Non Executive Director
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Do you want to be a part of an organisation that places patients at the heart of everything they do? Are you excited by challenge and intellectual stimulation, thrive in complexity, and guided by a passion for improvement and social value? If so, we want to hear from you.
NEAS is a values-led and patient-centred organisation, providing vital lifesaving and life-changing services to a population of 2.7 million people in the north east, ranging from rural, coastal, and urban communities from the Scottish Borders down to North Yorkshire. For many, we are your first contact with the NHS, making what we do vital to our local communities, and their interaction with our health services. The combination of our services from frontline emergency care to our critical call-centres which start each patient journey with the NHS, offers real complexity and challenge for you as a Non-Executive Director.
We are looking to appoint a Non-Executive Director to join our dynamic and established Board with a wide range of professional backgrounds and lived experience. We are seeking a strategic senior leader with board-level (or equivalent) experience gained in complex, changing, and multi-stakeholder environments. We are keen to hear (not exclusively) from individuals with a background in transformation and commercial settings.
If you are interested, please contact Lauren Stokoe, PA To Chief Executive and Chair on lauren.stokoe@neas.nhs.uk
Assessments and interviews: Friday 10th July 2026
Main duties of the job
Role Description
NEAS's Non-Executive Directors use their skills and expertise to provide independent judgement and advice to the executive management group. The unitary board is responsible for the management and governance of the entire organisation.
As a Non-Executive Director, you will:
Person specification
Background and Experience
Essential
- Recent experience at a Board level or equivalent in a complex organisation.
- Experience of thinking and acting strategically, understanding complex issues and making decisions pragmatically.
- Knowledge of effective governance and risk management systems
- Experience of holding others to account and being held to account, supported by a strong understanding of performance indicators.
- Evidence of building trusted relationships with stakeholders.
- Experience of working in a highly regulated environment would be desirable.
Skills and attributes
Essential
- Able to contribute across a range of governance, planning, financial and advocacy issues
- Able to champion and personally exhibit behaviours that demonstrate the Trust's values: make a difference, act with kindness, connect with peopl
- Demonstrate a commitment to promoting and celebrating equality, inclusion and diversity in the workplace
- Effective communication skills with the ability to influence a range of key stakeholders and to probe and challenge constructively.
- Able to quickly develop an understanding of the governance requirements of an NHS provider trust
- Understanding the needs of patients with sufficient experience to support the Trust to achieve even higher levels of satisfaction and overall patient experience
About the employer
We employ 3,500 staff in 63 locations and serve a population of 2,600,000 in Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, County Durham, and Tees over 3230 square miles.
Many people think the job of the ambulance service is to collect patients and take them to hospital, but we do much more!
Paramedic skills have developed hugely in recent years, meaning we carry out more treatment at the scene and en-route to hospital.
We have a dedicated clinical assessment service that allows us to provide patients with the most appropriate care from the beginning of the patient journey.
We have a specialised branch of the Trust called HART which deal with explosions or terrorist attacks.
Ultimately patients are the heart of everything that we do to support our mission of "safe, effective and responsive care for all".
We value and respect the diversity employees bring to our workplace. We recruit a workforce that reflects the community we serve, and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. To ensure we deliver on our aims in relation to diversity and inclusion we assess ourselves against a range of frameworks. We are ENEI Gold employer, Disability Confident Leader, Dementia Friendly, and part of Mind Blue Light programme and the Race at Work Charter from the Princes Responsible Business Network and are achieving across all objectives in NHS Equality Delivery System.
From 01/04/25 If your role needs a DBS you'll be subject to salary deduction totaling £49.50, spread over first and second pay.