Chief Financial Officer

Job summary

Are you an experienced finance leader, who is vibrant, visible, inclusive, and collaborative? Would you be willing to push the boundaries on traditional thinking? If the answer is 'yes' then this could be the executive leadership role for you...

We are aUniversityteaching hospitalTrustproviding community and hospital services across the Morecambe Bay area - covering one thousand square miles in South Cumbria and North Lancashire. We are seeking an Executive Chief Finance Officer to play a lead role in ensuring the delivery of the Trust's strategic priorities and that we achieve our goals-to provide the highest possible standards of compassionate care, whilst ensuring the very best patient and colleague experience.

Yourexperience andinnovative thinkingcombined with experience of workingsuccessfullyacross an integrated care systemand with delivery partners,will be essential asweworkacrossthe Bay and Lancashire and South Cumbria to improve healthequity,services and outcomesforourcommunitiesin line with theGovernments 10 yearhealthplan.

WebelievethattheNHSworkforceisarichanddiversemixoftalentedpeople,andwe welcomeapplicationsforthis positionfromall nursing specialties and all sections of our community, particularly from under-represented groups, including disabled people and Nurse leaders of BAME backgroundsandthose withlived experiencethatwillhelpustobetterunderstandanddeliver.

Main duties of the job

The Chief Finance Officer will be a visible,inclusive and collaborative executive leader, ensuring delivery of the Trust's vision to provide the highest possible standards of compassionate care; the very best patient and colleague experience; and to listen to and involve patients, colleagues and carers.

This role is a member of our Unitary Board and as such is an executive director first and a portfolio holder second, working with the team to deliver the Trust strategy and having Board level responsibility for the overall delivery offinancial management, financial planning / financial strategy and procurement support to the Trust. This specifically includes the design and stewardship of credible financial policies,procedures,practicesandreportingregimethroughtothe Board of Directors.

You will build collegiate and solution focused relationships with all system partners, in particular chief finance officers, to ensure that we provide services and deliver results for the benefit ofall ofthe communities we collectively serve.You will be a critical part of our transformation to a Place-Based organisation.

Through the relevant relationships establishedthrough One LSC you will alsohavespecificresponsibilitiesforfinancialandprocurementsystems,policiesandprocesses .

For further information about the process, making your application please contact Will Griffiths at Seymour John - will@seymourjohn.com / 07818693596

About us

We operate from three main hospitals-Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community healthcare premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.

FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.

WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.

All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, daycase and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.