Director of Corporate Governance - Croydon, United Kingdom - Croydon Health Services NHS Trust

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust
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Croydon, United Kingdom

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We are seeking a talented and experienced individual to lead our Corporate Governance Service; You will need to lead the service with vision and embed a culture that is aligned to the Trust's values of Professional, Compassionate, Respectful and Safe.

You will demonstrate substantial corporate governance experience and will seek to make a positive and sustained impact on how the Trust manages and respond to risks; ensuring the highest levels of governance and excellence to reflect the strategic intent and direction of the Trust.


Reporting directly to the Chief Executive and Place based Leader team; contributing to the development and implementation of a Trust wide strategy to deliver services which promote excellent and safe patient care, efficient use of resources and achieve organisational objectives with a focus on transparency, responsiveness and engagement.

You will need the ability to quickly build rapport and positive relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, both internally and externally.


Croydon is a trailblazer in integration to join-up the health and care services available for local people and breakdown barriers between professional teams to make the most of our workforce and expertise.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join our Croydon team and help further shape and lead our work across all aspects of governance and risk


The role will incorporate the following key elements:

  • Role of Company Secretary and leadership of the Trust secretariat;
  • Advice and support to the Chief Executive and Chair;
  • Management of Board, Committees and senior management team meetings;
  • Corporate responsibility for the risk management framework to include the Board Assurance Framework and Corporate Risk Register;
  • Leadership of the Corporate Governance
  • Ensure Trust Board compliance with all relevant legislation and regulations;
  • To ensure that the Headquarters, is managed effectively and provide leadership for the administrative function available to some of the Executive Directors;
  • Manage the corporate team at Croydon Place


Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provide hospital and community services from a number of community and specialist clinics throughout Croydon.

The Trust was formed on 1st August 2010 through the integration of Croydon Community Health Services and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust.

Around 4,100 staff provide services for a population of over 360,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity.

Our main hospital site, Croydon University Hospital is one of the busiest in London. We're also leading the way in providing more healthcare outside hospitals at clinics, specialist centres and in people's homes.

Our experienced district nursing teams, Allied Health Professionals and community matrons look after people of all ages across Croydon and our Children's Hospital at Home cares for children with long-term conditions without them having to come to hospital.

Across the NHS everyone is working hard to meet growing demand and we're no exception.

But with the right people on board, we are rising to this challenge, putting our people in the driving seat, encouraging innovation and transforming our services to give local people the quality of care they deserve.

Croydon Health Services puts a great deal of importance on education and training throughout the careers of all of our staff.

As well as offering access to a range of core skills training and professional development.

**Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the role in the job description and person specification
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