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Board Directors required

Employer
Healthwatch Brighton and Hove
Location
Brighton, East Sussex
Salary
Unpaid
Closing date
26 Oct 2020

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Sector
Public Sector
Function
Voluntary
Contract Type
Voluntary
Hours
Part Time, Flexible

Job Details

Healthwatch Brighton and Hove is recruiting Board Directors. We are a social enterprise with powers and responsibilities, and the official watchdog for health and social care in the city. We need people with a commitment to this agenda and expertise to offer either through their life experience or work, professional or voluntary. The Covid-19 pandemic has demonstrated how important our work is, ensuring that patient, user and citizen views and experience is kept in the forefront of policies and services. We are particularly seeking expertise with finance and links with the voluntary sector or community networks. We also want to diversify our Board, so we especially welcome people from Black, Asian or other ethnic minority backgrounds. We also would like to recruit younger people and people with experience of younger people’s issues. 

This is an exciting time with lots of change on the horizon and if you want a chance to influence this agenda, please send a CV and a statement as to why you would like to become a Director of Healthwatch Brighton and Hove. Additional information about Healthwatch Brighton and Hove is available on our website: https://www.healthwatchbrightonandhove.co.uk/ 

To discuss this role please contact David Liley, Chief Officer, Healthwatch Brighton and Hove, david@healthwatchbrightonandhove.co.uk or  07931755343

Closing date 4pm Monday 26 October 2020

 Healthwatch BH is a Community Interest Company with an asset lock. We are nonpolitical and independent of Brighton and Hove City Council and the NHS

Company

Healthwatch Brighton and Hove are the official consumer watchdog for health and social care in the City . We are here to make health and social care services work more effectively for the people who use them. Everything we say and do is informed by our connections to local people.

Our focus is on listening to and understanding the needs, experiences and concerns of people of all ages and to speak out on their behalf. We work with other organisations who share our values and ethos but we are the only organisation in the City with statutory powers to represent consumer interests across the whole of health and social care services. In the last year Healthwatch have helped improve hospital, care home, GP and patient transport services. Our work on with the local Trans Community and the Care Quality Commission attracted national award recognition.

As part of a national network, with a local Healthwatch in every local authority area in England, Healthwatch Brighton and Hove is uniquely placed to provide not only a local service but learn from peers, and contribute to and influence the national agenda.

Our role is to ensure that local decision makers and health and social care services put the quality of experiences of people at the heart of their work and keep their promises.

Company info
Website
Telephone
01273 234040
Location
113 Queens Road
Brighton
East Sussex
BN1 3XG
GB

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