firsthealth Limited Board Skills assessment

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Personal attributes

All directors are expected to possess the full set of attributes in order to operate as an effective director.

Please use the following for assessment

Strongly Disagree – I rarely demonstrate this attribute.

Disagree – I sometimes demonstrate this attribute, but inconsistently.

Neutral – I demonstrate this attribute at an average or expected level.

Agree – I consistently demonstrate this attribute.

Strongly Agree – I excel in this attribute and often go beyond expectations.

A commitment to understanding and fulfilling the duties and responsibilities of a director and maintaining knowledge in this regard through professional development, putting the company’s interests before any personal interests, being transparent and declaring any activities or conduct that might be a potential conflict, and maintaining confidentiality.
The ability to listen to, and constructively and appropriately debate other people’s viewpoints, develop and deliver cogent arguments, and communicate effectively with a broad range of stakeholders.
The preparedness to ask questions, challenge management and peer directors in a constructive and appropriate way.
The ability to work as part of a team and demonstrate the passion and time to make a genuine and active contribution to the Board and MPHN.
A visible commitment to MPHN’s values, purpose and strategic direction, and its on-going success.
The ability to negotiate outcomes and influence others to agree with those outcomes, including an ability to gain stakeholder support for the Board’s decisions.
The ability to critically analyse complex and detailed information, readily distil key issues, and develop innovative approaches and solutions to problems.

Skills

Please use the following for assessment

None

  • No professional experience

  • No informal or formal training in the area

  • No understanding of basic concepts in the area

Developing

  • Understands fundamental standards

  • Can identify key elements of reports

  • May have had informal training in the area

Competent

  • Understands standard principles and concepts

  • Some limited experience

Advanced

  • Has had professional or board experience in the area for ten years or more; and/or

  • Experience easily translates to work of MPHN; and/or

  • Holds a bachelor’s degree in the discipline (or related area)

Expert

  • Has been a career executive in this area; and/or

  • Experience is highly relevant to work of MPHN; and/or

  • Holds a Masters degree or higher in the discipline (or related discipline)

Professional skills

The ability to think strategically, identify and critically assess strategic opportunities and threats, and develop effective strategies in the context of the strategic objectives of MPHN and relevant national policies and priorities.
The ability to identify key issues for MPHN and develop appropriate policies to define the parameters within which the organisation should operate.
Knowledge of the organisation’s funding drivers and funding cycles and the ability to analyse key financial statements, critically assess financial viability and performance, contribute to strategic financial planning, and oversee budgets and the efficient use of resources.
The ability to identify key risks to the organisation in a wide range of areas including legal and regulatory compliance, and monitor risk and compliance management frameworks and systems.
Knowledge and experience in best practice Corporate Governance including the fiduciary and legislative frameworks that underpin the company particularly in the not-for-profit context.

Industry skills

Experience as a General Practitioner including the ability to demonstrate clinical leadership and/or clinical network experience.
Experience in the workforce that delivers and supports the delivery of primary health care services in the community, for example, nursing, allied health, medical specialties, pharmacy, aged care, and/or state-funded community health service provision including the ability to demonstrate clinical leadership and/or clinical network experience.
Knowledge, experience and networks including emerging technologies, health policy, community health and well-being, population health needs assessment and planning, resource allocation and service delivery across both mainstream population, and with culturally and linguistically diverse and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders peoples.
Knowledge and experience in clinical leadership, practice and governance, safety and quality standards of service delivery in general practice and primary health care, and associated performance measurement and reporting.
High level reputation and networks in the local community including with community members (consumers) and organisations, and the ability to effectively engage and communicate with those stakeholders including culturally and linguistically diverse and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders communities.
Experience at an executive level including the ability to select and evaluate the performance of the Chief Executive Officer, oversee strategic human resource management including workforce planning, and employee and industrial relations, and oversee large scale organisational change.
A broad range of commercial/business experience, preferably in the small to medium enterprise context, in areas including IT, legal, financial management, communications, marketing, branding and business systems, practices and improvement.
Understanding of the planning, procurement and contracting processes particularly in delivering health services to meet the health needs of our local populations.
Experience in dealing with local, state and national government.
Knowledge and industry experience of the Murrumbidgee and its regions including social and economic trends and challenges associated with a decentralised population. Note: geographical diversity is considered across the profile of the Board.