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About The Florence Nightingale Foundation

The Florence Nightingale Foundation is an independent charity set up to be a living memorial to Florence Nightingale by advancing the study of nursing and by promoting excellence in nursing, midwifery and health visiting practice.

The foundation aims to improve health, clinical outcomes and patient experience, through building nursing and midwifery clinical and research leadership capacity and capability.  It does this by enabling nurses and midwives, our scholars, to access sophisticated and bespoke leadership development opportunities, both in the UK and overseas, tailored to the scholar’s needs.  The bespoke leadership development programmes ensure the foundation’s offer remains unique and highly sought after.  All of our scholars describe the experience with the foundation as ‘life-changing’ both professionally and personally.  This has given them the confidence to lead with integrity, challenge when they may not have done so previously and importantly recognise that by staying within their profession, they can make a real difference to patient care and health outcomes.

The Trustee Role

The Board of Trustees meets at least four times a year. In addition to the Board, there are four Governance and Assurance Committee meetings and four Finance and Investment Committee meetings.

As a trustee you’d serve up two three-year terms of office, with a possible third term following a review of performance and a consideration of the balance of skills and expertise needed on the board at that time. We choose all our trustees based on a person specification and a skills matrix which reflects the needs of good governance and the nursing and midwifery professions.

• To be aware of and to discharge the responsibilities of a Charitable Trustee and a Director of a Company limited by guarantee.
• To contribute to setting strategy targets and to monitor performance to ensure consistency with the values of the Foundation and to meet its charitable objectives.
• Safeguard the interest of donors and current and future beneficiaries, acting as guardians of its assets and taking due care over their security, deployment and proper application.
• To attend meetings of the Executive and other activities promoting the Foundation and its work.
• To ensure that the Foundation takes appropriate steps, including fundraising, to secure necessary resources both financial and human to meet its charitable objects.
• To ensure that resources are managed with due probity.
• To exercise oversight of the finances and governance of the organisation.
• To safeguard the good name, reputation and values of the Foundation and act as Ambassadors of the Charity.
• To review the strategic direction and future succession planning to ensure that the Foundation responds to health care needs.
• To be involved, when required, in the selection of scholars and fundraising.

How to apply

Apply to phoebe@florence-nightingale-foundation.org.uk and send the documents listed below:

• An up-to-date CV
• A supporting statement - outlining your interest in the role and how you fit the person specification. Include examples of your skills and knowledge, which may have been gained from work or volunteer roles 
• Referee details
• Diversity monitoring form

You need references from two people who can provide evidence about your ability to work strategically at board level, and also your specialist knowledge (in relation to the person specification). The Florence Nightingale Foundation will contact them following successful interviews.

On your CV, for each referee, please provide:

• Name
• Address
• Position in the organisation
• Relationship to you
• Telephone number 
• Email address

• If you want to know more about the role or selection process, please contact Phoebe Hollings phoebe@florence-nightingale-foundation.org.uk or call 020 7730 3030.
• If you would like to discuss this position with the Chair, Dame Yvonne Moores, please contact Phoebe (as above) to arrange a phone call.