North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

Executive Director of Finance

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Job summary

We are seeking a collaborative and inspired individual to join our Board of Directors with accountability for not only our financial management and governance but also our estates and procurement needs - both key to delivering the Trust's strategy which will shortly be refreshed.

Having secured a multi-million-pound investment 3 years ago which has allowed us to improve clinical care for patients and to recover ambulance response time standards through increasing our operational and Emergency Operations Centre workforce, now is the time to consolidate our investment, maximise our efficiency and productivity, and ensure we capitalise on system-wide plans and opportunities.

Main duties of the job

The Executive Director of Finance is a professional member of the Trust Board, and therefore will be subject to fit and proper persons testing. They will have shared responsibility for corporate leadership, strategic development and planning and governance of the Trust.

The post holder is responsible for advising the Trust Board and Governors on issues relating to Finance, Contracting & Performance, discharging full statutory responsibilities to ensure that the Trust and its subsidiary company is compliant with appropriate policy and practice and provide the Trust with the internal capacity to robustly monitor, in year, its financial and corporate performance.

Specifically, the core responsibilities are to ensure that:

The Group financial accounting arrangements meet externally set standards

The Trust meets all its financial targets and investment trajectories

The Trust delivers services that are cost effective and represent value for money and can be benchmarked against other Ambulance Trusts

The Trust's finance functions operate to the maximum standards of efficiency and effectiveness in support of the Operations Directorate and clinical services

The Trusts subsidiary delivers performance and improvement requirements set out by the Board as the shareholder.

About us

We employ 3,500 staff in 63 locations and serve a population of 2,600,000 in Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, County Durham, and Tees over 3230 square miles.

Many people think the job of the ambulance service is to collect patients and take them to hospital, but we do much more!

Paramedic skills have developed hugely in recent years, meaning we carry out more treatment at the scene and en-route to hospital.

We have a dedicated clinical assessment service that allows us to provide patients with the most appropriate care from the beginning of the patient journey.

We have a specialised branch of the Trust called HART which deal with explosions or terrorist attacks.

Ultimately patients are the heart of everything that we do to support our mission of "safe, effective and responsive care for all".

We value and respect the diversity employees bring to our workplace. We recruit a workforce that reflects the community we serve, and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. To ensure we deliver on our aims in relation to diversity and inclusion we assess ourselves against a range of frameworks. We are ENEI Gold employer, Disability Confident Leader, Dyslexia Smart Award employer, Dementia Friendly, and part of Mind Blue Light programme and the Race at Work Charter from the Princes Responsible Business Network and are achieving across all objectives in NHS Equality Delivery System.

Date posted

18 February 2025

Pay scheme

Very senior manager (VSM)

Salary

£132,000 to £150,000 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

340-EDOF-FEB25

Job locations

Bernicia House

Goldcrest Way, Newburn

Newcastle Upon Tyne

NE15 8NY

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please ensure you refer to the attached documents as this provides full details of the role, and responsibilities.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please ensure you refer to the attached documents as this provides full details of the role, and responsibilities.

Person Specification

Knowledge & Qualifications

Essential

Hold an appropriate professional accountancy qualification
Masters degree level education or equivalent experience

Desirable

Additional professional leadership qualification

Experience

Essential

Demonstrable successful, experience and achievement as a very senior leader at, or near, Board Director level in a similarly complex organisation or system
Experience of successfully leading, introducing and managing major change programmes including: oService redesign oCultural change oCost efficiency
Has the ability and experience to act corporately and support Board members and other senior directors in the execution of their duties and responsibilities
Evidence of driving a successful financial governance agenda, which delivers positive outcomes for patients.
Extensive record of successful workforce, financial and resource management, ensuring high performance and holding individuals to account.

Skills & Attributes

Essential

Significant personal and professional credibility with all clinical and support service professionals in leading and managing transformation in a rapidly changing environment.
Facilitative, collaborative and inclusive management style

Behaviours

Essential

Aligned to Trust professional and leadership behaviours and organisational values.
Demonstrable commitment to promoting and celebrating equality and diversity in the workplace and in service delivery.

Person Specification

Knowledge & Qualifications

Essential

Hold an appropriate professional accountancy qualification
Masters degree level education or equivalent experience

Desirable

Additional professional leadership qualification

Experience

Essential

Demonstrable successful, experience and achievement as a very senior leader at, or near, Board Director level in a similarly complex organisation or system
Experience of successfully leading, introducing and managing major change programmes including: oService redesign oCultural change oCost efficiency
Has the ability and experience to act corporately and support Board members and other senior directors in the execution of their duties and responsibilities
Evidence of driving a successful financial governance agenda, which delivers positive outcomes for patients.
Extensive record of successful workforce, financial and resource management, ensuring high performance and holding individuals to account.

Skills & Attributes

Essential

Significant personal and professional credibility with all clinical and support service professionals in leading and managing transformation in a rapidly changing environment.
Facilitative, collaborative and inclusive management style

Behaviours

Essential

Aligned to Trust professional and leadership behaviours and organisational values.
Demonstrable commitment to promoting and celebrating equality and diversity in the workplace and in service delivery.

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.

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

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Bernicia House

Goldcrest Way, Newburn

Newcastle Upon Tyne

NE15 8NY

Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Bernicia House

Goldcrest Way, Newburn

Newcastle Upon Tyne

NE15 8NY

Employer's website

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