Finance Team Lead – Private Healthcare

Job description

Job responsibilities

The team lead post will take overall responsibility for the day-to-day operation of the private healthcare IT system, ensuring the system is managed to provide optimal support and function for Sussex Premier Health. Responsibility includes liaison with the IT system support teams and local staff in implementation of the system. Key to this management role will be ensuring that systems can contribute to the safe service delivery and efficiency of the business.

Responsible for the management, performance monitoring, security and development of the system, ensuring the system is setup and maintained to gain maximum benefit for Sussex Premier Health and the care of its patients.

Day-to-day responsibility for the smooth running of the system, ensuring that all users receive a good service by providing a first line support role and liaison with third parties on behalf of all users.

To identify opportunities to enhance the systems and service by providing specialist advice to services on the best way to record and utilise their systems / processes. Work with a wide variety of system users to help them identify their operational, information and management needs and then providing the same.

To provide efficient, timely and effective response to the users of requests for support and Sussex Premier Health requirement for systems services, prioritising the workload accordingly.

Plan, implement, and quality assure new releases of the System. The post holder will be responsible for the sign-off of upgrades ensuring all critical errors are resolved prior to the go live. This will require testing and accurate and informed discussions with the supplier to make them aware of the critical nature of the issue/s.

Create and provide required reports from the system to enable Sussex Premier Health performance review and departmental KPIs/ performance review.

Update any background information including new service users, new suppliers, new consumables, new pricing structures and new prostheses etc required for the efficient and effective running of the business.

The post-holder will need to provide detailed specialist advice to inform strategic business planning. This will require the production of comprehensive documentation and attendance at senior meetings

Please refer to the job description attached.

If you have any questions about this position please do not hesitate to contact us.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to degree level or hold equivalent experience within an information or performance-related role
• Evidence of continued professional development in relevant subject

Desirable

• Accountancy qualification
• SQL qualification

Experience

Essential

• Previous supervisory or managerial experience
• Previous experience in Financial Systems environment, either from a support or end user role
• Previous experience of Accountancy systems and system report writing with a good working knowledge of financial applications
• Competent use of Microsoft Office with excellent Excel knowledge including design and development, creating complex formulas and formatting

Desirable

• Previous experience of Training and Presentation
• Advanced MS Excel skills, using macros for design and development

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

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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

East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

Sussex Premier Health

St Leonards on Sea

TN37 7RE

Employer's website

http://jobs.esht.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)