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We’re recruiting for board members!
We’re looking for board members to help steer the direction of our work. We need people from all of our communities and with different skills and experiences to join our board.
Are you:
- Aware of current health and social care issues, particularly for people with mental ill health, learning disabilities or people who aren’t being listened to?
- Good at communicating and listening to people from a wide range of backgrounds and with different experiences?
- Able to use evidence from service users and research to make impartial, practical judgements?
- Experienced in setting goals and able to monitor how Healthwatch Northumberland achieves its goals?
- Experienced in working effectively in a collective decision-making group, board or committee?
- Committed to working in an impartial and independent way to achieve improvements in health and social care services for service users, carers and the public?
Not everyone will have all the knowledge or experiences listed here, so the board operates as a team, blending together what individuals bring.
Board member positions are voluntary and unpaid and reasonable travel expenses are paid. The board meets four times a year.
Would you like to know more? Read our board member information pack.
How do I apply and what happens then?
Please complete the application form using the Person Specification to tell us about you and why you want to join us. We will use this to decide who to offer an interview.
All applications must be received by 9am on 7 February 2024.
Please note that we may close submissions earlier than this date if we receive a large number of applications.
If a written application is not appropriate for you, an interview-only assessment may be carried out. Please contact Derry Nugent at derryn@healthwatchnorthumberland.co.uk
Invitations to interview will be emailed to shortlisted candidates. The interviews will be held during February/March 2024.
Board member information pack easy read
This vacancy is now closed.
Engagement and Volunteering Officer vacancy
We’re recruiting for an Engagement and Volunteering Officer to join our team!
Hours: 25 hours per week
Contract: Permanent (dependent on funding)
Location: Based in Hexham with travel across Northumberland
Salary: £24,396 pro rata – £16,483 actual for 25 hours. Pay award pending
Benefits: 25 days holiday per year, plus statutory holidays pro rata
Healthwatch Northumberland is the independent champion for health and social care across the county.
Health and social care are never far from the news and it’s an area that affects all of us. Come and join us to work as part of a skilled and enthusiastic team, listening to local people and ensuring their voice is heard in how these vital services are planned and delivered.
It’s a busy time. You can make a difference by supporting our current volunteers and encouraging other people to get involved in our work.
Find out more about this role in the Engagement and Volunteering Officer job description.
To apply please complete the online application form.
Closing date for applications is 9.00am Monday 22 May 2023.
Interviews will be on Wednesday 7 June 2023 in Hexham.
If you would like an informal discussion about the role and Healthwatch Northumberland, contact Derry Nugent, Project Coordinator by email derryn@healthwatchnorthumberland.co.uk or call 07590 880016.
This opportunity has now closed
Come on Board – new members wanted!
Healthwatch Northumberland Board Members
We are looking for exceptional people with a keen interest in local health and social care services to join our board.
Healthwatch Northumberland is the independent champion for health and social care across the county. As the landscape of health and social care changes due to COVID, this is a crucial time to become involved. By joining our skilled and enthusiastic board you will use your local knowledge to help us give a voice to people who use services, influence positive change to services and help meet the health and social care needs of our communities.
As you will appreciate, our aim to act as an independent ‘voice’ of the people of Northumberland in all matters related to health and social care, is even more important in these challenging times.
This particular role is to become an Independent Board Member working within an established team, details of which are given in the Board Recruitment Information pack below.
For more information contact Derry Nugent on: 07590 880016 or email: derryn@healthwatchnorthumberland.co.uk
The closing date for applications is 9.00am on 30 October 2020.
Healthwatch Northumberland Board Recruitment Information Pack
Healthwatch Northumberland Board Member Application Form
This opportunity has now closed.
Join us! Engagement Officer vacancy
We’re looking for an Engagement Officer to join the Healthwatch Northumberland team.
- £23,685 (pro rata £19,204)
- Part time – 30 hours a week
- Permanent dependent on funding
- Closing date midnight 29 September 2020
- Based in Hexham with travel across Northumberland (note all staff currently working from home but under review in line with pandemic guidelines)
This is a vital time for health and social care services. By joining Healthwatch Northumberland now you will use your skills and experience to develop new ways to ensure that voice continues to be heard during and beyond the COVID19 pandemic.
The full job description, application form and other relevant information can be found below. If you would like an informal discussion about the role and Healthwatch Northumberland, contact Derry Nugent, Project Coordinator: derryn@healthwatchnorthumberland.co.uk
Interviews will be on Monday 12 October 2020 by Zoom.
Job Description and Person Specification
Healthwatch Northumberland Strategic Plan
Healthwatch Northumberland Staffing Structure
This vacancy is now closed.
Events
Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic NHS Recruitment Event
If you’d like to find out more about working in the NHS, head to the Royal Victoria Infirmary for this recruitment event. The NHS is committed to making workplaces inclusive and is taking positive action to increase Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic representation in the workforce.
Whether you come along for a few minutes or longer you will have the opportunity to speak to staff, view current vacancies, learn how to set up for job alerts, learn how to complete a good application form and find out about volunteering opportunties. Staff representatives from all local NHS Trusts will be on hand to answer all of your questions.
Workshops will be available throughout the day:
- Introduction to roles in the NHS and the recruitment process
- Introduction to NHS jobs
- Completing an NHS Jobs Application Form
- Interview Skills Preparation.
Healthwatch Northumberland
We are your local health and social care champion. We’re here to make sure your views on NHS and social care services in Northumberland are heard.
