Lay Member Finance and Performance
As a member of the CCG’s Governing Body the Lay Member for Finance and Performance shares responsibility with their fellow members for ensuring that:
- The CCG exercises its functions effectively
- The CCG’s decisions take due account of the need for economy, efficiency and the achievement of financial balance
- Decisions are based on timely, high quality evidence
- The CCG maintains the highest standards of good governance and abides by its Constitution
- The vision and values of the CCG are adhered to and delivered at all times
The time commitment required is approximately four days per month and the post holder must be able to commit this time consistently throughout the period of their term. Some of this time will be attending structured meetings such as that of the Governing Body and the CCG’s Finance Committee. The remainder will be a combination of self-directed time such as preparing for meetings and reviewing information or taking part in events such as training sessions of engagement activity. The CCG’s corporate day (when meetings take place) is typically Tuesday.
Main Duties of the Role
- To be a member of the CCG’s Governing Body
- To be the Chair of the CCG’s Finance Committee
- To be a member of the CCG’s:
- Audit Committee
- Remuneration Committee
- Primary Care Commissioning Committee
- Quality Committee
- To lead the development and delivery of the vision, aims and annual objectives of the CCG and the work plan of the Governing Body and at least one of its committees
- To support member engagement through events, forums or other structures
- Provide a high level and unbiased strategic view of all aspects of CCG activity
- Provide a view of the best use of public money and compliance with the NHS Constitution
- Provide a financial and performance view to support the CCG make the right decision on the investment and disinvestment of services
- Actively contribute to the:
- financial viability of the CCG
- delivery of performance and quality standards by services commissioned by the CCG
- Support the delivery of the CCG’s Equality and Diversity agenda
Person specification
To be eligible for the role the post holder must not:
- Have received a prison sentence or suspended sentence of three months or more in the last five years;
- Be the subject of a bankruptcy restriction order or interim order
- Have been dismissed by a former employer (within or outside the NHS) on the grounds of misconduct within a five year period
- Be under a disqualification order under the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986
- Have been removed from trusteeship of a charity
- Be a serving civil servant within the Department of Health, or member/employee of the CQC
- Be serving as a Chair or non-executive of an NHS body
Core Understanding and Skills
The Lay Member for Finance and Performance will have:
- A general understanding of good governance and of the difference between governance and management
- A general understanding of health and an appreciation of the broad social, political and economic trends influencing it
- Capability to understand and analyse complex issues, drawing on the breadth of data that needs to inform each CCGs deliberations and decision-making, and the wisdom to ensure that it is used ethically to balance competing priorities and make difficult decisions
- The confidence to question information and explanations supplied by others, who may be experts in their field
- The ability to influence and persuade others articulating a balanced, not personal, view and to engage in constructive debate without being adversarial or losing respect and goodwill
- The ability to take an objective view, seeing issues from all perspectives, especially external and user perspectives
- The ability to recognise key influencers and the skills in engaging and involving them
- The ability to communicate effectively, listening to others and actively sharing information
- The ability to demonstrate how your skills and abilities can actively contribute to the work of each of the governing bodies and how this will enable you to participate effectively as a team member
Core Personal Experience
- Have a strong finance background in the private or public sector.
- A track record in securing or supporting improvements for patients/service users or the wider public.
Specific competencies & qualifications for the role
- Qualifications, expertise or experience such as to enable the post holder to express informed views about financial management and operational performance
- Have the skills, knowledge and experience to assess and confirm that appropriate governance and management systems are in place for financial management and performance
- Have an understanding of the resource allocations devolved to NHS bodies and a general knowledge of the accounting regime within which a CCG operates
- Able to give an independent view on financial plans such as proposal to invest or disinvest in services
- Recent and relevant financial experience sufficient to enable the post holder to competently engage with financial management and reporting in the organisation and associated assurances
- Ability to chair committees effectively
Term: Three years
Time commitment: 4 days a month which may include occasional evening meetings
Remuneration: £18,900 per annum
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Lay Member for Audit and Governance
Context of the role
As a member of the CCG’s Governing Body the Lay Member for Audit shares responsibility with their fellow members for ensuring that:
- The CCG exercises its functions effectively
- The CCG’s decisions take due account of the need for economy, efficiency and the achievement of financial balance
- Decisions are based on timely, high quality evidence
- The CCG maintains the highest standards of good governance and abides by its Constitution
- The vision and values of the CCG are adhered to and delivered at all times
The time commitment required is approximately two days per month and the post holder must be able to commit this time consistently throughout the period of their term. Some of this time will be attending structured meetings such as that of the Governing Body and the Audit Committee. The remainder will be a combination of self-directed time such as preparing for meetings and reviewing information or taking part in events such as training sessions of engagement activity. The CCG’s corporate day (when meetings take place) is typically Tuesday.
Main Duties of the Role
- To be a member of the CCG’s Governing Body
- To be the Chair of the CCG’s Audit Committee
- To be a member of the CCG’s Remuneration Committee
- To support member engagement through events, forums or other structures
- Provide a high level and unbiased strategic view of all aspects of CCG activity
- Provide assurance of the best use of public money and compliance with the NHS Constitution
- Provide oversight and assurance to support the CCG make the right decision on the investment and disinvestment of services
- Actively contribute to the:
- financial management and viability of the CCG
- assurance of the delivery of key operation and governance tools, including risk management
- assurance of the delivery of statutory requirements such as the management of conflicts of interests
- be the CCG’s conflicts of interests guardian
- assurance of the CCG’s oversight of quality, safety and the performance of commissioned services
- development and approval of the CCG’s annual report and accounts
- development and delivery of audits and audit action plans
- patient and public engagement strategy of the CCG
- Support the delivery of the CCG’s Equality and Diversity agenda
Person specification
To be eligible for the role the post holder must not:
- Be an employee of a local authority in England or Wales, or an equivalent local government organisation in Scotland and Northern Ireland
- Be a provider, or an employee of a provider, of social services under contract to a local authority or equivalent
- Be a provider or an employee of a provider, of primary medical services including general medical services, general dental services, ophthalmic services, or pharmaceutical services
- Have received a prison sentence or suspended sentence of three months or more in the last five years
- Be the subject of a bankruptcy restriction order or interim order
- Have been dismissed by a former employer (within or outside the NHS) on the grounds of misconduct within a five-year period
- Be under a disqualification order under the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986
- Have been removed from trusteeship of a charity
- Be a serving civil servant within the Department of Health, or member/employee of the CQC
- Be serving as a Chair or non-executive of an NHS body
The post is open to anyone who has the qualifications and/or experience to allow them to express informed views about good governance and audit matters.
Core Understanding and Skills
The Lay Member for Audit will have:
- A general understanding of good governance and of the difference between governance and management
- A general understanding of health and an appreciation of the broad social, political and economic trends influencing it
- Capability to understand and analyse complex issues, drawing on the breadth of data that needs to inform each CCGs deliberations and decision-making, and the wisdom to ensure that it is used ethically to balance competing priorities and make difficult decisions
- The confidence to question information and explanations supplied by others, who may be experts in their field
- The ability to influence and persuade others articulating a balanced, not personal, view and to engage in constructive debate without being adversarial or losing respect and goodwill
- The ability to take an objective view, seeing issues from all perspectives, especially external and user perspectives
- The ability to recognise key influencers and the skills in engaging and involving them
- The ability to communicate effectively, listening to others and actively sharing information
- The ability to demonstrate how your skills and abilities can actively contribute to the work of each of the governing bodies and how this will enable you to participate effectively as a team member
Core Personal Experience
- Have a strong finance background in the private or public sector.
- A track record in securing or supporting improvements for patients/service users or the wider public.
Term: Three years
Time commitment: 2 days a month which may include occasional evening meetings
Remuneration: £9,450 per annum
Download the Candidate Brief for additional information
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Lay Member for Patient and Public Engagement
As a member of the CCG’s Governing Body the Lay Member for Patient and Public Engagement shares responsibility with their fellow members for ensuring that
- The CCG exercises its functions effectively
- The CCG’s decisions take due account of the need for economy, efficiency and the achievement of financial balance
- Decisions are based on timely, high quality evidence
- The CCG maintains the highest standards of good governance and abides by its Constitution
- The vision and values of the CCG are adhered to and delivered at all times
The time commitment required is approximately three days per month and the post holder must be able to commit this time consistently throughout the period of their term. Some of this time will be attending structured meetings such as that of the Governing Body and the Patient and Public Engagement Committee. The remainder will be a combination of self-directed time such as preparing for meetings and reviewing information or taking part in events such as training sessions of engagement activity. The CCG’s corporate day (when meetings take place) is typically Tuesday.
Main Duties of the Role
- To be a member of the CCG’s Governing Body
- To be the Vice Chair of the CCG
- To be the Chair of the CCG’s Primary Care Commissioning Committee
- To be the Chair of the Patient and Public Engagement Committee
- To be a member of the CCG’s Remuneration Committee
- To support patient, public and member engagement through events, forums or other structures.
- Provide a high level and unbiased strategic view of all aspects of CCG activity.
- Provide assurance of the engagement of patients and the public and compliance with the NHS Constitution.
- Provide oversight and assurance to support the CCG make the right decision on the investment and disinvestment of services
- Actively contribute to the:
- commissioning agenda of the CCG, particularly when it comes to primary care
- patient and public engagement strategy of the CCG
- Support the delivery of the CCG’s Equality and Diversity agenda
Person specification
To be eligible for the role the post holder must not:
- Be an employee of a local authority in England or Wales, or an equivalent local government organisation in Scotland and Northern Ireland
- Be a provider, or an employee of a provider, of social services under contract to a local authority or equivalent
- Be a provider or an employee of a provider, of primary medical services including general medical services, general dental services, ophthalmic services, or pharmaceutical services
- Have received a prison sentence or suspended sentence of three months or more in the last five years
- Be the subject of a bankruptcy restriction order or interim order
- Have been dismissed by a former employer (within or outside the NHS) on the grounds of misconduct within a five-year period
- Be under a disqualification order under the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986
- Have been removed from trusteeship of a charity
- Be a serving civil servant within the Department of Health, or member/employee of the CQC
- Be serving as a Chair or non-executive of an NHS body
The post is open to anyone who has the qualifications and/or experience to allow them to:
- Act as the vice Chair of the CCG, including acting as the Chair when the Chair cannot or may not
- Lead on the assurance and non-executive oversight of the patient and public engagement work of the CCG
Core Understanding and Skills
As a lay member on the CCG‘s Governing Body you will bring specific expertise and experience, based in part on being a member of the local community, to the CCG. The focus of the role will be strategic and impartial, providing an independent view of the work of the CCG that is external to the day-to-day running of the organisation.
You will help to ensure that, in all aspects of the CCG‘s business, the voices of the local population and users of commissioned services are heard and that opportunities are created and protected for patient and public empowerment in the work of the CCG.
In particular you will ensure that:
- Public and patients‘ views are heard and their expectations understood and met as appropriate
- The CCG builds and maintains an effective relationship with Local Healthwatch organisations and draws on existing patient and public engagement and involvement expertise
- The CCG has appropriate arrangements in place to secure public and patient involvement and responds in an effective and timely way to feedback and recommendations from patients, carers and the public
It is not intended that this role should have executive oversight of patient and public engagement, rather that the individual ensures, through the appropriate governance processes, that this function is being discharged effectively.
Core Personal Experience
- Previous experience of working in a setting that balances the need to deliver services, work within limited resources, and satisfy the competing demands and expectations of service users.
- A track record in securing or supporting improvements for patients/service users or the wider public.
Term: Three years
Time commitment:3 days a month which may include occasional evening meetings
Remuneration: £14,175 per annum
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Secondary Care Doctor
Context of the role
As a member of the CCG’s Governing Body the Secondary Care Doctor shares responsibility with their fellow members for ensuring that:
- The CCG exercises its functions effectively
- The CCG’s decisions take due account of the need for economy, efficiency and the achievement of financial balance
- Decisions are based on timely, high-quality evidence
- The CCG maintains the highest standards of good governance and abides by its Constitution
- The vision and values of the CCG are adhered to and delivered at all times
As well as sharing responsibility with the other members for all aspects of the CCG governing body business, as a consultant on the governing body, this person will bring a broader view, from their perspective as a registered consultant, on health and care issues to underpin the work of the CCG especially the contribution of nursing to patient care.
The time commitment required is approximately 1.5 days per month and the post holder must be able to commit this time consistently throughout the period of their term. Some of this time will be attending structured meetings such as that of the Governing Body and the Quality Committee. The remainder will be a combination of self-directed time such as preparing for meetings and reviewing information, or taking part in events such as training sessions of engagement activity. The CCG’s corporate day (when meetings take place) is typically Tuesday.
Main Duties of the Role
- To be a member of the CCG’s Governing Body
- To be a member of the CCG’s Finance Committee
- To support member engagement through events, forums or other structures
- Provide a high level and unbiased strategic view of all aspects of CCG activity
- Provide assurance of the best approach to delivering high quality, safe services and compliance with the NHS Constitution
- Provide oversight and assurance to support the CCG make the right decision on the investment and disinvestment of services
- Actively contribute to the:
- assurance of the CCG’s oversight of quality, safety, financial viability and performance of commissioned services
- support the patient and public engagement strategy of the CCG
- Support the delivery of the CCG’s Equality and Diversity agenda
Person specification
To be eligible for the role the post holder must not:
- Be an employee of a local authority in England or Wales, or an equivalent local government organisation in Scotland and Northern Ireland
- Be a provider, or an employee of a provider, of social services under contract to a local authority or equivalent
- Be a provider or an employee of a provider, of primary medical services including general medical services, general dental services, ophthalmic services, or pharmaceutical services
- Have received a prison sentence or suspended sentence of three months or more in the last five years
- Be the subject of a bankruptcy restriction order or interim order
- Have been dismissed by a former employer (within or outside the NHS) on the grounds of misconduct within a five year period
- Be under a disqualification order under the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986
- Have been removed from trusteeship of a charity
- Be a serving civil servant within the Department of Health, or member/employee of the CQC
- Be serving as a Chair or non-executive of an NHS body
The Secondary Care Doctor cannot be an employee or member (including shareholder) of, or a partner in, a provider of primary medical services, or a provider with whom the CCG has commissioning arrangements save for the exceptions outlined in 12(c) of the CCG Regulations 2012
Core Understanding and Skills
Specific attributes and competencies for the role are to:
- Be a consultant – either currently employed, or in employment at some time in the period of 10 years ending with the date of the individual’s appointment to the governing body
- Have a high level of understanding of how care is delivered in a secondary care setting
- Be competent, confident and willing to give an independent strategic view on all aspects of CCG business
- Be highly regarded as a leader, preferably with experience working as a leader across more than one clinical discipline and/or specialty with a track record of collaborative working
- Be able to take a balanced view of the clinical and management agenda, and draw on their in depth understanding of secondary care to add value
- Be able to contribute a generic view from the perspective of a secondary care doctor whilst putting aside specific issues relating to their own nursing practice or their employing organisation’s circumstances
- Be able to provide an understanding of how secondary care providers work within the health system to bring appropriate insight to discussions regarding service re-design, clinical pathways and system reform
Core Personal Experience
- Previous experience of working in a collective decision-making group such as a board or committee, or high-level awareness of ‘board-level’ working; and
- A track record in securing or supporting improvements for patients/service users or the wider public.
Term: Three years
Time commitment: 2 days a month which may include occasional evening meetings
Remuneration: £12,600 per annum
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Independent Nurse
Context of the role.
As a member of the CCG’s Governing Body the Independent Nurse shares responsibility with their fellow members for ensuring that:
- The CCG exercises its functions effectively
- The CCG’s decisions take due account of the need for economy, efficiency and the achievement of financial balance
- Decisions are based on timely, high quality evidence including
- The CCG maintains the highest standards of good governance and abides by its Constitution
- The vision and values of the CCG are adhered to and delivered at all times
As well as sharing responsibility with the other members for all aspects of the CCG governing body business, as a registered nurse on the governing body, this person will bring a broader view, from their perspective as a registered nurse, on health and care issues to underpin the work of the CCG especially the contribution of nursing to patient care.
The time commitment required is approximately two days per month and the post holder must be able to commit this time consistently throughout the period of their term. Some of this time will be attending structured meetings such as that of the Governing Body and the Quality Committee. The remainder will be a combination of self-directed time such as preparing for meetings and reviewing information, or taking part in events such as training sessions of engagement activity. The CCG’s corporate day (when meetings take place) is typically Tuesday.
Main Duties of the Role
- To be a member of the CCG’s Governing Body
- To be the Chair of the CCG’s Quality Committee
- To be a member of the CCG’s Patient and Public Engagement Committee
- To support member engagement through events, forums or other structures
- Provide a high level and unbiased strategic view of all aspects of CCG activity
- Provide assurance of the best approach to delivering high quality, safe services and compliance with the NHS Constitution
- Provide oversight and assurance to support the CCG make the right decision on the investment and disinvestment of services
- Actively contribute to the:
- quality and safety agenda of the CCG
- assurance of the delivery of key activity such as the safeguarding of vulnerable children and adults
- assurance of the effective identification, investigation of and learning from complaints and incidents
- support the development and delivery of effective whistleblowing systems across the health and social care system
- assurance of the CCG’s oversight of quality, safety and the performance of commissioned services
- support the patient and public engagement strategy of the CCG
- Support the delivery of the CCG’s Equality and Diversity agenda
Core Understanding and Skills
Specific attributes and competencies for the role are to:
- Be a nurse registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council
- Have developed a high level of professional expertise and knowledge
- Be competent, confident and willing to give an independent strategic clinical view on all aspects of CCG business
- Be highly regarded as a nursing leader
- Demonstrably be able to think beyond their own professional viewpoint
- Be able to take a balanced view of the clinical and management agenda and draw on their specialist skills to add value
- Be able to contribute a generic view from the perspective of a registered nurse whilst putting aside specific issues relating to their own clinical practice or employing organisation‘s circumstances
- Be able to bring detailed insights from nursing and perspectives into discussions regarding service re-design, clinical pathways and system reform
Core Personal Experience
- Previous experience of working in a collective decision-making group such as a board or committee, or high-level awareness of ‘board-level’ working
- A track record in securing or supporting improvements for patients/service users or the wider public
Term: Three years
Time commitment: 2 days a month which may include occasional evening meetings
Remuneration: £12,600 per annum
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