With over 5,000 dedicated colleagues, Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of acute and community healthcare services to 400,000 people living across Derbyshire. Rated as Good by the CQC, we are a values-led organisation committed to providing exceptional care for the communities we proudly serve. Our new Improving Care Together strategy sets out our shared commitment to building a healthier future for our communities, strengthening our partnerships to deliver care closer to home, tackling health inequalities, and creating the conditions which will improve outcomes for the populations we serve.

Following the appointment of Jackie Smith as our outstanding new Chair earlier this year, we are now seeking an exceptional Non-Executive Director to join our highly committed Board and provide leadership across finance and performance. This is an exciting and pivotal time to join #TeamCRH and to provide scrutiny as we focus on delivering the ambitions of our new strategy. You will bring your experience to support our Board in ensuring long-term financial sustainability, overseeing major transformation, and meeting the challenges and opportunities presented by a rapidly evolving health and care landscape.

We are seeking a qualified finance professional with significant non-executive experience to chair our Finance and Performance Committee. You will bring board-level credibility, financial insight and the confidence to provide constructive challenge, and support financial sustainability. Strong governance, strategic and partnership skills are essential, alongside a clear commitment to our values, high-quality care, colleague experience and an understanding of our diverse communities.

We are incredibly proud of our diversity as an organisation, and it is important to us that our Board understands a broad spectrum of lived experience. We are keen to attract candidates who can bring diverse perspectives, and particularly welcome expressions of interest from candidates with protected characteristics.

If you are excited by this role and the opportunity to join our Board, we would love to hear from you. For a confidential discussion, please contact our recruitment partners GatenbySanderson: Niamh Blair: niamh.blair@gatenbysanderson.com or Emma Pickup via emma.pickup@gatenbysanderson.com .

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Documents

Fit and Proper Person Declaration - New.docx

Recruitment Timetable

Closing date
9am Tuesday 13th October

Final panel
Wednesday 21st October

How to Apply

• Please submit an up to date copy of your CV, along with a Supporting Statement that addresses the criteria set out in the person specification, using examples to demonstrate how you meet the essential requirements.
• A completed fit and proper person form - the template can be downloaded from the same place as the job description.
• Detail any employment or education gaps.
• You should provide the names, positions, organisations, and contact details for your referees, which must be your line managers and include your current and most recent employer. The referees should cover at least two roles as the minimum. Please note, should you be appointed, you will be required to provide references covering your last 6 years of employment as per the new NHS Fit and Proper Person regulations. Where there have been gaps in employment, this six year period will be extended accordingly. Referees will only be contacted for those proceeding to the final stage - we will always gain your permission before we contact referees.
• Let us know any difficulty you may have with the indicative timetable.
• Check that your contact details are correct before you submit.

Once you have submitted your application, you will receive an automated email to confirm that you have applied. If you do not receive this email, please make contact with GatenbySanderson.

Acceptable use of AI

Candidates may use AI tools to support proofreading, editing and presentation. However, all application materials should represent the candidate's own experience, perspectives and leadership thinking. We are seeking original and authentic responses, and applicants should ensure that any submission reflects their own analysis, judgement and vision for the role.