Non-Executive Directors, South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS FT

Non-Executive Directors,
South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

United Kingdom

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About South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

South West Yorkshire Partnership is a specialist NHS Foundation Trust - established in 2002 - that provides community, mental health and learning disability services to the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide some medium secure (forensic) services to the whole of Yorkshire and the Humber too.

Our Community Partnership
Over 1 million people live in Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield across urban and rural communities from a range of diverse backgrounds. We aim to match the community’s needs with locally sensitive and efficient services along with a workforce that is reflective of the population we serve. We work from a variety of sites as well as with people in their own homes.

We work with other local NHS organisations to provide comprehensive health care to people in our area. We also work closely with local authorities (social care) and with other government departments and voluntary organisations. Working in partnership is very important to us and is vital if we are to continue delivering high quality services for local people. The Trust works and connects with both Integrated Care System (ICS) in South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire.

Working in partnership also means working with the members of our foundation trust, who can have a say in how we run the Trust and how they wish our services to be developed. Over 11,000 local people have joined us as members, and our staff are also members.

We currently employ around 4,600 staff, in both clinical and non-clinical support services.

Our services are split in five 'care groups'. These are:

Barnsley integrated services care group
CAMHS and children’s care group
Adults and older people mental health care group
Forensic care group
Learning disabilities and adult ASD/ADHD care group

Each care group is led by a director of services who is accountable for service strategy, clinical quality, operational performance and effective use of resources.

Dear Candidate,
Thank you for your interest in joining our Trust as one of two new Non-Executive Directors at South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. I hope that this demanding, but very rewarding, opportunity catches your imagination and that you feel encouraged to apply. Our ambitious programme of transformation reflects the challenging times in which we operate and will transform the lives of those who use our services and bring benefits to the communities we serve. I joined the Trust as the new Chair in 2021 and I am looking forward to working with you and the rest of the team in delivering our vision, mission, culture, and values.
As a Trust, we are in a strong position as a specialist provider of community, mental health and learning disability services to the 1.22m people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees, and Wakefield. Most of the care we provide is delivered in local communities by our 4,600 staff and we have an annual income of £377mn. We are also the lead provider of low and medium secure forensic mental health care to people across West Yorkshire and deliver specialist mental health support into Wetherby Young Offenders’ Institution.
We are a high performing organisation with over 87% of services assessed by the CQC rated as ‘Good’ or ‘Outstanding’. We have a significant role to play in both the West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire Integrated Care Systems (ICS), working with partners to integrate health and care services to meet the needs of our diverse populations.
Further information is available on their website: Care Quality Commission.
The Trust is seeking to appoint two outstanding and unique individuals, one of whom will have a clinical or public health background, to join our strong and stable Board to complement the skills currently represented and support it to meet the Trust’s exciting and demanding agenda. It is important that the successful applicants are able to commit the necessary time to their role to help us achieve this.
The successful candidates will bring the capability and enthusiasm to support our ambitious vision within the context of significant change, transformation, and opportunity, both within the organisation, the region, and the wider NHS. The successful candidates must be able to demonstrate experience of working in or with large, complex organisations, have an ability to engage positively and collaboratively in Board discussions, and the potential and willingness to act as an ambassador for the Trust. They will also bring strong relationship management and influencing skills, have experience of making autonomous decisions, have a passion for delivering quality and excellence, and, importantly, support the values of the Trust.
Interested applicants must live within the regions of Yorkshire, the Humber, Cumbria, Durham, Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire and we welcome applications from all aspects of society, including people from BAME and LGBT+ communities, people with disabilities, younger people, service users and carers.
I trust the information in this pack will give you a flavour of our organisation, our values, and priorities. If you share our ambition for success and can offer the commitment needed, please see details within this pack regarding how to apply for the role and I look forward to hearing from you.
I wish you the very best in your application.
Marie Burnham
Chair
Please click here to read the Job Description & Person Specification
Interested applicants must live within Yorkshire, the Humber, Cumbria, Durham, Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire as set out in Annex 1 of our Constitution and meet the provisions covering the appointment and removal of Non-Executive Directors of the Trust Board set out in paragraphs 25, 29 and Annex 6 of our Constitution.
All applications must include:
- A full curriculum vitae/resume
- Quoting the relevant role reference number: A039300
- A covering letter highlighting the aspects of the job description and South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust that particularly attract you to the post, making sure it is aligned to the criteria outlined in the Person Specification (Microsoft Word document)
- Contact details for three referees, these will not be contacted without your permission. (References should validate a minimum period of the last six years)
- A completed Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form (which you will be redirected to once you have submitted your application) *
Monitoring
One of Alumni Global’s and South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation’s objectives is to ensure that its workforce is reflective of the local community and therefore we actively encourage applications from under-represented groups. So that we can successfully achieve these aims, while it is not mandatory we would encourage every applicant to complete the “Equal Opportunities Monitoring form” so that we can measure the effectiveness of our efforts. The Recruiting Manager does not have access to the Monitoring Information Sections of the application form at any stage of the process and the information provided will be kept entirely confidential.
For a confidential discussion on this role please contact:
Simon Green, Director, Rabiya Ali, Consultant, or Beth Stickney, Principal Researcher on +44 7703 821 996.
Candidate adjustment
If you require any reasonable adjustments to be made as part of the recruitment process please can you advise us so that we can ensure this is accommodated.
Key Milestones:
Closing date: 6th June 2024
Stakeholder engagement event: 25th June 2024
Final Panel Interviews: w/c 24th June 2024 - TBC
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