Welcome from the Lead Governor, Gary Emerson.
Thank you for your interest and for choosing to find out more about this exciting opportunity to join the team at Tees, Esk & Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust (TEWV) as our new Chair.
Over the past four years we have been through a significant period of learning and change, to enhance the profile of our clinical leaders, develop a ground-breaking approach to co-creation, reset our governance arrangements, and bring an unrelenting focus on quality and safety. Everything we do is guided by our ‘Journey to Change’ and our Values, meaning that everyone, in every role across our trust, shows respect and compassion, and takes responsibility for the care we give.
Our dedicated workforce of more than 8,000 staff provide a range of inpatient and community mental health, learning disability, and autism services to a population of over two million people living across County Durham, Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby as one of the largest NHS Foundation Trusts in the country. We also provide mental health care in prisons located in the North East and Cumbria. We have a committed and engaged Council of Governors who work tirelessly with staff and the Board to improve services for patients and carers. Our patients are at the heart of everything we do and TEWV is an exemplar in co-production and co-design.
This is an exciting time to join TEWV, as we continue to drive improvement and transformation across our organisation, and shape the future of mental health and community services for our region. We have recently appointed a new Chief Executive, Alison Smith, who has now started her role; you can hear more about her vision for the future on the ‘About Us’ page.
Within this recruitment website, you can find out more about our Trust, our strategy, and our Board, which I hope you find useful. If you are inspired by the opportunity to join us as our new Chair and lead our Board to make a lasting impact for the benefit of our local populations, then we want to hear from you.
For a confidential conversation to find out more about this opportunity, I encourage you in the first instance to contact Niamh Blair or Robin Staveley at GatenbySanderson niamh.blair@gatenbysanderson.com or robin.staveley@gatenbysanderson.com.
Thank you for your interest in this role. I look forward to meeting you during the process.
Gary Emerson
Lead Governor