Chair
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- Employer:
- Sherwood Forest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Location:
- Primarily based at King’s Mill Hospital with expectation of travel across our sites and wider system
- Remuneration:
- £55,000 per annum for c. 3 days per week
- Closing date:
- 9am Monday 2nd March 2026
- Job Ref:
- GSe126877
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Description
Sherwood Forest Hospitals provides acute and community healthcare to 500,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark, Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire. We are proud of our 5,800 dedicated colleagues who deliver high-quality services across King’s Mill, Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals. With an annual income of around £550m, we are rated Good by the CQC, with King’s Mill the only Outstanding acute hospital in the East Midlands, and for seven years running our staff have rated us the best acute trust to work for in the region.
Our five-year strategy, Improving Lives, sets out our vision: ‘Outstanding care, provided by compassionate people, enabling healthier communities’. We are committed to working with partners across Nottingham and Nottinghamshire and our neighbouring regions to integrate services, improve population health, use resources wisely, and reduce inequalities.
We are seeking an outstanding Chair to lead our Board and Council of Governors at a critical time of transformation as we face increasingly high demand and stretched resource in health and care services. With strong foundations and a progressive new Chief Executive in post, this is a rare opportunity to shape the next phase of our development and support the strengthening of our role as an anchor institution in Mid Nottinghamshire.
We are looking for a strategic, inclusive, values driven leader with a strong track record of board level experience gained in complex, regulated, and people centred environments. You will bring visibility, collaboration, and a deep commitment to good governance and public service, alongside the interpersonal skills to work credibly with diverse partners in the Trust and across the system.
We want our Board to reflect the diversity of our communities and warmly encourage applications from people of all backgrounds.
If you are inspired by this opportunity to lead our ambitious Board and Council of Governors, we would be delighted to hear from you.
Find full details on our recruitment microsite. For a confidential conversation, please contact our recruitment partners at GatenbySanderson:
Will McAlpine – will.mcalpine@gatenbysanderson.com
Niamh Blair – niamh.blair@gatenbysanderson.com
Emma Pickup – emma.pickup@gatenbysanderson.com
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How to Apply
- Please submit an up to date copy of your CV, along with a Supporting Statement that addresses the criteria set out in the person specification, using examples to demonstrate how you meet the essential requirements.
- A completed fit and proper person form – the template can be downloaded from the same place as the job description.
- Detail any employment or education gaps.
- You should provide the names, positions, organisations, and contact details for your referees, which must be your line managers and include your current and most recent employer. The referees should cover at least two roles as the minimum. Please note, should you be appointed, you will be required to provide references covering your last 6 years of employment as per the new NHS Fit and Proper Person regulations. Where there have been gaps in employment, this six year period will be extended accordingly. Referees will only be contacted for those proceeding to the final stage - we will always gain your permission before we contact referees.
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