£13,137 per annum
The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care is looking to appoint a new Non-Executive Director (NED) to the board of the Care Quality Commission (CQC), and who will be responsible for Chairing CQC’s Audit and Risk Assurance Committee.
The CQC is the independent regulator of health and adult social care providers in England. Its purpose is to ensure health and social care services provide safe, effective, compassionate, high-quality care and the regulator encourages improvement, where providers fall short of CQC’s fundamental standards.
As a Non-Executive Director of the CQC Board, you will be responsible for helping to ensure the CQC is a successful organisation – in terms of its effectiveness as a regulator, making sure that health and social care services provide safe, high-quality care, and as an employer. Non-Executive
Directors play a key role in ensuring continuous organisational improvement, high performance management, excellent customer focus and service delivery, scrutiny, challenge, accountability, and effective corporate governance.
Candidates will have a career track record of achievement, including in a significant senior financial role in either the private or public sector, with a professional background in accountancy or a related discipline, and experience of assurance, risk management and the work of audit committees.
Candidates will also be able to operate effectively on the board of a high-profile national organisation and must also be able to demonstrate an ability to focus on innovation, culture change, and care quality.
In addition, candidates will be able to guide the CQC’s strategic direction, using sound judgement, with an ability to consider and challenge complex issues from an impartial and balanced viewpoint.
Candidates will also have good communication skills, with the ability to work as part of a team, with a positive and constructive style, challenging management recommendations where necessary.
Remuneration will be £13,137 per annum for a time commitment of two to three days per month. The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care determines the length of appointment, which maybe for up to 3 years.
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The closing date for applications is midday on Wednesday 28 th June 2023. The Department of Health and Social Care