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Applications close: 4 August 2026
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About the role
We're seeking a new Chair to lead our Council. After a successful eight years as Chair, Christine Elliott is now in the last year of her tenure. We’re look to appoint a new Chair to build on the successes seen under her stewardship, beginning in March 2027.
The role involves leading the Council to oversee delivery of our new Corporate Strategy 2026-2031, ensuring effective governance, while fostering a culture grounded in our values. Working closely with Council members, the Chief Executive and Registrar and the executive team, a key part of the role is to maintain clear accountability between governance and delivery.
Acting as an ambassador for the HCPC, the Chair also helps to build trust and credibility with stakeholders across the UK and internationally, while also steering the organisation to deliver on our clear and demonstrable commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.
We welcome applications from:
- registrant and lay candidates
- candidates across all four nations
- individuals with substantial chairing/board-level leadership experience.
This appointment campaign is being supported by GatenbySanderson.
How to apply
Applications are open now, closing 4 August 2026.
GatenbySanderson website or contact Katrina Paget at katrina.paget@gatenbysanderson.com.
Interviews will take place on 13 and 14 October 2026, with a panel chaired by an independent chair.
About the HCPC
The HCPC is a UK-wide regulator, committed to delivering high quality, efficient regulation in order to protect the public. We regulate 15 professions, including paramedics, radiographers, occupational therapists, and biomedical scientists.
We regulate by:
- deciding what it takes to be a member of one of our professions;
- approving education programmes which will produce competent graduates who are safe to treat people;
- keeping an accurate register of people who are legally able to use the protected title of any of our 15 professions; and
- taking action when a professional isn’t meeting our expectations of safe practice and conduct.
Doing this is complex and requires good corporate governance. The Council is our governance body, our equivalent of a board, and plays an important role in setting our strategic direction and overseeing our performance.