Executive Director of Nursing, Allied Health and Social Care Professionals, Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust is a very special organisation. We are an award-winning provider of health and social care services in Hull, the East Riding and North Yorkshire, as well as specialist services for patients from wider Yorkshire and parts of Lincolnshire.

Across our wide range of specialities and expertise we are connected through our commitment to one thing – delivering outstanding care. We never stop thinking about ways to make things better. We don’t just do things because that’s the way they’ve always been done. We’re open to change, trying new things and leading the way in innovation and transformation.

If this sounds something you would like to be part of, we have an exciting opportunity for an Executive Director of Nursing, Allied Health and Social Work Professions to join us in our commitment to deliver high quality, safe and sustainable patient care. This role offers an exceptional opportunity to share your talents and expertise to make a positive difference to the lives of people served by us.

As a key member of the Board, the Executive Director will provide visible and inspirational strategies for professional leadership at Board level and throughout the organisation. The Director will also be responsible for the delivery of quality, patient experience, and clinical governance strategies of the Trust, being responsible for ensuring that patients receive high quality and effective, safe, and responsive care throughout and that ensuring that organisational services fulfil statutory requirements for quality and patient safety.

All executive directors must champion the standards of public life – by upholding the highest standards of conduct and displaying the principles of selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty, and leadership. As a future NHS leader, the successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the range of behaviours, that align to our Behavioural Standards ‘Being Humber’ enabling an effective contribution in this board level role.

Just as importantly, a personal interest and commitment in equality, diversity and inclusion is a priority for this role. We value and promote diversity and are committed to equality of opportunity for all and appointments are made on merit. We believe that the most successful boards are those that reflect the communities they serve. We particularly welcome applications from women, people from black and minority ethnic communities, and disabled people, who we know are under-represented in Board level roles.

Our recruitment processes are conducted in accordance with the NHS Code of Governance to ensure that they are made on merit after a fair and open process so that the best people, from the widest possible pool of candidates, are appointed.

Our vision, mission, and values

Our vision

We aim to be a leading provider of integrated health services, recognised for the care, compassion and commitment of our staff and known as a great employer and a valued partner.

Our values

Our internal values shape our behaviours and guide the way we work with our patients, staff, partners, within our community and with each other:

Caring for people while ensuring that they are always at the heart of everything we do.
Learning and using proven research as a basis for delivering safe, effective, and integrated care.
Growing our reputation for being a provider of high-quality services and a great place to work.

I am delighted that you are interested in joining us as an Executive Director here at Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust.
If you decide to apply, you will be joining us at an incredibly exciting time as we continue our transformation journey. Humber is the top performing Trust for recommended as a place to work with an improvement of 18.2% since 2019. Service innovation is at our core, and we are ambitious to push further.
We have an exciting opportunity, due to the retirement of the current Executive Director. As such we are keen to hear from candidates with previous equivalent experience or those aspiring to take the next step into a Board level role.
This is an excellent opportunity to positively contribute at board level and to support improved health outcomes for patients and our communities as a whole.
We are seeking an individual who can provide professional Nursing, AHP and social work leadership in order to deliver results, inspiring others to be positive in their support of continuous service improvement and embedding high standards of nursing practice and care.
Just as important is your ability to engage and inspire others, and your commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion for all. The successful candidate will foster a culture where staff strive to achieve excellence in the delivery of patient care within the Trust; ensuring the patient experience and the quality of services are continuously improved and high standards of practice are achieved.
We particularly welcome approaches for this role from women, those from Black, Ethnic and minority backgrounds, disabled people, or individuals from the LGBTQ+ community with diversity of experience and an absolute must to exceed in this role.
For more information on our Trust, such as business plans, reports, and services, please visit our website About us (humber.nhs.uk )
I hope very much, after reading this pack, you will want to join us on our journey.
I wish you the best of luck in your application.
Michele Moran
Chief Executive
We are an award-winning provider of health and social care services in Hull, the East Riding and North Yorkshire. Offering multispecialty services and care, we improve the physical and mental health and wellbeing of patients and service users.
We provide a broad range of community and therapy services, primary care, community, and inpatient mental health services, learning disability services, healthy lifestyle support and addictions services. This includes specialist services for children, incorporating physiotherapy, speech and language therapy and support for children and their families who are experiencing emotional or mental health difficulties.
Our specialist services, such as forensic support and offender health, support patients from the wider Yorkshire and Humber area and further afield. Inspire, our Child and Adolescent Mental Health in-patient unit serves the young people of Hull, East Yorkshire, North and North-East Lincolnshire.
We hold a total of three GP practice contracts, registered to provide care with the Care Quality Commission (CQC). These are a mixture of General Medical Services (GMS) and Personal Medical Services (PMS) contracts in Cottingham, Market Weighton and Bridlington.
We employ more than 3,600 staff working across numerous locations covering Hull, the East Riding of Yorkshire, Whitby, Scarborough, and Ryedale.
We have approximately 8,000 members who we encourage to have their say, elect governors, and help us to make a difference to how local healthcare services are provided. The views of Trust members are represented by our Council of Governors. We have 22 governors made up of public governors, service user and carer governors, appointed governors and staff governors. More than half of the Council of Governors are elected by local people. Nominated governors include representatives of local partnership organisations.
We also have 120 dedicated volunteers who are passionate about working in our services and are available to help patients, staff, and visitors. Their work makes a huge difference to our patients’ experience, whilst improving their own health and wellbeing.
As a Teaching Trust, we work closely with our major academic partners, Hull York Medical School, and The University of Hull, nurturing a workforce of tomorrow's doctors, nurses, and health professionals. The research that we carry out helps to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we serve, our services and the care and treatment of people worldwide.
We have a dedicated Research and Development team involved in both national and global medical research and our fourth annual research conference was held virtually in November, with international delegates and over fifty organisations represented.
Our work as the organisational host for the Yorkshire and Humber Care Record continued this year on behalf of the Yorkshire and Humber ICS system. This partnership aims to provide health and care staff with better and faster access to vital information about the person in their care and aims to provide citizens with access to their information and encourage them to be more involved in looking after their health.
The programme’s ambitious objective is to integrate health and care records across the region, with the aim of improving care by providing timely and relevant information to care professionals and citizens securely and safely.
Our services
Our services cover a vast geographic area comprising Hull, the East Riding of Yorkshire, Scarborough and Ryedale, Pocklington, and Whitby, including nationally commissioned services.
Our services are grouped into four divisions:
- Community and Primary Care
- Children’s and Learning Disabilities
- Forensic Services
- Mental Health Services
Supported by our excellent and award-winning support services, our care is delivered in a variety of settings including in patients own homes, GP practices and health centres, outpatient clinics, hospitals, local authority premises and our inpatient units. More specialised care is provided by the psychiatric intensive care unit and forensic services.
In 2022/23 our Mental Health and Physical Health Community Services saw 87,382 patients, and an additional 1,346 patients were cared for in our mental health units and community beds.
In addition to health and care services, we also provide medical teaching to undergraduates of the Hull York Medical School.
Further information about our services and referral pathways can be found on our website www.humber.nhs.uk
Please click here to view the Job Description and Person Specification
Background checks
Given the significant public profile and responsibility members of NHS Boards hold, it is vital that our Board inspires confidence of the public, patients, and NHS staff always. The Trust, in accordance with national guidelines, makes several specific background checks to ensure that those we appoint are “fit and proper” people to hold these important roles.
All applications must include:
• A full curriculum vitae/resume
• Quoting the relevant role reference number: A040031
• A covering letter highlighting the aspects of the job description and Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust that particularly attract you to the post (Microsoft Word document)
• Contact details for three referees, these will not be contacted without your permission. (References should validate a minimum period of six years employment)
• A completed Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form (which you will be redirected to once you have submitted your application) *
Right to work checks
If you are successfully shortlisted, our partner, Yoti, will contact you to complete an online right to work check. This is a quick and secure process, ensuring that all necessary legal requirements are met before proceeding further in the recruitment process.
Monitoring
One of Alumni Global’s and Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust’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 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.
Closing date: 15:00 on 28th November 2024
Virtual stakeholder session: TBC
Final Interviews: 16th December 2024 or w/c 20th January 2025- TBC (pending panel availability)
Please ensure you have made a note of the final interview date(s). We recommend that you bookmark this microsite, as any potential updates regarding the role will be posted online.