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Key responsibilities

• Provide the Board with informed insight into NHS policy, priorities, structures and the changing local healthcare landscape.
• Develop and maintain positive relationships with relevant NHS organisations, healthcare providers and senior healthcare professionals.
• Help the League understand local health and care priorities and identify opportunities for strategic collaboration.
• Support effective liaison with Teddington Memorial Hospital, K&R NHS Trust, local NHS services, GP practices, community healthcare providers and other relevant health partners.
• Help identify opportunities where League funding could support patient care, staff wellbeing, prevention, rehabilitation, diagnostics, community health and other local healthcare priorities.
• Advise the Board on developments within the NHS and wider healthcare sector that may affect the League's strategy and future role.
• Support the development of partnerships and collaborative projects between the League and healthcare organisations.
• Help ensure that the League's activities and funding remain relevant, responsible and aligned with genuine healthcare needs.
• Represent the League professionally at appropriate NHS, healthcare and community meetings and events.
• Contribute healthcare-sector expertise to the Board's strategic discussions and decision-making.

Essential experience

The successful candidate must have a professional background in the NHS or healthcare sector, ideally with senior-level experience. This could include experience in:
• NHS management or leadership
• clinical services or healthcare delivery
• primary, community or secondary care
• NHS commissioning or integrated care
• health policy or strategy
• healthcare partnerships
• public health
• healthcare governance or transformation.

Person specification
We are looking for someone who:
• Has substantial knowledge and experience of the NHS and/or healthcare sector.
• Understands the structure and changing priorities of local healthcare services.
• Has the confidence and credibility to engage with senior NHS and healthcare stakeholders.
• Can build constructive relationships across organisations and professional boundaries.
• Can translate complex healthcare developments into clear advice and recommendations for the Board.
• Has strong communication, influencing and relationship-building skills.
• Understands the role of a charity working alongside, but independently from, NHS organisations.
• Is committed to improving healthcare and wellbeing for people in the local community.
Time commitment
Trustees are expected to attend Board meetings once a month on the third Monday of the month and contribute to Board discussions and decision-making. The NHS & Healthcare Liaison Trustee will also maintain relationships with relevant healthcare organisations and attend appropriate meetings, networking opportunities and partnership discussions on behalf of the League.

This is a voluntary, unpaid Trustee position.