Costing Accountant

Job summary

Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has an exciting opportunity to join the Finance team based at Warrington Hospital as Band 6 Costing Accountant (subject to banding). This role is part of a well-established Finance & Procurement Department. We pride ourselves on our financial standards and commitment to continuous staff development.

The successful candidate will be part CCAB or AAT qualified, or with equivalent experience in a busy finance office environment, preferably within the NHS, and will possess excellent communication and organisational skills and a real commitment to excellent service delivery.

Main duties of the job

The Costing Accountant will lead on the Trusts Service Line Reporting and will play a key part of the annual National Cost Collection submission to NHS England. They will support the Senior Costing Accountant and utilise benchmarking information alongside PLICS to support service delivery. They will be responsible for managing the Assistant Costing Accountant.

You must be capable of working to tight deadlines whilst ensuring consistency and accuracy, able to prioritise both your own and the Assistant Costing Accountant workloads and be able to work on your own initiative as well as under supervision. An enthusiastic and energetic approach to work along with an acceptance of work flexibility and continuously changing working practices is essential.

About us

Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a caring and compassionate organisation that is both ambitious and innovative. We are committed to delivering the best outcomes for our patients and providing a positive experience of our staff. We aspire to be outstanding for our patients, our communities and our staff and are committed to being a great place to receive healthcare, work and learn.

Straddling the neighbouring boroughs of Warrington and Halton we are part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care system. Our hospitals are ideally situated to meet the growing healthcare needs of the 330,000 population of these boroughs.

Warrington Hospital is home to our emergency, critical care and maternity services, Halton Hospital is focused on elective procedures and the Runcorn Urgent Treatment Centre, although many services are offered at both sites and in community hubs.

A CQC-rated 'good' organisation with 'outstanding' features, we are working towards university hospital status, having achieved teaching hospital status in 2019.

We employ nearly 5,000 people from over 80 nationalities, striving to be a diverse, inclusive employer and recognised leader in equality. We support flexible working, welcoming flexible applications. Proud of our many accreditations, we are embedding an anti-racist approach in all we do.