Job summary
- Main area
- Finance Business Partner
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent: Full time. Minimum 1 day/week in the office, Will consider band 7 looking to progress to band 8A.
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 216-AM-A6397756
- Employer
- University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
- Town
- Plymouth
- Salary
- £43,742 - £57,349 £43,742 - £57,349 Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Care Group Finance Business Partner
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Job overview
To provide a comprehensive and high quality finance business partnering service to service lines.
To promote innovation and improvement by providing expertise and analysis to inform good financial decision making and optimal use of resources.
The Trust is one of the largest acute healthcare providers in the country. Our services include Emergency and Acute Assessment units, General Medical and Surgical Services, Cancer Care, Orthopaedics, Paediatrics, Dentistry, Ear Nose and Throat, Neurosciences and Renal services. We offer a full range of general hospital services to around 450,000 people in Plymouth, North and East Cornwall and South and West Devon. These include emergency and major trauma services, maternity services, paediatrics and a full range of diagnostic, medical and surgical sub-specialties.
***Preference will be given to internal Trust staff, as well as ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon who are able to display recent relevant experience as dictated by the Person Specification.***
Main duties of the job
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and hardworking individual to join an established Finance team.
You will be the interface between finance and operations, where you will actively influence day to day decisions and help shape strategic and business planning of the Trust which will include undertaking Demand and Capacity planning, understanding Service Line Viability, Benchmarking, developing Transformational Savings Plans and support the production of large Business Cases for capital and/or revenue investments.
You must be able to manipulate, analyse and interpret data appropriately for your audience with excellent communication skills, and be a Professionally Qualified Accountant.
Consideration will be given to applicants who do not fully meet the person specification but who have the relevant demonstrable experience for the role and would meet the person specification in a short timeframe. These applicants would be offered a training role at the band below the position advertised.
For an informal discussion please contact Yazmin Roberts, Care Group Finance Business Partner ([email protected]) or Steve Cavendish, Associate Director of Finance - Financial Performance ([email protected]).
Interview date likely to be 1st August 2024.
Working for our organisation
University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust is a dynamic and challenging environment, which provides acute healthcare for people in Plymouth, South West Devon and South East Cornwall, and has more than 6,500 staff working in its services.
We are a people business – where every member of staff matters and can make a difference. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Joining University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust means becoming part of a team of dedicated staff, who are committed to leading the way through innovation, clinical excellence and great customer care.
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If you have any issues with applying online or need additional support including reasonable adjustments with the application process please contact the recruitment team on 01752 432100.
We recognise that work life balance is important for our colleagues and so we invite requests from applicants around less than full time/flexible working for our advertised roles. Please contact the recruiting manager to discuss this prior to your application submission. We commit to giving this full consideration in each case. We encourage people from diverse backgrounds to apply for our roles, as diversity strengthens our teams.
It is sometimes necessary to close vacancies before the closing date. If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
· Utilising specialist knowledge of complex NHS/Trust accounting systems, processes, regulations, financial techniques and relevant legislation; NHS Tariff guidance and Contractual requirements, together with general commercial awareness, for individual Services to:
o Provide strategic and business planning advice to Service Line and Care Group Management teams;
o Encourage and influence Service Line Management Teams to ensure cost-effective decision making by management, using high developed persuasion, motivation and negotiation skills;
o Investigate highly complex financial queries on income and expenditure, carrying out regular complicated analytical reviews of the Service Line financial position, predicting income, developing and using complex models and multiple inputs including activity projections and case mix issues;
o Interpret highly complex financial data and give advice on financial risks to ensure the budgets are achievable and owned by the Service Line Managers and Budget Holders.
o Assist and advise Service Line Management Teams in the execution of plans to achieve the performance targets set out in the Trust’s Annual Plan, within the financial resources allocated to the Service Line for that purpose
o Oversee the accuracy and integrity of Service Line financial information relating to service line reporting and reference costs in particular;
o Identify business opportunities and threats arising out of market analyses and work with service lines to identify financial impacts and mitigating actions
o Thoroughly review monthly contract monitoring reports with service lines to ensure robust capture and coding of income. Work with service lines and Accountants to develop robust activity and income forecasts based on changes to demand, RTT requirements and capacity constraints.
o Benchmark the Service Lines against other similar hospitals using nationally recognised activity and management information and peer data (such as GIRFT and the Model Hospital) - identify areas for improvement and advise Service Line Management Teams and work closely with Service Line Management teams to effect such changes.
For further details please see attached JD&PS.
Person specification
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- Ability to demonstrate highly developed theoretical and practical knowledge at an advanced level and demonstrable experience and expertise in financial management, accounting procedures, relevant legislation and NHS finance policies.
- Ability to demonstrate recent Continuing Professional Development including specialist training and demonstrable experience relating to NHS Finance as well as national accounting standards
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrable NHS Management Accounting Experience
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- CCAB or equivalent (eg CIMA) Professional Qualified Accountant with current registration and relevant post qualification experience or equivalent demonstrable experience .
- "A” levels and 5 x GCSE Grade C or above or equivalent, including Mathematics and English Language at GCSE level.
Desirable criteria
- Degree or equivalent
Aptitude & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Excellent level of numeracy
- Able to deduce key points from large/highly complex volumes of data analysing several aspects of data
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Yazmin Roberts
- Job title
- Care Group Finance Business Partner
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01752 431380
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