairer health and care system for everyone. This comes following the publication of the landmark Denny Review in 2023, which was led by local Pastor and community leader, Reverend Lloyd Denny. The ICB is working to deliver against the Denny Review recommendations which were co-designed with local residents and is working with partners across the system to deliver a movement for change. This includes working with the global leader for quality improvement, the Institute of Healthcare Improvement on an eighteen-month programme to reduce strokes and heart attacks in ‘at risk’ communities and review translation and interpretation services to ensure they deliver against the Accessible Information standard. Breaking down barriers for people for whom English is a second language. About the role As their ICB Chair you will have a deep interest and commitment to this agenda. They are looking to appoint a Chair who is committed to openness, transparency, and compassionate leadership. As a suitable candidate you will be an experienced Board level operator. You will have an outstanding track record of partnership working and influencing skills, with the ability to inspire confidence in key stakeholders at the highest levels across multiple organisations. As Chair you will work closely with their CEO, offering appropriate support and challenge as required. You will ensure the Board fulfils its oversight and scrutiny responsibilities and maintains strong governance arrangements. You will support and develop the whole ICB Board, working with the team of non-executive members to create a constructive and accountable Board. If you have the skills and experience required and feel aligned to their vision and values, then they welcome your application and look forward to meeting with you in due course. The ICB is committed to ensuring its workforce reflects the broad diversity of the communities it serves, and they positively encourage applications from candidates of diverse backgrounds. Recruitment Timetable: Applications close: Sunday, 29 December 2024 Longlisting Interviews: 2 and 6 January 2025 Stakeholder Group Sessions: Tuesday, 14 January 2025 Final Panel Interviews: Wednesday, 22 January 2025 For more information, please request a copy of the candidate briefing pack, or for an exploratory and confidential conversation about the post, please contact their recruitment partners Joe Joyce or Natasha Parmar at Finegreen on enquiries@finegreen.co.uk

Closing Date: 9am on 13th January 2025 About the Organisation Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (MWL) is one of the largest and most respected NHS organisations in Cheshire and Merseyside, formed in July 2023 through the integration of St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals and Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trusts. Rated as Outstanding by the Care Quality Commission, they are dedicated to delivering their “Five-Star Patient Care” to every individual they serve across acute, community, and primary healthcare services. With a workforce of over 9,000 who embody their supportive and inclusive culture; they operate from 19 locations, proudly serving a diverse population of over 600,000, while providing specialist regional services to more than 4 million people. Following eleven successful years, their Chair, Richard Fraser will be stepping down early next year. They are seeking a new Chair to lead their board during this exciting new era for their organisation as they continue to maximise the benefits of their new structure under their recently appointed new Chief Executive, Rob Cooper. About the role The Chair will be critical in leading the board to continue to foster their culture of collaboration and high performance; forging strong partnerships with key stakeholders, staff and their communities to enable continuous improvement and transformation of services for all their staff and those they serve. They are seeking an exceptional leader to Chair their high performing board with influence, collaboration skills, and vision. You will be driven by their mission to integrate and enhance healthcare services and bring extensive senior Board-level leadership and governance experience in complex, regulated, and person-centred organisations, adept at operating at scale and in politically complex environments. As a visible and approachable leader, you will inspire and guide their Board of Directors offering support and challenge whilst demonstrating a deep commitment to their staff and local communities. This is a rare and exciting opportunity to lead the board of a highly successful organisation and shape the future of healthcare provision for the populations they proudly serve. To learn more about us and this fantastic role, please visit their dedicated microsite or for a confidential discussion, and details of how to apply, please contact their search partners Helen Barkham, Emily Smith or Emma Pickup at Gatenby Sanderson on 07921 308766 or helen.barkham@gatenbysanderson.com Closing date for applications: 9am on Monday 13 January 2025 Remuneration: £60,000 per annum Time commitment of 2-3 days a week Location: North West