NHS Tayside is looking for a new Board member

FRIDAY, 23 JANUARY, 2013

NHS Tayside is looking for a new Board member

NHS Tayside is looking for a new member to join its Board as a non-executive member.

NHS Tayside is responsible for meeting the health needs of around 400,000 people living in the area and provides a comprehensive range of primary, community-based and acute hospital services for the population.

Non-executive members of the Board play a central role in guiding the strategies which address the health priorities and health care needs of the resident population and which will have a lasting impact on the delivery of healthcare in local communities across the area served by NHS Tayside.

If you are interested in a challenging and rewarding role which will have a lasting impact on the delivery of healthcare in Tayside, then NHS Tayside wants to hear from you.

NHS Tayside is looking for members from all walks of life and with different experiences, previous experience of being on a Board is not necessary. Some may have had experience as patients, or as relatives or carers of patients and some may have specialist skills or talents which they feel could be of use to NHS Tayside.

The qualities NHS Tayside is looking for include sound common sense, a willingness to learn and a passion to improve patient care.

New non-executive members will be provided with training to support them in their role which will take up approximately eight hours a week. These appointments can last up to four years with the possibility of reappointment and, in exchange for their time, non-executive members will receive £8,088 a year.

Chairman of NHS Tayside Mr Sandy Watson said, “Being a non-executive member of the Board can be challenging but it also hugely rewarding.

“Members know that the discussions they are involved in round the Board table are shaping health services for the future and decisions that they are making will have a lasting impact on the delivery of healthcare in local communities across the area.

“One of NHS Tayside’s priorities is to work more closely with communities so that our services are built around people and communities and need to reflect their hopes, needs and aspirations and their hugely valuable skills. Non-executive members can make a difference to these relationships with communities and, ultimately, make a difference to everyone’s healthcare.”

For an application pack and full details visit the dedicated public appointments website: www.appointed-for-scotland.org

If you experience any difficulties accessing the website, please contact Public Appointments, Wellbeing and Diversity (PAWD) by calling Freephone 0800 015 8449 or fax 0131 244 3833, by emailing paapplicationsmailbox@scotland.gsi.gov.uk or by writing to PAWD, Scottish Government, E1 Spur, Saughton House, Broomhouse Drive, Edinburgh, EH11 3XD. Please include your name, address and the appointment that you are interested in.

Completed applications must be received on or before Friday, 13 February 2015.

Contact:

NHS Tayside Communications

(01382) 424138

23 January 2015