Non-Executive Director (Nurse)

Horder Healthcare is seeking an exceptional Non-Executive Director (Nurse) to join our Board at an exciting time in our journey. This is a unique opportunity to play a vital role in helping Horder Healthcare deliver its ambition to provide safe, effective and compassionate care to every patient. As part of our Board, you will play a critical role in influencing how services evolve, how quality is assured, and how a positive, high-performing culture is sustained across the organisation. This is more than a Board role - its an opportunity to:

• Influence the strategic direction of a well-established and growing healthcare charity
• Champion patient safety, experience and outcomes at the highest level
• Provide independent challenge and support to a high-performing Executive team
• Shape a culture of quality, compassion and continuous improvement
• Work alongside a collaborative, values-driven Board committed to excellence, As a Non-Executive Director, you will contribute to the overall leadership and governance of Horder Healthcare. Youll bring an independent perspective, helping ensure strong decision-making, robust governance and outstanding organisational performance.
In this nursing-focused NED role, you will:
• Provide oversight of clinical governance, patient safety and safeguarding
• Ensure quality, risk and assurance systems are effective and meaningful
• Keep patient experience and outcomes at the heart of Board decisions
• Offer senior clinical insight to influence strategy, transformation and quality improvement
• Chair the Clinical Governance Committee, playing a key leadership role
• Act as an ambassador for the organisation and its values
  
  Horder Healthcare has been committed to caring since 1954 when we were called 'The Horder Centre for Arthritis'. We've come a long way since then. Our consultants are amongst the most skilled, experienced and innovative in their field. Our staff love to work here, so it makes sense that our patient outcomes are in the top 99%.
We have grown into a multi-service healthcare provider, with hospitals in Crowborough and East Grinstead, and outreach clinics in Eastbourne and Seaford. We are committed to making a positive impact to the health of individuals and the communities in which we work. Not only have we developed an international reputation for orthopaedic and musculoskeletal care, our partnership with The McIndoe Centre - the birthplace of pioneering plastic surgery treatments, means that we can deliver high-quality plastic, reconstructive, maxillofacial, ophthalmology and orthopaedic services from world-class consultants to an even greater number of people. We know that our working lives are fundamental to emotional wellbeing. Our employees are as valuable to us as our patients and we see it as our duty to nurture an engaged and skilled workforce. To do this we ensure employees have access to training and development opportunities as well as being a flexible and diverse workplace.

Depending on experience Please note: this is a non-remunerated position.