The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

Senior Income Accountant

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Job summary

The post holder is responsible for providing an efficient, high quality and comprehensive income reporting service. This requires the production of information upon which to monitor and bill for the Trusts £350m income target. This includes the provision of timely, appropriate advice and recommendations to directorates on the activity upon which reported income is based.

The work is highly complex and demanding. It frequently requires working under pressure to challenging deadlines and responding to the various needs of the organisation including director level queries.

This will require a high level understanding of the Trusts income planning assumptions and a detailed understanding of the Trust's Acute Commissioning Contracts along with an equivalent knowledge of the NHS Payment Scheme (NHSPS).

Main duties of the job

To lead the Trust reporting of highly complex income streams, predominantly associated with the provision of healthcare activities, but also including Training and Education Research.

To ensure that the ledger is reconciled on a monthly basis and income is reconciled back to contractual values and over-performance.

To complete high quality annual accounts working papers to ensure full reconciliations to contracts.

To lead and take responsibility for income forecasting at Trust, divisional and specialty level

To maintain the plan against the on SLAM reflecting any changes as necessary to ensure that the plan is correct on the ledger and other internal reporting software.

Full details in the attached JD

About us

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop's Stortford, and St Margaret's Hospital in Epping.

We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop's Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire

Details

Date posted

18 October 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£60,983 to £70,536 a year per annum inclusive of high cost area supplement

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

292-5710602-ASL

Job locations

Kao Park

Harlow

CM17 9NA


Job description

Job responsibilities

To support the processes to ensure all agreements are fully monitored and all income variances identified in line with contractual requirements to ensure strict quality, price and performance standards are met at all times and appropriate corrective remedial actions are identified and implemented where necessary.

To arrange and manage regular monitoring meetings with Divisional Finance Business Partners to explain income and actions required arising from analysis of monitoring reports to ensure contracts are delivering service priorities.

To ensure responses from division associated with commissioners queries are relayed back ensure organisational adherence to strict national timetables, escalating promptly as required.

To cost up the income associated with small, large and strategic business cases providing strong, robust challenge to divisional assumptions

Required to be assertive at all levels within the organisational to ensure compliance with national terms, to avoid unnecessary disputes for the organisation

To undertake analysis in a systematic manner, to identify trends and variances. To use information to forecast performance and future planning.

To provide information regarding contract performance, forecasting, through regular contact and correspondence and formal presentation as necessary.

To represent the contracts team at internal and external performance meetings. External meetings are often, long, arduous and highly confrontational but the job holder is required to remain calm and professional and often deal with challenging questioning from several other people, often simultaneously.

Strategy and Business Development

To provide relevant expert advice and support to all internal customers on commercial aspects, financial options and affordability and other major service contracting activities.

Job holder is required to interpret and implement highly complex, ambiguous national policy across the organisation and work in an arena of considerable uncertainty.

To horizon scan new business opportunities, including keeping abreast of commissioning intentions, monitoring relevant publications for tenders, exploring options to form partnership, consortia, or sub-contractor relationships with other providers and identify opportunities in line with the business plan.

To work with service leads to identify resource implications required for full implementation of income Service Development Plans

To support the Head of Strategy, Income and Contracts in identifying and pursuing all new business opportunities

Job description

Job responsibilities

To support the processes to ensure all agreements are fully monitored and all income variances identified in line with contractual requirements to ensure strict quality, price and performance standards are met at all times and appropriate corrective remedial actions are identified and implemented where necessary.

To arrange and manage regular monitoring meetings with Divisional Finance Business Partners to explain income and actions required arising from analysis of monitoring reports to ensure contracts are delivering service priorities.

To ensure responses from division associated with commissioners queries are relayed back ensure organisational adherence to strict national timetables, escalating promptly as required.

To cost up the income associated with small, large and strategic business cases providing strong, robust challenge to divisional assumptions

Required to be assertive at all levels within the organisational to ensure compliance with national terms, to avoid unnecessary disputes for the organisation

To undertake analysis in a systematic manner, to identify trends and variances. To use information to forecast performance and future planning.

To provide information regarding contract performance, forecasting, through regular contact and correspondence and formal presentation as necessary.

To represent the contracts team at internal and external performance meetings. External meetings are often, long, arduous and highly confrontational but the job holder is required to remain calm and professional and often deal with challenging questioning from several other people, often simultaneously.

Strategy and Business Development

To provide relevant expert advice and support to all internal customers on commercial aspects, financial options and affordability and other major service contracting activities.

Job holder is required to interpret and implement highly complex, ambiguous national policy across the organisation and work in an arena of considerable uncertainty.

To horizon scan new business opportunities, including keeping abreast of commissioning intentions, monitoring relevant publications for tenders, exploring options to form partnership, consortia, or sub-contractor relationships with other providers and identify opportunities in line with the business plan.

To work with service leads to identify resource implications required for full implementation of income Service Development Plans

To support the Head of Strategy, Income and Contracts in identifying and pursuing all new business opportunities

Person Specification

Knowledge of NHSE income and funding

Essential

  • Knowledge of NHS income and funding

Desirable

  • Leading a team

Income and Activity Planning

Essential

  • Must have been involved in activity planning

Desirable

  • SLAM/Qlikview experience
Person Specification

Knowledge of NHSE income and funding

Essential

  • Knowledge of NHS income and funding

Desirable

  • Leading a team

Income and Activity Planning

Essential

  • Must have been involved in activity planning

Desirable

  • SLAM/Qlikview experience

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.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

Address

Kao Park

Harlow

CM17 9NA


Employer's website

https://www.pah.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

Address

Kao Park

Harlow

CM17 9NA


Employer's website

https://www.pah.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Head of Income and Contracts

Nicholas Oyugi

Nicholas.Oyugi1@nhs.net

Details

Date posted

18 October 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£60,983 to £70,536 a year per annum inclusive of high cost area supplement

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

292-5710602-ASL

Job locations

Kao Park

Harlow

CM17 9NA


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