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Associate Non-Executive Director - Primary CareMain area Corporate Contract Permanent Hours
Department name West Herts - General Staffing Site Watford General Hospital Town Watford Salary £13,000 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 08/03/:59
Job overviewWest Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking an exceptional primary care leader to join our Board as an Associate Non Executive Director (NED).
This is a unique and influential opportunity to shape the future of integrated care across South and West Hertfordshire at a time of significant transformation. We are a high performing, award winning teaching trust - proud winners of NHS Trust of the Year and Performance Recovery at the 2025 HSJ Awards.
We are looking for a highly respected primary care leader with:
Above all, you will be committed to excellent patient care, system collaboration, and the values of the NHS.
Main duties of the jobAs our Associate Non Executive Director (Primary Care), you will bring a credible, authoritative primary care voice to the Board, ensuring the perspectives of general practice and wider primary care professions are central to our strategic direction and decision making.
Alongside your Board role, you will Chair the Health and Care Partnership (HCP Board, providing system leadership across partner organisations and championing neighbourhood health models and population based care.
Although non voting, the role carries significant influence, visibility and responsibility.
Working for our organisationWith a new hospital planned for Watford, work underway to update theatres at St Albans City Hospital and plans for a neighbourhood healthcare centre in Hemel Hempstead, this is an exciting time to join us.
We are building on the success of our award winning virtual hospital and re imagining models of care, working closely with partners and making the most of advances in digital healthcare.
Staff wellbeing and development are a priority, as is the role of innovation in improving clinical care, outcomes and patient experience.
Our vision is Excellent patient care, together and our values are to be empowered, compassionate, professional and inclusive. They capture an important balance across what we must all do as individuals and to support others.
We offer a variety of flexible working options as we recognise the importance of a good work life balance.
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We reserve the right to close this advert early due to the volume of applicants. Please apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
If you do not hear back within 3 weeks of your application, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion
The Trust is seeking to appoint an Associate Non-Executive Director to provide strong, independent leadership and oversight at Board level, ensuring that primary care perspectives are fully embedded within the Trust's strategic direction, governance and decision making.
In addition to their role on the Board, the Associate Non-Executive Director will Chair the Health and Care Partnership (HCP) Board, providing system leadership across partner organisations. In this capacity, the postholder will ensure effective governance, accountability and delivery of agreed priorities, with a particular focus on neighbourhood health models and population health outcomes.
The role will play a key part in building and sustaining strong relationships across primary care, including general practice, community pharmacy, dentistry and optometry, as well as with neighbourhood clinical leads, representative bodies and wider system partners. The postholder will help ensure that primary care is appropriately engaged, represented and integrated throughout Trust and HCP governance, commissioning and delivery arrangements.
While this role does not carry Board voting rights, it has access to Board discussions and significant influence on strategic direction. The Associate Non-Executive Director will be expected to provide constructive challenge, independent judgement and strategic insight, while modelling the Trust's values and upholding the highest standards of public service, governance and integrity.
We offer a variety of flexible working options as we recognise the importance of a good work life.
Please find attached a copy of the full job description
Person specification Your application will be scored against the p/sWest Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust provides acute healthcare services to a core catchment population of approximately half a million people living in west Hertfordshire and the surrounding area. The Trust also provides a range of more specialist services to a wider population, serving residents of North London, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and East Hertfordshire.
As an employer of nearly 6,000 people the Trust is one of the biggest employers in the area and sees nearly a million patients each year.
Employer certification / accreditation badgesYou must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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