Job Description

The Company Secretary is accountable to the Chief Executive Officer and reports to both the Chair and the Chief Executive to provide independent advice.

They will support the Chair and Chief Executive to meet their obligations, to ensure that the Trust maintains ongoing compliance with the regulatory frameworks and the terms of its Licence.

The post holder is responsible for establishing and maintaining the highest levels of Corporate Governance.



The post holder is responsible for establishing and maintaining the highest levels of Corporate Governance



They have primary responsibility for



Maintaining the highest levels of Corporate Governance and providing advice and support to the Chair and Chief Executive in this regard



Supporting Trust Board compliance with all relevant legislation and regulations, the Code of Governance and the current terms of authorisation issued by the regulator (NHSI/E)



Ensure that the Board of Directors and its Committees are properly constituted, operated and supported, according to Standing Orders and the regulatory framework



Development for the Board of Directors and Council of Governors



Management of the Board Assurance Framework and Corporate Risk Register



Leadership of the Corporate Governance agenda



Management of the Trust Membership and Council of Governors



Leadership of the Trust secretariat and risk management team



Co-ordinating AGMs, the annual report and statutory reporting requirements



Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides health services across the Fylde coast.



We are an organisation of scale and complexity with a workforce in excess of 8500 employees. As a large, integrated provider of acute and community services to a 445,000-strong population of the Fylde Coast and an estimated 11 million visitors to the seaside town of Blackpool,



Blackpool Teaching Hospitals is a challenged provider on a defined improvement journey, however regulators have consistently recognised colleagues in both hospital and community services for demonstrating our Trusts Values of Caring, Safe and Respectful.



For further information, please review the attached and Person specification for more detailed duties and responsibilities for the role.