Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Costing Accountant - Development Role Into Costing Lead

The closing date is 23 April 2026

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the costing team. This is a development role starting as a Costing Lead at B7 and progressing to a Costing Lead at B8a.

Main duties of the job

The B7 Costing Accountant main duties are listed below, please refer to both the B7 and 8a role as the expectation is that over the 2 year secondment you will acquire the skills and knowledge to be appointed into the 8a Costing Lead Role.

Toprovide costing information and advice to senior managers in the Trust andengage with external organisations and networks in relation to costing.

To complete all costing submissions for the Trust, including National Cost Collection (NCC) and the Costing Assessment Tool (CAT).

To update the costing systemin line with national requirements for example new Mental Health and Community currencies, Local Cost Collections (LCC).

To promote costing within the Trust and contribute to best practice in line with national requirements.

To maintain the accuracy of the Trust's Patient Level Information and Costing System (PLICS), including liaison with the Trust informatics team and the Costing System Supplier.

To produce robust, timely and accurate Service Line Reports for senior managers within the Trust.

About us

Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of 'making a positive difference in people's lives'.

CQC rated us as 'GOOD' overall, commenting on how our colleagues "treated patients with compassion and kindness" and "felt positive and proud about working for the trust."

Benefits include:

Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years' service
Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
Generous NHS pension scheme
Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
Health service discounts and online benefits
Incremental pay progression
Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7
Access to our LGBT+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network
Health and wellbeing opportunities
Structured learning and development opportunities

Date posted

15 April 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£49,387 to £64,750 a year per annum

Contract

Secondment

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

383-COR-7319-26

Job locations

Kingsway

Derby

DE22 3LZ

Job description

Job responsibilities

Leadership and Management:

To have an in-depth knowledge of costing guidance, understand and interpret costing requirements for NHSE specific submissions and ensure that these are communicated, understood and applied to relevant returns and reports.

To work with the other sections in Finance Team to produce quality financial information.

To work with Information Management & Technology (IMT) colleagues to develop and improve data quality and reporting within the PLICS system.

Engage with managers and clinicians to ensure that costing apportionments and coding are correctly reflected in costing information.

Producetimely and accurate internal costing reports including service line reports.

Reporting to the Head of Finance postholder will compile and submit accurate mandatory annual National Cost Collection (NCC) data and associated reports eg. Costing Assessment Tool (CAT) and Costing Assurance Programme (CAP)

Maintain the accuracy of the costing system. Liaise with costing system supplier to ensure upgrades routinely installed, accuracy of data reported and optimal functionality of the costing system.

Develop thecosting system in the Trust in line with national requirements for example new Mental Health and Community Currencies, Local Cost Collection (LCC) and for the development of the costing system to meet new requirements.

Provide the costing input to Trust projects including development and supporting the Trusts PLICs working group.

Engage with national and local costing forums to participate in costing development and benchmarking.

Ensure systems and processes within the costing team are up to date.

Displays project management skills to ensure all projects, including those with conflicting deadlines are planned effectively and delivered successfully.

Responsible for contributing to Trust-wide financial strategy, policy and procedure and member of Senior Finance Team.

Responsible for recruitment and day to day management of own team

Clinical Governance / Quality Assurance:

Responsible for own and teams compliance with audit recommendations

Ensure timely and accurate issue of costing information and reports to Trust managers and external organisations including NHSE

Education and Development:

Delivery of finance training to non-finance staff in the Trust

Professionally qualified accountant or studying for a professional qualification with the intention of being qualified within 2 years. Should undertake regular training and continuing professional development appropriate to their role and responsibilities

Ensures appropriate IPR process and PDPs are in place for all staff in their team

Demanding nature of the job.

Reporting to the Head of Finance post holder will manage and deliver on multiple complex high level tasks requiring contributions from many people.

Responsible for contributing to operational objectives for the department and their team and ensuring that the IPR process facilitates the delivery of these objectives

Maintaining up to date in-depth knowledge of relevant costing developments, guidance and requirements

Be aware of the ramifications of key changes in NHS financial regime in respect of costing and to support changes to custom and practice to help the Trust to continue to be financially stable before, during and after such changes have taken place. Escalate on risks to the Head of Finance.