Board Member Appointments: Highland Nhs Board

2 weeks ago

Inverness, United Kingdom Appointed for Scotland Full time

**Overview**:
**Board Member appointments: Highland NHS Board**:
NHS Highland is looking for two new members to join its Board.

NHS Highland’s catchment area comprises the largest and most sparsely populated part of the UK. It is responsible for meeting the health needs of around 320,000 people living in the area, and provides a comprehensive range of primary, community-based and acute hospital services for the population.

If you are looking for a rewarding and worthwhile opportunity, we would like to hear from you. Applications are invited from a wide range of people who have an interest in public service and are committed to the NHS in Scotland. Please pass on details of these opportunities to anyone else you think may be interested.

As a non-executive member of this Board, you will have a key role in supporting the delivery of the organisation’s strategic direction in addition to contributing to scrutinising performance, and discharging governance and accountability functions. You will be offered the training you need to make a strong contribution.

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**Information Session**: NHS Highland is holding an online Information Session on Wednesday 2 August at 16:00. If you would like to find out more about the Board and the non-executive member role,

**Remuneration and time commitment**: Remuneration is £9,030 per annum (non-pensionable) for a time commitment of one day per week. Reasonable expenses incurred will be reimbursed.

**Location**: The Board offices are based at Assynt House, Beechwood Park, Inverness. The meetings of the Board and its committees will normally be held virtually, although some development work may be held in person in locations across the Board area.

**Interviews**:Interviews will be held on Tuesday 3 and Wednesday 4 October and will be conducted via MS Teams.

**Skills/Experience Required**:
NHS Scotland’s values are at the heart of everything that this organisation does. These values are: care and compassion; dignity and respect; openness, honesty and responsibility; and, quality and teamwork and guide the work of the Board in all that it does. As a member of this Board, you will not only need to have the right skills, knowledge and experience for the role, but also be able to demonstrate behaviour aligned to these values.

For these positions you must be able to demonstrate that you meet **at least one** of the following **priority criteria **which are of particular importance to NHS Highland at this time:

- Experience of organisational improvement through innovation
- People management experience

As well as the values and priority criteria highlighted above you will also need to be able to demonstrate the following:

- Ability to communicate effectively
- Ability to contribute effectively to the decision making of the Board

For **one** of the posts, we are also seeking someone who has a current knowledge of the opportunities and challenges of the diverse geography of the Argyll and Bute area.

You do not need to be an expert in health or have previous experience of being on a Board. We are looking for people who have the capacity and commitment to develop their skills and to learn new skills they may require.

For more specific detail of the particular requirements of the roles, please see the Person Specification, which forms part of the Information for Applicants pack. Also included in the pack is more detailed information about NHS Highland and its role within NHS Scotland.

**TO APPLY FOR THIS ROLE PLEASE FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS**
- Download the applicants pack**:NHS Highland Member - Information for Applicants**:

- Complete the information required on the website, this includes: contact details, monitoring information and a declaration of interests.

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