Welsh Blood Service

Finance Business Partner

The closing date is 03 July 2025

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has become available for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join the Finance department as a Finance Business Partner, at Welsh Blood Service (WBS) a Division of Velindre University NHS Trust. We are looking for forward thinking, highly motivated finance professionals.

Working within NHS finance offers an attractive career. We are looking for someone who shares the Trusts values and works well with a wide range of people to enable services to deliver high quality care for our service users.

Main duties of the job

The full details of the role are contained within the person spec and Job description, attached. If successful, you would assist the Senior Finance Business Partner in providing all aspects of financial management & advice to Welsh Blood Service including responsibility for identified services within the Division.

You would be an integral part of the WBS Finance Team and assist in the provision of financial management support to the process of service modernisation within WBS.

Interviews are planned to take place on Monday 14th July.

Please ensure you read the Job Description and Person Specification for full details of this role by clicking on the attachment above.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

About us

Here at Velindre University NHS Trust we are extremely proud of the specialist services we provide across the whole of Wales in our cutting-edge Velindre Cancer Centre and ouraward-winning Welsh Blood Service, as well as the expertise of our corporate functions that bring the two divisions together. We are also fortunate to host the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership and Health Technology Wales and have developed strong partnership working with these expert services.

Formed in 1994, the Trust has a dedicated workforce that continuously strives to apply the key principles of value based healthcare through a wide array of roles. We play a vital role in the communities we support and have ambitious plans for the future to continue to improve the services we deliver. We strive to maintain our core values in everything we do by being; accountable, bold, caring and dynamic, and ensuring the best possible care for our patients and donors.

If you want to work for an organisation that prides itself on making a real difference and offers exciting career opportunities then Velindre University NHS Trust is the place for you.

Visit our website to find out more https://velindre.nhs.wales/

Details

Date posted

20 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,898 to £45,637 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

120-AC018-0625

Job locations

Welsh Blood Service

Ely Valley Road

Talbot Green

CF72 9WB


Job description

Job responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac

Person Specification

Qualifications and Knowledge

Essential

  • CCAB Qualified - Diploma Level, or equivalent NHS experience

Experience

Essential

  • oExperience of working in a financial environment
  • oExperience of monitoring financial plans to ensure meet budget limits.
  • oUnderstanding of NHS Financial Procedures and best practice.
  • oExcellent communication skills and interpersonal skills when dealing with highly complex and sensitive information to and from a wide range of stakeholders

Desirable

  • oBusiness Partnering experience
  • oExperience of working in the NHS
  • oExperience of using Oracle Financial System
  • oExperience in delivering Finance training

Skills and Attributes

Essential

  • oAdvanced Keyboard skills with good working knowledge of Excel, word, and large general ledger systems for high accuracy when entering and manipulating financial data.
  • oAbility to apply knowledge to workload and demonstrate ability to analyse and interpret complex, sensitive and / or contentious information analytical skills
Person Specification

Qualifications and Knowledge

Essential

  • CCAB Qualified - Diploma Level, or equivalent NHS experience

Experience

Essential

  • oExperience of working in a financial environment
  • oExperience of monitoring financial plans to ensure meet budget limits.
  • oUnderstanding of NHS Financial Procedures and best practice.
  • oExcellent communication skills and interpersonal skills when dealing with highly complex and sensitive information to and from a wide range of stakeholders

Desirable

  • oBusiness Partnering experience
  • oExperience of working in the NHS
  • oExperience of using Oracle Financial System
  • oExperience in delivering Finance training

Skills and Attributes

Essential

  • oAdvanced Keyboard skills with good working knowledge of Excel, word, and large general ledger systems for high accuracy when entering and manipulating financial data.
  • oAbility to apply knowledge to workload and demonstrate ability to analyse and interpret complex, sensitive and / or contentious information analytical skills

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

Welsh Blood Service

Address

Welsh Blood Service

Ely Valley Road

Talbot Green

CF72 9WB


Employer's website

https://www.welsh-blood.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Welsh Blood Service

Address

Welsh Blood Service

Ely Valley Road

Talbot Green

CF72 9WB


Employer's website

https://www.welsh-blood.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Senior Finance Business Partner

Donna Edwards

donna.edwards5@wales.nhs.uk

Details

Date posted

20 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,898 to £45,637 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

120-AC018-0625

Job locations

Welsh Blood Service

Ely Valley Road

Talbot Green

CF72 9WB


Supporting documents

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