Appointment as Chairperson of the Board of the Health Service Executive (HSE)

Appointment as Chairperson of the Board of the Health Service Executive (HSE)

The closing date for this vacancy is 24/11/2026, 15:00

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Role Overview

The Minister for Health invites applications from suitably qualified candidates to fill the position of Chairperson to the Board of the Health Service Executive (HSE).

Candidates should have a career history at a sufficiently senior level in a complex organisation of scale or equivalent business experience which would provide evidence of:

• Significant strategic leadership experience with a proven track record of organisational management and organisational improvement preferably in a distributed and highly complex organisation;
• Demonstrable leadership of transformational change and reconfiguration in complex environments and a track record in implementing major system-wide reform;
• Experience in performance management, and the presentation and interpretation of performance information, a capacity to quickly develop an understanding of the economics of health care and the budgets required to achieve the organisation's mission;
• A capacity to quickly develop an understanding of the complex legal and regulatory environment in which the HSE operates;
• An understanding of the complexity of providing evidence-based, high quality and safe care, including risk management;
• Significant board level experience, with the confidence and resilience to lead the Board of a complex and high-profile organisation;
• Ability to ensure that the Board guides, challenges and supports the CEO and executive team to deliver major reform whilst holding them to account in doing so;
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to develop constructive relationships with all relevant stakeholders.

While previous Healthcare experience is not a prerequisite, the candidate should be able to demonstrate successful leadership experience and success in an organisation or sector of an equivalent scope and scale as the HSE.

Closing Date: 15:00 on Tuesday 24th November 2026

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