26.08.20
DHSC plans recruitment of seven non-executive roles to NICE board
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has begun the process of recruiting up to seven non-executive roles to join the governing board of NICE.
Contributing to the development of NICE’s strategic objectives, an advertisement for the roles has been placed on the Cabinet Office website asking applications for the roles – which are based out of the NICE offices in London or Manchester.
Each post holder would be expected to work up to three days a month in the role.
To be considered for the role, each candidate is to be asked to demonstrate a range of qualities, skills and experience to meet all the essential criteria for appointment. These include an ability to contribute effectively on the board of a high-profile national organisation, sound judgement and a high-level understanding of and a commitment to the role of NICE in supporting quality health outcomes for patients and service users across England’s health and social care system.
The new non-executive directors will help support the organisation’s strategic development, providing scrutiny, support and challenge to NICE’s Executive team.
NICE chairman Sharmila Nebhrajani said: “The board needs individuals with a broad range of specific technical skills but equally important is an intellectual curiosity, a deep commitment to improving health and care in England and a desire to contribute to collective deliberations that will ensure that NICE is fit for the challenges ahead.”
Potential candidates are being asked to display a track record of achievement in one or more of the following areas:
- practising NHS clinician
- social care skills, especially from a provider perspective
- data and informatics
- digital publishing
- transformation through technology
- patient perspectives including an understanding of the development of shared care models
- understanding of and expertise in the life sciences or medtech industry
- medical research/scientific horizon scanning of key developments likely to shape healthcare in the future
- senior finance experience, including assurance, risk management and governance with an ability to chair the audit committee
- health economics
- ethics, inclusion and fairness
Applications are set to remain open until midday on September 22, 2020. More information can be found here.