Job summary
Working Full time : 37.5 hours per week
The successful applicant will be the Finance lead for projects, as directed by the Senior Finance team. You will interpret and present financial information to Clinicians and Managers, and take individual responsibility for managing and delivering specific complex financial and management objectives.
Main duties of the job
- To provide in depth specialist advice and support to all levels of Senior Management within the Trust in support of key projects as directed by the Senior Finance team.
- Undertake ad-hoc projects and multi faceted service development projects ensuring the financial consequences are identified and modelled.
- To provide financial support to the strategic agenda of the Trust ensuring financial implications are captured and managed.
- To conduct service line reviews identifying opportunities and areas for improvement and to work with Divisional Directors and Business Performance Managers to implement change.
- To lead on the collaborations currently in place with partner organisations and support the development of new partnership arrangements.
About us
The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:
o The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds.o Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility.o Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.
The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000. This includes 357,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.
The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.
Job description
Job responsibilities
See Job Description for further details.
Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £27.50(standard) or £55.50(enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first three months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16per year applies.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
Good luck with your application.
Job description
Job responsibilities
See Job Description for further details.
Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £27.50(standard) or £55.50(enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first three months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16per year applies.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
Good luck with your application.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional Accounting Qualification (CCAB)
- Evidence of ongoing Continuing Professional Development
Knowledge
Essential
- Expert theoretical and practical knowledge of Financial management and accounting procedures
- Knowledge and experience of financial modelling techniques used to support business cases
Desirable
- Theoretical & Practical knowledge of the NHS Payment and Costing Systems
Experience
Essential
- Substantial Post Qualification experience
- Experience of conducting service reviews to assess efficiency and identify areas for improvement
- Experience of using benchmarking information to identify opportunities to improve service delivery and implementation of associated services changes
Desirable
- Experience of Patient Level and Service Line Reporting
Skills
Essential
- Strong technical skills to interpret & use complex financial and non financial information from a variety of sources
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills including negotiating & influencing
- Proven ability in supporting the implementation of change
- Team Player
- Familiar with working in a multidisciplinary environment with the ability to respond to unexpected changes and adopt a flexible approach
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional Accounting Qualification (CCAB)
- Evidence of ongoing Continuing Professional Development
Knowledge
Essential
- Expert theoretical and practical knowledge of Financial management and accounting procedures
- Knowledge and experience of financial modelling techniques used to support business cases
Desirable
- Theoretical & Practical knowledge of the NHS Payment and Costing Systems
Experience
Essential
- Substantial Post Qualification experience
- Experience of conducting service reviews to assess efficiency and identify areas for improvement
- Experience of using benchmarking information to identify opportunities to improve service delivery and implementation of associated services changes
Desirable
- Experience of Patient Level and Service Line Reporting
Skills
Essential
- Strong technical skills to interpret & use complex financial and non financial information from a variety of sources
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills including negotiating & influencing
- Proven ability in supporting the implementation of change
- Team Player
- Familiar with working in a multidisciplinary environment with the ability to respond to unexpected changes and adopt a flexible approach
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
