Ken Jarrold CBE

AREAS OF INTEREST

Ken enjoys working with people one to one and with Chairs, Chief Executives and management teams to provide coaching, career advice and Action Learning. He also provides strategic HR advice and assists with HR issues concerning CEs and other senior staff. Ken has a great deal of experience of service reconfiguration and works with teams to provide advice on process and handling. He also presents at conferences and workshops on leadership, HR issues and current NHS issues.

HONOURS AND APPOINTMENTS

Ken was awarded the CBE in 1997, a Doctorate of the Open University in 1999 and is an Honorary Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. Ken has held a number of high profile appointments including: President of the Cambridge Union Society
President of the Institute of Health Services Management
Chairman of the Group on Management Education and Open Learning that produced Managing Health and Social Services{MESOL}
Member English National Board for Nursing
Honorary Visiting Professor in the Department of Health Studies University of York
Honorary Visiting Professor in the Revans Centre for Action Learning and Research University of Salford
Chair of the Working Group that produced the Code of Conduct for NHS Managers
Member National Mental Health Task Force and Co-Chair of the NIMHE Development Board for the North East Yorkshire and Humber
Chairman of the NHS Reference Group on Health Inequalities
Honorary Visiting Professor University of Durham
Honorary Fellow John Snow College University of Durham

RECENT CAREER HISTORY

Ken is a Senior Consultant with Dearden, a Non Executive Director with the Serious Organised Crime Agency and Chair of County Durham Economic Partnership. Before he joined Dearden Ken had 36 years experience as an NHS Manager
Ken's jobs have included -
Chief Executive County Durham ∧ Tees Valley SHA
Chief Executive County Durham and Darlington Health Authority
Director of Human Resources of the NHS in England and Deputy to Chief Executive
Chief Executive Wessex Regional Health Authority
District General Manager and District Administrator Gloucester Health Authority

CONSULTANCY EXPERIENCE

Since joining Dearden in January 2006 Ken has worked with a number of clients. Ken's assignments include:

. Department of Health Social Services and Public Safety Northern Ireland

. Human Resources Adviser for the reorganisation of the NHS, member of the Reconfiguration Board and Assessor for the appointment of the 5 Chief Executives of the new NHS Trusts

. National Leadership and Innovation Agency for Healthcare Wales - Two at the Top Programme coaching for the Chairs and Chief Executives of 7 Local Health Boards and 2 NHS Trusts

. Widening Participation Unit Department of Health England - Chair of the Better Information Task Group and Adviser on the production of a toolkit for NHS Employers

. Health and Care Partnerships Division Department of Health England - workshop for Integrated Commissioning Programme University of Central Lancashire

. Eastern Health and Social Services Board Northern Ireland - 3 workshops for the Board and Management Team

. Kensington and Chelsea PCT - Strategic Adviser for the review of services at St Charles Hospital

. Beeches Management Centre Northern Ireland - Adviser to the Centre and contributor to workshops

. Glaxo Smith Kline - presentations for primary care workshops

. Coaching for individual clients - Chief Executives, Directors, senior managers and doctors

Call Ken on 07767 833482 to discuss how he can help you.