BOARD SECRETARY - BRADFORD

£52,007 - £64,118 pa

We are an innovative and ambitious NHS Trust seeking to become a foundation trust during the next financial year.We provide mental health and social care services to a geographically wide and diverse population in the Bradford District, covering rural areas of North and West Yorkshire as well as the more densley populated City of Bradford. You will be critical to our future growth and success. Supporting the Chairman, you will ensure appropriate and effective governance of the organisation. You will provide advice to the Board of Directors, ensuring we comply with relevant legislation and , on becoming a foundation trust; this will include compliance with our Terms of Authorisation as well as constitutional issues. You will be politically aware, and when we become a foundation trust, you will be the key contact for our Council of Governors and manage the relationship with our external regulators. Highly organised and ruthlessly efficient, you will see that Board meetings run smoothly and effectively; ensuring that they are properly recorded and that Directors and Governors receive appropriate support. Sometimes working with strictly confidential matters, you must be trustworthy and tactful in your approach.We are looking for an experienced board secretary, ideally with a background as a solicitor. For an informal discussion, please contact Simon Large on 01274 223544. Further information about Bradford District Care NHS Trust and our application for Foundation Trust Status can be found on our website at www.bdct.nhs.uk Please apply online at www.jobs.nhs.uk or request an application pack by calling 01274 363693 (24 hr answerphone) quoting ref: HQ-188. Closing date: Friday 12 September 2008.