Lay Trustees
Thank you for expressing an interest in becoming a Trustee of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
We are a professional membership organisation and registered charity supporting nearly 30,000 surgical and dental members in the UK and internationally by improving skills and knowledge, facilitating research and developing policy and guidance.
There has never been a more exciting time to be part of the College. In April we published the Kennedy report setting out our commitment to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in the College and the surgical community, and in May we launched our Sustainability in Surgery Strategy. Reflecting our leadership role in highlighting the impact of COVID on surgical teams and their patients, this month we published our New Deal for Surgery in England and Action Plans for Wales and Northern Ireland.
In July we launch our new headquarters and strategy. We aim to achieve our vision of excellent surgical care for all by enabling all our members, in all their diversity to deliver excellence in everything they do. Our values – respect, collaboration and excellence – will drive our behaviours and attitudes, ensuring they have an impact on how we work together across staff teams, surgeons and the wider surgical community to enable better care for patients.
We are seeking two new trustees and we are especially interested in hearing from you if you have a professional background in:
- Organisational development
- People and culture
- Finance, commercial and investment
- Governance and legal
- Communications, marketing and external engagement
Joining us as a Trustee will enable you to make a significant contribution to supporting our vision of excellent surgical care for everyone.
If you have the enthusiasm, commitment, skills and experience we are looking for, then we very much look forward to hearing from you.
Professor Neil Mortensen
President