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About the role
Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust
Non-Executive Director - Legal
Role summary
We are seeking a Non-Executive Director to complement our existing Board Members, using their skills and experiences to help us to achieve our ambitions and strategy.
We are seeking a Non-Executive Director with a legal qualification and significant legal experience. We recognise the value that legal expertise can add to our Board of Directors, providing constructive feedback and input into complex issues.
Main duties of the role
As a Non-Executive Director, you will work alongside the Chair, other Non-Executive Directors and Executive Directors of the Trust as a full member of the Board. You will be individually and collectively accountable with the other Directors for the success of the organisation and will have the responsibility to constructively challenge the decisions of the Board and help develop proposals on priorities, risk mitigation, values, standards and strategies.
As a qualified lawyer you will bring independent legal knowledge and judgement to the work of the Board and its committees, utilising your subject matter knowledge to constructively contribute to debate and decision-making.
Non-Executive Director appointments are made by the Trust's Council of Governors taking into account local needs and the requirements of the Code of Governance for NHS Provider Trusts.
A Non-Executive Director with communications experience would add real value to our Board discussions - ensuring that we adopt the most effective approach to communicating with our patients, people, the public and partners. This is a desirable rather than essential criteria in our person specification.
Non-Executive Directors are chosen for their breadth of experience, appropriate calibre and personal qualities.
A Non-Executive Director of the Trust, or any other NHS Foundation Trust, may not be or become a Governor of the Foundation Trust.
About us
At Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust we provide a wide range of acute, community and older peoples' mental health services to our local community and beyond. We also provide a range of specialist services including bowel screening for a population of around 7 million people and specialist gynaecological cancer treatments from the Scottish Borders through to Cumbria and Whitby.
We employ over 5,100 people and have over 400 hospital beds across the Gateshead area. We have an annual turnover of around £400 million and our wholly-owned subsidiary, QE Facilities, provides a wide range of high-quality services to the Trust and other NHS organisations.
Our philosophy is that to achieve the best patient care and outcomes we must be clinically-led and management supported - this is an integral part of our approach to everything we do.
We have three main strategic ambitions as outlined in our 2025-2030 Corporate Strategy: to be a Centre of Excellence for Women's Health; to be Centre of Excellence for Diagnostic Services; and to provide safe high-quality services for all. We believe that by achieving these ambitions we will be able to make a valuable contribution to the healthcare of the people of Gateshead, but also to the wider North East and North Cumbria.
We are proud to be rated as 'good' overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) at our last full inspection. Our maternity services were inspected in 2023 and we were delighted to be rated as 'good' with a number of areas of outstanding practice highlighted.
We are a key member of the Great North Healthcare Alliance with our valued provider partners at Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospitals, Northumbria Healthcare and North Cumbria Integrated Care. This provides us with real opportunities to collaborate together to ensure that collectively we deliver the best care to patients in the north of the region.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Non-Executive Director role has been aligned to the six leadership competency areas outlined in the NHS England Leadership Competency Framework:
Further details can be found in the candidate recruitment pack supplied by NRG Executive.
Person Specification
Qualifications & skills
Essential
Values
Essential
Experience
Essential
Desirable
How to apply
Applications should be emailed to Scot McHarg, our appointed recruitment consultant at NRG Executive, at scotmcharg@nrgplc.com
If you wish to be considered for the role, please provide:
Closing date 2nd April 2026
Interview date 24th April 2026
Remuneration £13,715 per annum
Informal Discussions
For an initial informal discussion about the roles, please contact Scot McHarg at NRG Executive, again via scotmcharg@nrgplc.com
NRG Executive are supporting the Trust with this appointment and can provide further information about the opportunity.
Diversity & Inclusion Policy
We value and promote diversity and are committed to equality of opportunity for all. We believe that the best Boards are those that reflect the communities they serve and we particularly welcome applications from groups currently under-represented at Board level.
Eligibility
Please note that to be eligible to apply for this role candidates must reside in the North East and North Cumbria (i.e. the geographical area covered by the North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care System).
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
Given the significant public profile and responsibility Board Members hold, appropriate background checks will be undertaken to ensure those appointed meet Fit and Proper Person requirements.
Applications will be assessed on merit as part of a fair and open process, from the widest possible pool of candidates.