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Job summary

Main area
Financial Management
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 5-7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Mon-Fri)
Job ref
357-LN-526-24-A
Employer
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Lincoln County Hospital
Town
Lincoln
Salary
£28,407 - £50,056 Salary is dependant on experience
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
01/08/2024 23:59

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United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust logo

Transitional Finance Business Partner - Band 5-7

NHS AfC: Band 5-7

We recognise that outstanding care can only be delivered through our people.  We want to attract people who can help us deliver our vision. We want in return to help people achieve what they wish in their careers in the NHS at ULHT.

We are always keen to welcome highly skilled, committed and compassionate individuals to our hospitals – people who put patients at the heart of everything they do and are ready to help us achieve our vision.

Our values guide everything we do. They are:

  • Patient-centred – Putting patients at the heart of everything we do, listening and responding to their needs and wishes.
  • Safety – Following ULHT and professional guidelines. Speaking up to make sure patients and staff are safe from harm.
  • Excellence – Striving to be the best that we can be. Innovating and learning from others.
  • Compassion – Caring for patients and their loved ones in ways we would want for our friends and family.
  • Respect – Behaving and using language that demonstrates respect and courtesy to others. Zero tolerance to bullying, inequality, prejudice and discrimination.

If you believe in them too, then you are ready to join the ULHT team.

We’ve taken great pride in building working environments where staff always feel valued, cared for and part of a team. Without doubt this is a challenging yet very rewarding job that is at the centre of health and care in Lincolnshire - making a positive difference to our patients.

Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of £710 million (22/23) and we employ nearly 8,600 people.

Our Board have recently agreed a new vision statement – “Outstanding Care Personally Delivered” – stating their ambition for our Trust to be among the best.

We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.

Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from ‘Requires Improvement’ to ‘Good’. Our rating for caring remained as ‘Good’.

This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated.

So, what is in it for you?

  • Flexible working: Depending on the needs of your role, we will consider requests for flexible and/or part-time working for whatever reason you should need it. We recognise flexible working will not look the same for everyone, because it depends on the nature of the role and the needs of the individual.

Types of flexibility could include:

  • Part-time - less than 37.5 hours per week.
  • Off-site/remote working - working from home or other sites for part or all the week.
  • Compressed hours – usually full-time hours but over fewer days or shifts.
  • Staggered hours – having different start and finish times.
  • Set shift patterns – to allow for predictability
  • NHS Pension: A generous and flexible pension scheme with contributions from us as your employer fully protected against inflation and guaranteed by the government
  • Annual Leave: Starting at 27 days a year, rising to 33 days after 10 years plus eight bank holidays (for staff covered by Agenda for Change) For Medical Workforce positions (Consultant and Specialty Doctor), the full-time entitlement commences from 32 days per annum. For all other Medical Workforce positions, the full-time entitlement commences from 27 days per annum.
  • Bank working: The chance to work extra hours at enhanced rates and we will pay you weekly too, ideal if your income needs a quick boost.

In addition, there is more.

  • Family & Childcare: Including on-site nurseries at Lincoln County Hospital and Pilgrim Hospital Boston, maternity, paternity, adoption & shared parental leave following a set period of employment.
  • Health & Wellbeing: including counselling, mental health first aid, physiotherapy, eye tests.
  • Learning & Development including Lincolnshire Talent Academy, leadership training, medical education, clinical education, Lincolnshire clinical research
  •  Financial support and benefits including Cycle2Work, car lease scheme, home electronics. Free on-site parking and free tea and coffee and the ability to save and borrow through your salary.
  •  Rewards & Recognition including staff awards, long service awards, retirement awards, examples of excellence and staff lottery.

Enjoy a better quality of life in one of the UK’s most welcoming counties. Whether you’re taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire welcomes everyone. Discover a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that’s friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life. Visit beinlincolnshire.com to find out more.

Job overview

Are you

  • Looking for a role within the finance department of a large acute Trust?
  • Wanting to work in one of the largest hospital trusts in the country?
  • Wanting to play a role in improving the Trust’s financial and quality positions?
  • Enthusiastic and highly motivated?

The Role

  • Transitional Finance Business Partner, Financial Management Team, Lincoln based
  • Agenda For Change Band 5-7; 37.5 hours per week with agile/flexible working opportunities
  • Permanent
  • This is a transitional role and salary will be based on worked based experience and exam progression

You will be a member of the Finance Department, working in Financial Management, and contributing to the delivery of an efficient, high quality Financial Management service with opportunities to shadow other finance and clinical roles. You will receive support and encouragement to fulfil your development needs through both internal and external opportunities

Main duties of the job

We are seeking a high calibre, forward thinking individual with an improvement and growth mind-set to enhance our progressive and energetic Team

To join our dynamic and award winning team you will possess

  • AAT qualification
  • Experience of management accounting and costing techniques.
  • Experience of producing and presenting reports at various organisational levels.
  • Financial management experience.
  • Experience of IT including advanced spreadsheets, computerised financial ledgers, budgeting and financial modelling systems and costing systems.
  • Some understanding of NHS Financial Regime.
  • Excellent communication skills – you must be able to work in a team, be able to build good working relationships with colleagues, possess good influencing and negotiating skills, be achievement orientated and able to use own initiative.
  • It is also important that the person within this role demonstrates a strong performance against the Trust Behaviour Framework.

Working for our organisation

The Financial Management team has been reshaped and expanded to help the Trust deliver the change required to improve the Trust’s financial and quality positions.

The investment in the team has helped us to:

-Modernise the service we provide to operational and clinical management through the introduction of business partnering.

-Produce more relevant timely financial information to enable the Trust to make appropriate decisions.

-Meet the increased demand for more detailed financial information and to develop meaningful forecasting and medium term financial plans.

-Support the development and embedding of Service Line Reporting (SLR) and Patient Level Costing (PLICS) in the Trust and provide a reliable decision making tool.

-Support the development of sustainable services.

 

In May 2023, the NHS Finance Leadership Council awarded ULHT Finance with One NHS Finance Towards Excellence Accreditation, Level 2.

This accreditation recognises NHS organisations that have the very best finance skills development culture and practices in place, and demonstrates the sustained strength, quality and positive culture of the finance team.

Nominated in 9 categories at the HFMA Awards in 2020, shortlisted for 3 awards, and won the ‘Working with Finance - Clinician of the Year’ Award for collaborative working between financial management and the clinical team.

The Trust recognises the need to support employees' Health and Wellbeing and has numerous resources in place to do this.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

What should you do next?

Have a look at the job description and if you like what you see then apply today. Don’t miss this fantastic opportunity to work with a great team in a supportive environment within a great institution. Your NHS needs you!

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • • AAT or Equivalent.
  • • Evidence of Continuous Professional Development
Desirable criteria
  • • Undertaking or willing to undertake further management courses.
  • • CCAB Qualified

Knowledge, Skills and Aptitude

Essential criteria
  • • Advanced IT skills
  • • Analytical powers and Business Thinking.
  • • Relationship Building and Team Working.
  • • Achievement Orientation, Self Confidence and Initiative.
  • • Excellent communication skills and the ability to work across some levels of the organisation
  • • Negotiating and influencing skills.
  • • Some knowledge of finance legislation
  • • Planning and Organisation.
  • • Numerical skills
  • • Awareness and Knowledge of the dignity in care agenda.
  • • Ability to evidence/demonstrate key values and behaviours in line with the Trust framework: Patient Centred; Safety; Compassion; Respect; Excellence
Desirable criteria
  • • Judgement and Decision Making,
  • • Leadership and Coaching skills.
  • • Change & Learning orientation

Previous Experience

Essential criteria
  • • Previous experience of management accounting and costing techniques.
  • • Producing and presenting reports at various levels dependent on organisational structure
  • • Some Senior Financial management experience.
  • • Experience of IT including advanced spreadsheets, computerised financial ledgers, budgeting and financial modelling systems and costing systems.
  • • Some understanding of NHS Financial Regime.
Desirable criteria
  • • Previous finance experience within the Health Service.
  • • Commercial awareness.
  • • Previous Senior Financial management experience within the NHS.
  • • Experience of working within an acute trust

Specific requirements

Essential criteria
  • • Driving – able to commute to different sites and within region.
  • • Acts as a role model and promotes professional working ethics.
  • • Able to be flexible with working patterns, which may include some evenings and weekends as determined by the needs of the service & key deadlines
  • • Able to demonstrate commitment to the job, the achievement of deadlines and acceptance of personal responsibility.
  • • Must be committed to the maintenance and development of professional standards

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Nicola Scatliffe
Job title
Divisional Head of Finance
Email address
[email protected]
Additional information

For an informal discussion please contact Nicola Scatliffe or Felicity Elkington by e-mail and I will arrange a call to discuss the role at a time suitable for both parties.

[email protected]
Felicity. [email protected],uk

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