Independent Non-Executive Member, Chair of Audit Committee
| Posting date: | 29 September 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £13,000 - £16,000 Dependent on time commitment and skills and experience |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 29 October 2025 |
| Location: | Preston, PR1 8XB |
| Company: | NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7455053/125-ICB028-25 |
Summary
A Vacancy at NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board.
With executive and partner members of the board, non-executive directors have collective responsibility and corporate accountability for the performance of the organisation, ensuring its functions are effectively and efficiently discharged and its financial obligations are met.
For more information about this role, please refer to the candidate pack.
Candidates are asked not to apply for this vacancy via trac. In order to submit an application for this role please submit a CV and covering letter to the following address: lscicb.boardrecruitment@nhs.net
You will work alongside the Chair, other non-executives, executive directors and partner members and be responsible for specific areas relating to board governance and oversight. These are voting members of the board:
· Bringing independent and respectful challenge to the plans, aims and priorities of the ICB
· Promoting open and transparent decision- making that facilitates consensus aimed todeliver exceptional outcomes for the population
· Personally, you will bring a range of professional expertise as well as communityunderstanding and experience to the work of the Board
As Chair of the Audit Committee, you will have the qualifications, expertise or experience to enable you to express credible opinions on finance and audit matters andpossess a strong background in Audit and Governance, an appreciation of public or private sector Audit and Governance arrangements, and ideally prior experience of a non-executive in the NHS.
You will also be appointed as the ICB’s Conflict of Interest Guardian and support the application of the principles and policies for managing conflict, acting as a conduit for anyone with concerns relating to conflicts of interest, and to be a safe point of contact for concerns to be raised.
Lancashire and South Cumbria has:
· A population of 1.8 million
· Four place-based partnerships
· Six upper tier and 14 district local authorities
· Four NHS Acute trusts, One Mental Health Trust and an Ambulance Trust that spansacross the NW region
· 195 GP practices
· Six local independent Healthwatch organisations
· Thousands of wider partners such as voluntary, community, faith, social enterprise and education
More information about NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB can be found at: lancashireandsouthcumbria.icb.nhs.uk
Read the latest LSC ICB Annual Report and Accounts:
lancashireandsouthcumbria.icb.nhs.uk/about-us/publications/lsc-icb-annual-reports
With executive and partner members of the board, non-executive directors have a collective responsibility and corporate accountability for the performance of the organisation, ensuring its functions are effectively and efficiently discharged and its financial obligations are met.
For more information about this role, please refer to the candidate pack.
Candidates are asked not to apply for this vacancy via trac. In order to submit an application for this role please submit a CV and covering letter to the following address: lscicb.boardrecruitment@nhs.net
This advert closes on Friday 10 Oct 2025
With executive and partner members of the board, non-executive directors have collective responsibility and corporate accountability for the performance of the organisation, ensuring its functions are effectively and efficiently discharged and its financial obligations are met.
For more information about this role, please refer to the candidate pack.
Candidates are asked not to apply for this vacancy via trac. In order to submit an application for this role please submit a CV and covering letter to the following address: lscicb.boardrecruitment@nhs.net
You will work alongside the Chair, other non-executives, executive directors and partner members and be responsible for specific areas relating to board governance and oversight. These are voting members of the board:
· Bringing independent and respectful challenge to the plans, aims and priorities of the ICB
· Promoting open and transparent decision- making that facilitates consensus aimed todeliver exceptional outcomes for the population
· Personally, you will bring a range of professional expertise as well as communityunderstanding and experience to the work of the Board
As Chair of the Audit Committee, you will have the qualifications, expertise or experience to enable you to express credible opinions on finance and audit matters andpossess a strong background in Audit and Governance, an appreciation of public or private sector Audit and Governance arrangements, and ideally prior experience of a non-executive in the NHS.
You will also be appointed as the ICB’s Conflict of Interest Guardian and support the application of the principles and policies for managing conflict, acting as a conduit for anyone with concerns relating to conflicts of interest, and to be a safe point of contact for concerns to be raised.
Lancashire and South Cumbria has:
· A population of 1.8 million
· Four place-based partnerships
· Six upper tier and 14 district local authorities
· Four NHS Acute trusts, One Mental Health Trust and an Ambulance Trust that spansacross the NW region
· 195 GP practices
· Six local independent Healthwatch organisations
· Thousands of wider partners such as voluntary, community, faith, social enterprise and education
More information about NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB can be found at: lancashireandsouthcumbria.icb.nhs.uk
Read the latest LSC ICB Annual Report and Accounts:
lancashireandsouthcumbria.icb.nhs.uk/about-us/publications/lsc-icb-annual-reports
With executive and partner members of the board, non-executive directors have a collective responsibility and corporate accountability for the performance of the organisation, ensuring its functions are effectively and efficiently discharged and its financial obligations are met.
For more information about this role, please refer to the candidate pack.
Candidates are asked not to apply for this vacancy via trac. In order to submit an application for this role please submit a CV and covering letter to the following address: lscicb.boardrecruitment@nhs.net
This advert closes on Friday 10 Oct 2025