Ros Moore

Ros joined the Trust as a Non-executive Director on 1 October 2022 having served nearly eight years as a NED of Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. She is an Associate Lecturer and Practice Tutor to the Open University and was previously the Chief Nursing Officer for Scotland and Director in Scottish Government until 2015. She was conferred with a honorary doctorate from Leeds University in 2016 for services to nursing and healthcare.

Other roles she has held include CEO of a National Nursing Charity, trustee of the Association for Perioperative Practice, Professional Nursing Officer at the Department of Health and National Director for Quality and Learning and Deputy Clinical Director for NHS Direct. She has also held roles in acute hospital including Assistant Director of Nursing, Professional Development Lead Sister/Tutor, and Staff Nurse in Elderly Medicine, Paediatrics and Surgery at Pontefract and Pinderfields Hospitals.

Her interests are in people and patient experience, quality and safety, quality improvement and the digital agenda. She is chair of the Quality Committee, a member of the Risk and Audit Committee and Nominations and Remuneration Committee as well as Non-executive Director with responsibility for speaking up. Ros is the Senior Independent Director.