• Bring independent judgement, external perspectives and advice on issues of strategy, vision, performance, resources and standards of conduct.
• Constructively challenge, influence and help the executive board develop proposals on strategies to enable the ROH to fulfil our leadership responsibilities to patients, for the healthcare of the local community.
• Assist fellow directors in setting the ROH’s values and standards and ensure that our obligations to its stakeholders and the wider community are understood and fairly balanced at all times.
• You will work across professional boundaries, providing challenge and fresh, multi-disciplinary perspectives internally, playing a critical outward-facing role in building the brand as a leader in musculoskeletal and orthopaedics within the wider system.

• Ensure that our patients and service users are treated with dignity and respect at all times, and that the patient is central to Trust decision-making.
• Actively support and promote a healthy culture for the ROH which is reflected in their
• own behaviour as Non-executives.
• Ensure that the organisation values diversity in our workforce and demonstrates equality of opportunity in our treatment of staff and patients, and in all aspects of our business.
• Provide visible leadership in developing a healthy culture so that staff believe Non-executive Directors provide a safe point of access to the board for raising concerns.
• Ensure the directors of the board are ‘fit and proper’ for the role and champion an open, honest, and transparent culture within the ROH.

• Commit to working to, and encouraging within, the ROH, the highest standards of probity, integrity and governance and contribute to ensuring that our internal governance arrangements conform with best practice and statutory requirements.
• In accordance with agreed board procedures, monitor the performance and conduct of management in meeting agreed goals and objectives and statutory responsibilities, including the preparation of annual reports and annual accounts and other statutory duties.
• Ensure that financial information is accurate, that financial controls and risk management systems are robust and defensible, and that the Board is kept fully informed through timely and relevant information.
• Satisfy themselves as non-executives of the integrity of reporting mechanisms and financial and quality intelligence, including getting out and about, observing and talking to patients and staff.
• Provide analysis and constructive challenge to information on organisational and operational performance.

• Ensure that the board acts in the best interests of patients and the public.
• Be available to staff if there are unresolved concerns.
• Show commitment to working with key partners, including the continued development and promotion of a positive and constructive relationship with the Council of Governors.
• Act as an ambassador for the Trust in engagement with stakeholders including patients and the local community, and wider ICS partners and in dealing with the media when appropriate.

• Ensure that the Board sets challenging objectives for improving our performance across the range of its functions.
• Ensure there is strong focus on creating a culture of efficiency and productivity such that the use of public money to fund NHS activities can be soundly justified
• Provide purposeful, constructive scrutiny and challenge.
• Chair or take part as a member of key committees that support accountability.
• Hold the executive to account for the delivery of strategy.
• Contribute to the determination of appropriate levels of remuneration for executive directors.
• Be accountable individually and collectively for the effectiveness of the board.

The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist hospital located in Birmingham UK. One of the largest orthopaedic units in Europe, the ROH offer a comprehensive range of surgical and non-surgical treatment.

The Trust’s annual financial turnover is in the region of £136 million. It has fourteen operating theatres, five NHS wards, one private wards and 115 beds, including six High Dependency Unit beds.

The Trust employs in excess of 1,400 staff, including more than 80 Consultant medical staff, each supported by multi-disciplinary clinical teams including surgeons, nurses, anaesthetists, physiotherapists, radiologists, pathologists, occupational therapists and other clinical professionals.

Our vision is for our patients to experience less pain, more independence and life-changing care. 

Our mission is to deliver compassionate, patient-centred care that empowers people to regain their mobility, independence, and quality of life. Through efficiency, expertise, innovation and collaboration we will tackle health inequality and improve access to life-changing care.

We're proud of our culture and how it feels to work in our Trust, and be a patient in our hospital. Our culture is values-based. We are passionate about building and sustaining an environment where people feel safe and supported. We're big believers in authenticity, we celebrate diversity and we are inclusive. 

Our strategy has six key objectives which will help us to deliver outstanding, high-quailty care, be an employer of choice and become a leader in orthopaedics both locally and nationally.

Job title: Non-Executive Director

Location: The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Bristol Road South, Birmingham. B31 2AP.

Salary: In line with the national remuneration policy for Non Executive 

Hours per week: 2-3 days per month

Accountable to: The Trust Board

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Board of our Trust and benefit the patient population we are so proud to serve.

As Non-executive Director you will work alongside executives as equal members of our unitary Board who share responsibility with the other directors for the Board’s decisions and for success of the organisation in leading the improvement of our healthcare services for patients.

You will chair the Trust’s Finance & Performance Committee, and you will work across professional boundaries, providing challenge and fresh, multi-disciplinary perspectives internally.  You will play a critical outward-facing role in building the brand as a leader in musculoskeletal and orthopaedics within the wider system.

As part of ROH’s current strategy rethink, you will play a role in supporting the development of commercial offering and develop its culture & capability around continuous improvement.

For comprehensive details, please see candidate pack, Job Description and Person Specification above.

By living up to our standards we deliver more than just a quality patient experience because we:

• Treat everyone with respect, courtesy, and kindness
• Provide timely care
• Listen and inform
• Involve all colleagues as part of the team
• Provide and maintain a reassuring, clean and comfortable environment

All candidates must meet the mandatory NHS England Fit and Proper Person Test Framework for board members. The successful candidate will be required to complete a self-declaration that they meet these and will be required to meet these regulations on a continuing basis.

The Trust’s Constitution includes disqualification criteria for those who may not become or continue as a member of the Board of Directors.

The appointee will also be expected to adhere to the Nolan Principles.

• Trust Chair
• Executive Directors
• Fellow Non-Executive Directors
• Council of Governors
• Clinical and Operational Leaders
• Corporate Services Managers
• Local and regional partners within the Integrated Care System

All of the details about this role and how to apply are included in the Candidate Briefing Document.

Candidates are encouraged to contact us for a conversation before submitting an application. You may contact Simon Page, Trust Chair. To arrange this, please contact Simon Grainger-Lloyd, Executive Director of Governance:

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0121 685 4353

Applications must consist of the following documents:

• One-page cover letter
• A full Curriculum Vitae (CV) detailing career and achievements,
• A Supporting Statement (of maximum two pages in length) which articulates how you meet the requirements detailed in the advertisement, role description and person specification.
• A completed Equal Opportunities Form

In addition, please ensure you include the following information;

• Daytime, evening and/or mobile telephone numbers as well as your personal email address (to be used with discretion)
• Contact details (to include name, job title, email address and telephone number) for two referees. Referees should be people who can comment authoritatively on you as a person and as an employee and must include your current or most recent employer or his/her authorised representative. Confidential references may be taken up before the interview, but we will refer back to you for confirmation that referees may be approached before any contact is made with them. References must cover the last 3 years.
• Confirmation of your availability for interview on 15 October 2025

Applications must be emailed directly to our Executive Director of Governance, Simon Grainger-Lloyd: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Applications MUST NOT be made via the TRAC portal. If you need clarification, please contact us: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

• Application open: 12 September 2025

• Application close: 3 October 2025 at 1200h

• Interview date: Interview date is 15 October 2025

• 15 October 2025

Once the closing date for applications has passed, applications will be evaluated by a selection panel. Candidates will be selected for interview based on how closely they demonstrate their skills and experience as detailed in the job description, person specification and advertisement.

Should you require any reasonable adjustment for the interview please include these details with your application.