Job Description

We are looking for a Non-Executive Director to play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our large acute Trust and our wider health and care system. We are specifically looking for individuals who can bring recent and significant board level digital and business transformation experience from a large and complex organisation.



With over 1 billion turnover and 13,000 staff, we lead and operate multi-site hospitals in our community in addition to providing specialist centre care for neurosciences, cardiac services and children's intensive care. We touch the lives of over four million people.



Attached you will find the person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.



For an overview of the main duties of the role please see the ' and Main Responsibilities' section below. To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached.



It is an exciting time to join the Trust as we navigate change in the NHS and work more collaboratively with our system partners. As a major centre for teaching and research, we work closely with the University of Southampton, Medical Research Council, Welcome Trust and Cancer Research UK, giving us some of the best access in the country to the latest medical advances, diagnoses, therapies and treatments.



Through our long-standing values of Patients First, Working Together and Always Improving, we are proud of the care we provide and the outcomes we achieve. We are also proud of our hugely talented and diverse workforce and we are all passionately committed to building a culture where everyone can be their best.



What you'll do



Working effectively and collaboratively, with constructive challenge, you will work alongside the Chair, Board of Directors and our Council of Governors, where you will contribute to setting our strategic direction.



You will ensure effective governance and compliance, meeting performance targets required by NHS England, the Care Quality Commission and other statutory bodies.



Contribute to the Trust's over-arching commitment to a patient focused culture and acts in the best interests of patients, the community and wider public, and delivers in line with the Trust's strategic vision.



What you'll bring



You will bring significant experience at, or very near, board level gained in a large and complex organisation. We are particularly seeking individuals with extensive digital and business transformation leadership experience.



You will demonstrate a general understanding of the local and health needs of the community, together with the ability to demonstrate an awareness, appreciation and empathy of issues relating to equality, diversity, and inclusion.



Your ability to demonstrate cross boundary working to facilitate high levels of collaboration within and across organisations and sectors.



Additional Requirements



Applicants should live in or have strong connections with the areas served by our Trust.



Board meetings are in person in Southampton and there is a requirement for non-executive director to regularly meet at the Trust.

Key dates:

Closing date:

4 June 2025

Online Preliminary Interviews w/c 16 June and w/c 23 June 2025

Short list meeting w/c 30 June 2025

Stakeholder sessions

and onsite Final Panel w/c 7 July or w/c 14 July 2025



For an informal discussion please contact Jane McCartney in the UHS Senior Appointments Team at jane.mccartney@uhs.nhs.uk



We look forward to meeting you during the process.