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The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust

Financial Management Assistant

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for Band 4 Finance Management Assistant within the Finance team at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust. The Trust's vision is to provide excellent care to the communities we serve and our Finance Team plays an integral part in supporting the Trust to achieve this.

The post holder will join a Future Focused Finance Level 2 accredited, professional and friendly team that is committed to providing a high standard of service to support our operational colleagues.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will work as part of the operational finance team to deliver financial advice and support to operational service managers, budget holders and their wider teams. They will support the delivery of monthly financial reporting of management accounts, national finance returns as other ad-hoc financial reports required for operational managers to make decisions.

The successful candidate will also be involved in meeting with budget holders, managers and clinicians to help them understand their financial position and help them to forecast their spend accurately, what is driving any over/underspends and what options are available to them.

They will also work as part of the wider finance team of improvement projects, looking at continuously improving the processes within the finance department as well as delivering training to more junior members of the finance team, whilst also having the opportunity to get involved with HFMA, Future Focused Finance, One NHS Finance and the access to the training these organisation provide.

About us

Employing more than 6,000 people, and hundreds of colleagues and students from other organisations, the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust is the main provider of acute hospital services for around half a million people in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid Wales.

Encompassing some of the most picturesque parts of England and Wales, the Trust's catchment stretches from the Cambrian Mountains in the west, to Newport and the fringes of the Black Country in the east.

The Trust is on an improvement journey, with a range of new build projects including a new off-site Community Diagnostic Centre and an ambitious Hospital Transformation Programme HTP with a comprehensive redevelopment of the Royal Shrewsbury site which will modernise our facilities and infrastructure with a range of other adjacent renewal projects to enable the development of the estate with the aim to delivery better care for our communities.

This is making SaTH an exciting time to join the organisation, and be part of the operational finance department helping to support the trusts improvement journey.

Details

Date posted

10 May 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£25,147 to £27,596 a year pro rata/per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Home or remote working

Reference number

223-FMA-334

Job locations

The Shrewsbury Business Park

2 Douglas Court, Anchorage Ave

Shrewsbury

SY2 6LG


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please See Job Description and Personal Specification for full details on what is required for this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please See Job Description and Personal Specification for full details on what is required for this role.

Person Specification

Skills

Essential

  • AAT Intermediate

Desirable

  • ECDL

Work Experience

Essential

  • Experience in a range of accounting areas

Desirable

  • NHS experience

Knowledge

Essential

  • Reconciliation of Budgets
  • IT Systems
  • Coding
  • Costing
  • Journals
  • Accruals

Desirable

  • Working Knowledge of Financial Software

Skills

Essential

  • Communicate complex financial information to Departmental managers
  • Investigate financial data and resolve financial issues
  • Design financial spreadsheets
  • Able to plan own work, as managed not supervised
  • Accuracy required when inputting & calculating information
  • Keyboard skills
  • Ability to prioritise tasks & work to deadlines
  • Work effectively within a team environment
Person Specification

Skills

Essential

  • AAT Intermediate

Desirable

  • ECDL

Work Experience

Essential

  • Experience in a range of accounting areas

Desirable

  • NHS experience

Knowledge

Essential

  • Reconciliation of Budgets
  • IT Systems
  • Coding
  • Costing
  • Journals
  • Accruals

Desirable

  • Working Knowledge of Financial Software

Skills

Essential

  • Communicate complex financial information to Departmental managers
  • Investigate financial data and resolve financial issues
  • Design financial spreadsheets
  • Able to plan own work, as managed not supervised
  • Accuracy required when inputting & calculating information
  • Keyboard skills
  • Ability to prioritise tasks & work to deadlines
  • Work effectively within a team environment

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust

Address

The Shrewsbury Business Park

2 Douglas Court, Anchorage Ave

Shrewsbury

SY2 6LG


Employer's website

http://www.sath.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust

Address

The Shrewsbury Business Park

2 Douglas Court, Anchorage Ave

Shrewsbury

SY2 6LG


Employer's website

http://www.sath.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Finance Manager

Lydia Sadler-Esp

lydia.sadler-esp@nhs.net

Details

Date posted

10 May 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£25,147 to £27,596 a year pro rata/per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Home or remote working

Reference number

223-FMA-334

Job locations

The Shrewsbury Business Park

2 Douglas Court, Anchorage Ave

Shrewsbury

SY2 6LG


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