Job summary
Lead the Financial Improvement team, managing the selection, prioritisation and control of projects and programmes in line with the Trust's Financial Improvement objectives and capacity to deliver.
Coordinate the Trust's Cost Improvement programme, including liaising with Workstream and Divisional Leads, challenging progress, monitoring emerging risks and issues and reporting progress to the Financial improvement Board.
Maintain the Financial Improvement Governance arrangements in line with best practice. Escalate Workstream issues to the executive sponsor and programme risks to the Financial Improvement Board. Drive reform and support change and uptake of initiatives that support excellence.
Main duties of the job
- The post holder will be required to build and maintain good working relationships with a broad range of internal stakeholders on a range of business sensitive issues.
- Drive and challenge each key working relationship to innovate with drive reform to achieve agreed objectives
- Provide and receive highly complex, sensitive and contentious information, including presenting information about projects and dependencies to a wide range of internal stakeholders in formal settings.
- Manage potentially aggressive and/or antagonistic situations with staff and stakeholders within change programmes for successful outcomes.
- Deal with complex and conflicting subject matter problems or in day to day workload in workshops, meetings, one on one communications and other events, comprising various parts of the business.
About us
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) King's Lynn is West Norfolk has a superb unspoilt coastline with pretty villages, all with their own individual charm. The medieval port of King's Lynn has some very interesting architecture.
We provide a comprehensive range of specialist and general acute services to around 331,000 people across West and North Norfolk, in addition to parts of Breckland, Cambridgeshire and South Lincolnshire. We have more than 4,000 staff and volunteers and approximately 500 beds on a single site. Some specialist services and clinics are provided in community facilities, such as the North Cambridgeshire hospital in Wisbech. We work in partnership with neighbouring hospitals for the provision of tertiary services.
In February 2022 the QEH the Care Quality Commission rated the Trust as 'Good' in all of the core services they inspected, and recommended the Trust moves out of the recovery support system (formerly special measures).
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and personal specifications for full details.
Please contact us if you wish to know more details.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and personal specifications for full details.
Please contact us if you wish to know more details.
Person Specification
Qualifications/training and professional development
Essential
- Professional Accountancy Qualification
- Level 7 Diploma in Strategic Management & Leadership
- Mandatory CPD
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working within the NHS or similar sized organisation (working within the NHS for at least 3 years is desirable
- Experience of translating complex data from various systems into a clear and comprehensive financial model
- Experience of computerised accounting financial systems
- Experience in accounting policies
- Experience of investigation and analysis into financial issues including evidence of detailed and precise report writing skills
- Experience of dealing with multiple stakeholders with conflicting priorities
- Working effectively and efficiently in a fast-changing environment
- Ability to work with staff at all levels, with specific ability to work with senior teams
Desirable
- Experience of managing junior members of staff
- Experience of implementing change
Skills, abilities, and knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of rules surrounding confidentiality, information governance and the Data Protection Act
- Knowledge of NHS finance policy and NHS legislation with regard to costing
- Accounting skills including financial analysis, planning and option appraisal
- Able to produce reports using data that are comprehensive and meet requirements of operational partners
- Evidence of excellent oral and written communication
- Ability to work under pressure and meet objectives with conflicting deadlines
- Able to prioritise work for self and others
- Able to work autonomously with the skills to make decisions independently
- Able to plan work for others
Desirable
- Demonstrate a sound understanding of the NHS including the political and business agenda
- Knowledge of Cost Improvement Programmes (CIP) within the NHS
Person Specification
Qualifications/training and professional development
Essential
- Professional Accountancy Qualification
- Level 7 Diploma in Strategic Management & Leadership
- Mandatory CPD
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working within the NHS or similar sized organisation (working within the NHS for at least 3 years is desirable
- Experience of translating complex data from various systems into a clear and comprehensive financial model
- Experience of computerised accounting financial systems
- Experience in accounting policies
- Experience of investigation and analysis into financial issues including evidence of detailed and precise report writing skills
- Experience of dealing with multiple stakeholders with conflicting priorities
- Working effectively and efficiently in a fast-changing environment
- Ability to work with staff at all levels, with specific ability to work with senior teams
Desirable
- Experience of managing junior members of staff
- Experience of implementing change
Skills, abilities, and knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of rules surrounding confidentiality, information governance and the Data Protection Act
- Knowledge of NHS finance policy and NHS legislation with regard to costing
- Accounting skills including financial analysis, planning and option appraisal
- Able to produce reports using data that are comprehensive and meet requirements of operational partners
- Evidence of excellent oral and written communication
- Ability to work under pressure and meet objectives with conflicting deadlines
- Able to prioritise work for self and others
- Able to work autonomously with the skills to make decisions independently
- Able to plan work for others
Desirable
- Demonstrate a sound understanding of the NHS including the political and business agenda
- Knowledge of Cost Improvement Programmes (CIP) within the NHS
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).
