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Finance Business Partner - Income & Costing

University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHSFT for an enthusiastic and motivated qualified accountant to join our finance team as Finance Business Partner for Income and Costing.

The successful candidate will manage the Trust's patient care income function and support the development of costing within our friendly Income and Costing Team based in Lancaster. They will be responsible for ensuring income is reported to a very high standard and in engaging with clinicians and managers to advise them on all aspects of patient care income.

The post holder will have a good understanding of the NHS Payment System along with sound experience of the Microsoft Office suite. You will need to possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills and a real commitment to excellent service delivery.

Main duties of the job

To provide Income and Commissioning advice and information to the Trust. In particular, this involves the interpretation and implementation of national technical guidance relating to the NHS Payment Scheme (NHSPS).

To assist the Head of Income & Costing in providing all aspects of cost accountancy and advice to the Care Groups.

Along with other senior accountants, provide finance management support to the process of service modernisation within the Trust.

Deputising for the Head of Income & Costing as required.

We are an award winning finance department with Level 2 Finance Skills Development Network accreditation and we are working towards achieving Level 3 status.

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 health care 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, day case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay

Our community services for adults are provided in people's homes, community centres, clinics, GP Practices, community hospitals and our main hospitals. Our aim is to work with people to help them remain independent, improve their health and manage their conditions through high quality care, advice and support.

Date posted

03 May 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£48,526 to £54,619 a year pa

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

331-L0950523

Job locations

Moor Lane Mills 2

Moor Lane

Lancaster

LA1 1QD


Job description

Job responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specificationlocatedunder the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our websitehttps://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/

Job description

Job responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specificationlocatedunder the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our websitehttps://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/

Person Specification

Form

Essential

  • CCAB/CIMA fully qualified accountant with relevant post qualification experience in financial management
  • Good analytical and technical accounting skills
  • Ability to work autonomously and deliver within tight deadlines in an often pressured working environment
  • Advising on the management of large complex budgets and of providing financial advice to non-financial managers in a clearly understood and authoritative manner
  • Staff management and development

Desirable

  • Advanced MS Excel and MS Access skills
Person Specification

Form

Essential

  • CCAB/CIMA fully qualified accountant with relevant post qualification experience in financial management
  • Good analytical and technical accounting skills
  • Ability to work autonomously and deliver within tight deadlines in an often pressured working environment
  • Advising on the management of large complex budgets and of providing financial advice to non-financial managers in a clearly understood and authoritative manner
  • Staff management and development

Desirable

  • Advanced MS Excel and MS Access 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

University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust

Address

Moor Lane Mills 2

Moor Lane

Lancaster

LA1 1QD


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust

Address

Moor Lane Mills 2

Moor Lane

Lancaster

LA1 1QD


Employer's website

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

For questions about the job, contact:

Head of Income & Costing

Juliet Wearing

juliet.wearing@mbht.nhs.uk

01524516356

Date posted

03 May 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£48,526 to £54,619 a year pa

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

331-L0950523

Job locations

Moor Lane Mills 2

Moor Lane

Lancaster

LA1 1QD


Supporting documents

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