Non-Executive Director

Commit to working to, and encouraging within the Trust, the highest standards of probity, integrity and governance and contribute to ensuring that the Trusts internal governance arrangements conform with best practice and statutory requirements; Provide independent judgement and advice on issues of strategy, vision, performance, resources and standards of conduct and constructively challenge, influence and help the Executive Team develop proposals on such strategies; in accordance with board procedure, monitor the performance and conduct of management in meeting agreed goals and objectives and statutory responsibilities, including the preparation of annual reports and annual accounts, including the quality reports and accounts, and other statutory duties; obtain comfort that financial information is accurate and that financial controls and risk management systems are robust and defensible; obtain comfort that information about the quality and safety of services is accurate and that the associated systems are robust and defensible; contribute to the determination of appropriate levels of remuneration for Executive Directors and other very senior managers; participate in and if required chair the Trust committees, as well as take an active part in other committees established by the Board of Directors to exercise delegated responsibility; as a member of board committees, appoint, remove, support, encourage and where appropriate mentor senior executives; bring independent judgement and experience based on expertise from outside the Trust and apply this to the benefit of the Trust, its stakeholders and its wider community; assist fellow Directors in setting the Trusts strategic aims, ensuring that the necessary financial, human and other resources are in place for the Trust to meet its objectives, and that performance is effectively monitored and reviewed; assist fellow Directors in providing entrepreneurial leadership to the Trust within a framework of prudent and effective controls, which enable risk to be assessed and managed; assist fellow Directors in setting the Trusts values and standards and ensure its obligations to its stakeholders and the wider community are understood and fairly balanced at all times; engage positively and collaboratively in board discussion of agenda items and act as an ambassador for the Trust in engagement with stakeholders including the local community, dealing with the media when appropriate;