North Tees & Hartlepool Solutions is an NHS owned company of North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust. North Tees & Hartlepool Solutions provides a range of Estates, Facilities, Supplies and Procurement services to North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust. The company is a separate legal body to North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust. The successful applicant will be an employee of the subsidiary and not the NHS.
North Tees & Hartlepool Solutions offers its own Terms and Conditions of employment which differ from the national NHS Terms and Conditions. As an employee in the company you will benefit from:
- A competitive salary
- Excellent performance related bonus scheme
- Up to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays (dependant on service and contracted hours)
- Access to a pension scheme - National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) – North Tees & Hartlepool Solutions will pay a 3% contribution (this is above the minimum contribution rate at the present time)
- Night shift working allowances (where appropriate)
- Bank holiday working allowances (where appropriate)
The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be paid for by North Tees and Hartlepool Solutions, however, should you fail to satisfactorily complete the probationary period, you will be charged for the DBS check as a deduction from your final salary.
Job overview
Lead the Future of an Innovative NHS Subsidiary
NTH Solutions is seeking an exceptional individual to become its next Independent Chair.
As a successful NHS subsidiary company, NTH Solutions provides a broad range of Estates, Facilities, Procurement and Support Services to North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust and to a growing portfolio of external organisations. The organisation employs more than 700 colleagues and plays a critical role in supporting the delivery of safe, high quality healthcare services whilst generating value for the NHS.
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This is an exciting opportunity to provide strategic leadership to a well-established and ambitious organisation at a time of significant opportunity across the NHS and wider public sector landscape.
Working closely with the Board, Managing Director and shareholder representatives, you will ensure the organisation maintains the highest standards of corporate governance, supports sustainable growth and continues to deliver excellent services for patients, service users and customers.
As Independent Chair, you will help steer NTH Solutions through its next phase of development, supporting the organisation to harness digital innovation, technology-enabled improvement and modern data-driven approaches across its services. You will provide strategic oversight to ensure digital opportunities are identified and utilised to improve operational performance, customer experience, workforce productivity and commercial growth
Working for our organisation
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust have come together to form University Hospitals Tees. As a result, post holders may be required to work across sites within both organisations.
Across University Hospitals Tees, our ambition is to be the best place to work, ensuring we have the right staff in the right roles at the right time to deliver outstanding patient care and experience.
We are committed to supporting our staff through an inclusive and supportive working environment, offering health and wellbeing initiatives, staff benefits, and opportunities for personal and professional development.
We support the 'Making Every Contact Count' approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Has significant Board-level leadership experience within complex organisations.
Has operated as a Chair, Non-Executive Director or senior executive.
Demonstrates a strong understanding of governance, risk management and organisational assurance.
Champion innovation, digital transformation and the effective use of technology across the organisation, ensuring NTH Solutions remains forward-looking and responsive to the evolving needs of the NHS and wider healthcare sector
Can provide strategic challenge and support to leaders.
Has experience of driving organisational improvement, transformation and commercial development.
Understands the importance of culture, people, equality and inclusion.
Can build effective relationships with shareholders, NHS partners, regulators and external stakeholders.
Demonstrates sound judgement, integrity and independence.
Experience within health, public services, infrastructure, estates, facilities, commercial enterprises or regulated sectors would be advantageous.
In return
This role provides a unique opportunity to:
- Influence the strategic direction of a successful NHS-owned organisation.
- Support the continued development of innovative services that directly benefit the NHS and local communities.
- Work alongside experienced Board and executive colleagues.
- Contribute to the evolving University Hospitals Tees and wider NHS landscape.
NTH Solutions is committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
For an informal discussion regarding the role, please contact Derek Bell, Chairman, University Hospitals Tees.
Recruitment services for North Tees & Hartlepool Solutions are provided by the Recruitment Team, North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust.
This advert for a vacancy with North Tees & Hartlepool Solutions appears under the authority of North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust.
This advert is placed by NTH Foundation Trust on behalf of North Tees and Hartlepool Solutions which is a Limited Liability Partnership operating services within NTH Foundation Trust. Please refer to the attached Terms and Conditions of Employment relating to this vacancy.
Please check your email address on a regular basis as applicants invited to attend an interview will be notified via this method.
As part of our recruitment process, you will be required to undertake pre-employment screening:
Disclosure and Barring Scheme (previously Criminal Records Bureau)
Where a post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 it may be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Scheme to check for any previous criminal convictions. Should you require a copy of the Trust's Disclosure and Barring Service Policy, please contact a member of the Recruitment Team on 01642 624023.
Please note the essential qualifications required for the post outlined within the Person Specification. You are required to hold and provide evidence of the necessary qualifications for the post at interview should you be short listed.
As part of our pre-employment screening process, all applicants are required to provide references covering their last three years employment history. Applicants are requested to ensure e-mail addresses for all referees are included on their application form. Personal references are not acceptable.
If the hours advertised for the post are up to full time (37.5 hours per week), applications are still welcomed from individuals who may be seeking to work less than full-time hours and all requests will be considered in line with the post being appointed to for the successful applicant.
North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust operates a No Smoking Policy.
If you experience any technical difficulties applying for this post please contact a member of our recruitment team on 01642 624023 quoting the vacancy reference.
Equal Opportunities
The details in the Monitoring Information section of your application will be used for monitoring our recruitment process and will not be seen by the interview panel. The information you give will be treated in the strictest confidence. To meet its commitment to promoting equality of opportunity, the Trust’s policy is that individuals will be recruited, trained and promoted according to ability and job requirements only. As such we welcome your application irrespective of your gender, race, disability, colour, ethnic or national origin, and nationality, and marital status, responsibility for dependants, religion, trade union activity and age.
Disability
The Trust gives full and fair consideration to applications for employment received from disabled people. We are a “Positive about Disabled People” employer, and we hold the ‘two ticks’ Disability Symbol, which is a recognition given by Jobcentre Plus to employers who have agreed to meet five commitments regarding the recruitment, employment, retention and career development of disabled people. If you have a disability, which makes it difficult for you to complete our application form, please do not hesitate to contact the recruitment team on 01642 624023.
Armed Forces Covenant
As a supporter of the Armed Forces and an employer of Reservists, North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust are proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant, which is a promise by the nation to ensure that those who serve or who have served in the UK Armed Forces (and their families) are treated fairly.
We recognise that reservists and veterans bring a variety of transferable skills and qualities to our workplace, developed through their military careers. Our commitment to supporting the Armed Forces Community has been recognised through the Armed Forces Covenant as a Silver Employer.
What does this mean?
We proactively demonstrate our forces-friendly credentials within our recruitment and selection processes, by having a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for those indicated as part of the Armed Forces Community. We engage with our local and regional Career Transition Partnership representatives and are a member of Step Into Health. We employ veterans and reservists from differing branches of the Armed Forces and actively promote our positive policies for the Armed Forces Community, including our Special Leave policy. We advocate support for defence people issues, including facilitating easier access to Healthcare Services for our patients within the AF Community. We have supported employees through Reservist training, through additional leave for their training and ongoing support under our Special Leave policy.
Independent chair in Stockton-on-Tees employer: NTH Solutions
North Tees & Hartlepool Solutions is an exceptional employer, dedicated to fostering a supportive and inclusive work environment for its employees. With a strong focus on employee well-being, competitive salaries, and generous leave entitlements, the company prioritises personal and professional growth through structured apprenticeship programmes. Located within the NHS framework, it offers unique opportunities to contribute to vital healthcare services while being recognised for outstanding performance and teamwork.
