NHS Board Chair appointments

at  Scottish Government

Overview:

Scottish Ministers are looking to appoint two new Chairs to the following Boards:

• NHS Dumfries and Galloway
• NHS Tayside

This is an exciting time to take on these important and challenging leadership roles, which not only offer the opportunity to make a difference in the Board area, but also to contribute to the wider NHS in Scotland. You will play a role in supporting the recovery and reform of our NHS services following the significant impact the Covid-19 pandemic has had on society; as well as supporting innovation and developing sustainable services with high quality, person centred, safe and effective care firmly at the heart of our strategic plans.
You will be accountable to Scottish Ministers for leading the Board, comprising non-executive and executive members, which will improve, sustain and protect the health of people across the local population. These are demanding but fulfilling roles, and if you think you have what it takes, we would like to hear from you.
You can find out more about NHS Dumfries and Galloway by
visiting:
NHS Dumfries & Galloway (nhsdg.co.uk)
You can find out more about NHS Tayside by visiting:
NHS Tayside (scot.nhs.uk)

Remuneration and time commitment: The annual remuneration for these roles is:

• NHS Dumfries and Galloway £33,351 (under review, non-pensionable)
• NHS Tayside £35,790 (under review, non-pensionable)

The time commitment for both roles is three days per week. Reasonable expenses incurred will be reimbursed.
Location: The Chair would be expected to be physically at Board Headquarters (NHS Dumfries and Galloway – Dumfries; NHS Tayside – Dundee) on a regular basis and be available to undertake site visits to healthcare facilities and attend meetings held elsewhere in the Board area. Work commitments, Board and governance committees may be in a mix of virtual, hybrid and physical settings. Regular meetings with other NHS Board Chairs and the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care are held six times per year.

Assessment Process: Assessment will happen in two stages. The first stage will be your written application. The panel will consider the evidence provided at this application stage and the applicants who most closely meet the requirements being sought will be invited to the final assessment stage. The final stage of assessment will have various elements, comprising of:

• work skills in action exercise – a situational role-play
• verbal presentation on a topic that will be notified to you in advance; and
• a structured interview with both competency and values-based questions.

The work skills in action exercise (role play) will take place w/c 2 September 2024 and will be held virtually via MS Teams. Interviews will be held on Monday 9 and Tuesday 10 September 2024 in St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh. If any of these dates would prove to be difficult for you, please email Sarah.Webster@gov.scot and we can explore what potential flexibility might be available.
Skills/Experience Required:
We value very highly the benefits of having different experience and points of view on our Boards and we are keen to attract people from all walks of life and backgrounds to apply, who can bring vision, drive and resilience to lead at Board level.
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 Board Chair, 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.

In addition to the values highlighted above, we have identified a priority criterion which we consider to be particularly important for this role:

• Strategic Leadership

You must also be able to demonstrate the following:

• Understanding of Scotland’s health and social care context and environment
• Governance and Accountability
• Constructive/Supportive Challenge and Influencing

Please note that you may only apply for one of these roles and there are separate Information for Applicants packs and application forms for each role. For specific detail of the requirements of the role, please see the Person Specification, which forms part of the Information for Applicants pack. Also included in the pack is more detailed information about the relevant Board and its role within NHS Scotland.

TO APPLY FOR ONE OF THESE ROLES PLEASE FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS

• Download the applicants pack for the role you are applying for:
  NHS D&G Chair Applicant Pack

NHS Tayside Chair Applicant Pack

• Click on the blue button at the top right hand of this advert that says ‘apply for this job online’.
• Complete the information required on the website, this includes: contact details, monitoring information and a declaration of interests.
• Download and complete the application form (word document) for the role you are applying for:

NHS D&GApplication form

NHS Tayside Application form

• Return the completed application form to: PAApplicationsMailbox@gov.scotby 17:00 on Wednesday 14 August 2024.

Remuneration and time commitment: The annual remuneration for these roles is:

• NHS Dumfries and Galloway £33,351 (under review, non-pensionable)
• NHS Tayside £35,790 (under review, non-pensionable