Job summary
Much Birch Surgery has
an exciting opportunity for a Senior Finance Officer to join our
dedicated team of healthcare professionals.
As a key member of the
Senior Management Team, you will work alongside the Practice Manager,
Operations Manager, GP and Nursing Clinical Leads, and the Dispensary Manager
to support the strategic and financial leadership of the practice.
The role will be jointly
managed by the Practice Manager and the Chief Accountant at Taurus
Healthcare, giving you the benefit of being embedded within the practice
while also contributing to and drawing on the expertise of a wider finance
team.
We strive for excellent
clinical and professional support, a healthy work-life balance and a
challenging but rewarding career, whatever your area of interest. We pride
ourselves on excellent patient care, fantastic teamwork and a willingness to
look at new ways of working.
We are a rapidly growing
GP-led organisation with a mission to ensure that all patients have access to
comprehensive, coordinated and continuous care within a sustainable primary
care system.
* This position is for 16.5 hours per week *
Main duties of the job
Job
summary:
To assist the Practice
Manager & Taurus Finance Team in financial and associated tasks.
Organisational responsibilities.
Maintaining and increasing sources
of income analysing and reporting on threats and opportunities.
Understanding of the financial
implications of contract
changes and legislation.
Maximising income.
Minimising
expenditure.
Reporting to the MB SMT and Relevant Taurus Directors.
About us
Taurus Healthcare was established in 2012, as the provider arm of the GP Federation serving 185,000 patients in Herefordshire. Founded and owned by the partners of the entire Herefordshire Primary Care community, Taurus is focused on providing excellent out of hospital services for patients. Our ethos is to provide high quality and cost-effective health outcomes that are delivered as close as possible to the patients home, whilst ensuring that patients who do require in hospital services are seen as quickly and effectively as possible.
At Taurus Healthcare we strive to create a diverse, inclusive workplace, and welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds including those from Military Veterans and family members of serving personnel.
Taurus Healthcare offer many employee benefits, such as:
- Access to a generous NHS pension scheme with 20.68% employer contribution.
- 33 to 38 days annual leave entitlement, including bank holidays, depending on service -pro rata for part-time staff.
- Access to an extensive Employee Benefits Programme.
- Access to the Blue Light extensive discount scheme.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job
summary:
To assist the Practice
Manager & Taurus Finance Team in financial and associated tasks
Organisational responsibilities
-
Understanding of the financial
implications of contract
changes and legislation
-
Maximising income
-
Minimising
expenditure
-
Reporting to the MB SMT and Relevant Taurus Directors
Operational
responsibilities
-
Use
of Sage accounts package
-
Maintaining the Purchase Ledger and Sales ledger for Much
Birch within Taurus Sage 200 system
-
Supporting
in the information provided to complete VAT returns
-
Banking/BACs/Credit processing
- Supporting the wider
team with cashflow and forecasting Fees register; utilities; cost effective purchasing; insurances;
-
Reporting anomalies to the Management/Chief
Accountant
-
Monthly reporting to Much Birch and finance management
team to include monthly P&Ls and Budget variances/ financial performance
with support from wider Finance Management team and practice manager
-
Overseeing all much birch contracts with support from
practice manager and wider Taurus team, with a contracts register to ensure a
timely review for contracts to end or get renewed
-
Supporting Much Birch SMT to interpret the financial
performance of the much birch contracts with a monthly financial report.
- Advise and prepare
costings in conjunction with the Chief Accountant/Practice Manager
-
Provide financial input into business cases for Much
Birch
-
Ensuring financial policies at Much Birch are up to date
-
Participation in overall Taurus reporting process,
incidents and risk registers
-
Finance team away days, Much Birch SMT and quarterly
Much birch staff meetings.
-
Processing of income and expenditure information to include GMS, CQRS Claims etc
-
Record-keeping
-
PO system/purchase and sales ledger
processing
-
Organise annual
appliance testing and calibration of medical equipment.
-
Maintain
Teamnet Premises and Equipment Check Portal. Oversee estates of Much Birch
surgery, including health and safety and upkeep, working with the Taurus
corporate teams to represent estates. Liaise
with handyman and outsourced tasks *decorating/building/repairs*
-
Provide
financial control mechanisms and delivery for Ordering consumables; stock; vaccine;
equipment
-
Liaise with PM for claims processes
(including CQRS; GPES)
and maintaining strong relationships
-
Completing
Monthly/Quarterly Claims for all contracts, via appropriate systems eg EMIS and
inputting all information onto Sage Ledger system, analysing and correcting any
discrepancies
-
Liaise with all finance team members
-
Liaise with PCN managers
-
Liaising with the Management Accountant
-
Liaising with the Director of Finance
-
Any other related or relevant task in line with the role
*A full Job Description & Person Specification is attached to this advert*
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job
summary:
To assist the Practice
Manager & Taurus Finance Team in financial and associated tasks
Organisational responsibilities
-
Understanding of the financial
implications of contract
changes and legislation
-
Maximising income
-
Minimising
expenditure
-
Reporting to the MB SMT and Relevant Taurus Directors
Operational
responsibilities
-
Use
of Sage accounts package
-
Maintaining the Purchase Ledger and Sales ledger for Much
Birch within Taurus Sage 200 system
-
Supporting
in the information provided to complete VAT returns
-
Banking/BACs/Credit processing
- Supporting the wider
team with cashflow and forecasting Fees register; utilities; cost effective purchasing; insurances;
-
Reporting anomalies to the Management/Chief
Accountant
-
Monthly reporting to Much Birch and finance management
team to include monthly P&Ls and Budget variances/ financial performance
with support from wider Finance Management team and practice manager
-
Overseeing all much birch contracts with support from
practice manager and wider Taurus team, with a contracts register to ensure a
timely review for contracts to end or get renewed
-
Supporting Much Birch SMT to interpret the financial
performance of the much birch contracts with a monthly financial report.
- Advise and prepare
costings in conjunction with the Chief Accountant/Practice Manager
-
Provide financial input into business cases for Much
Birch
-
Ensuring financial policies at Much Birch are up to date
-
Participation in overall Taurus reporting process,
incidents and risk registers
-
Finance team away days, Much Birch SMT and quarterly
Much birch staff meetings.
-
Processing of income and expenditure information to include GMS, CQRS Claims etc
-
Record-keeping
-
PO system/purchase and sales ledger
processing
-
Organise annual
appliance testing and calibration of medical equipment.
-
Maintain
Teamnet Premises and Equipment Check Portal. Oversee estates of Much Birch
surgery, including health and safety and upkeep, working with the Taurus
corporate teams to represent estates. Liaise
with handyman and outsourced tasks *decorating/building/repairs*
-
Provide
financial control mechanisms and delivery for Ordering consumables; stock; vaccine;
equipment
-
Liaise with PM for claims processes
(including CQRS; GPES)
and maintaining strong relationships
-
Completing
Monthly/Quarterly Claims for all contracts, via appropriate systems eg EMIS and
inputting all information onto Sage Ledger system, analysing and correcting any
discrepancies
-
Liaise with all finance team members
-
Liaise with PCN managers
-
Liaising with the Management Accountant
-
Liaising with the Director of Finance
-
Any other related or relevant task in line with the role
*A full Job Description & Person Specification is attached to this advert*
Person Specification
Other
Essential
- Understanding of confidentiality and Data Protection.
- Required to travel to meetings.
Desirable
- Experience in working in a Primary Care Commissioning or GP Practice role
Skills
Essential
- Good interpersonal communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Experience of working to and achieving tight deadlines
- To manage and prioritise own work to meet deadlines.
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team.
- Good level of accuracy and attention to detail.
Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ Level 5/ Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) qualification or equivalent general practice experience of a minimum of 3 years.
Desirable
- Evidence of on-going professional development
- (Training towards a CCAB qualification).
Personal Qualities and Attributes
Essential
- Reliable, conscientious and flexible approach to work.
- To be able to work independently on own initiative.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality.
Experience
Essential
- Financial Ledger System -SAGE an advantage.
- Computer literate with an ability to use the required systems/office packages.
- Such as Word and Excel.
- Experience of having a planned and organised approach with an ability to prioritise their own workload in order to meet strict deadlines.
- Experience showing ability to think analytically; anticipating obstacles and thinking ahead; using analytical techniques to draw logical solutions to problems.
- Experience showing ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service and ensure a customer focused response.
- Experience showing ability to work both independently where required and as a team and player.
Person Specification
Other
Essential
- Understanding of confidentiality and Data Protection.
- Required to travel to meetings.
Desirable
- Experience in working in a Primary Care Commissioning or GP Practice role
Skills
Essential
- Good interpersonal communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Experience of working to and achieving tight deadlines
- To manage and prioritise own work to meet deadlines.
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team.
- Good level of accuracy and attention to detail.
Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ Level 5/ Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) qualification or equivalent general practice experience of a minimum of 3 years.
Desirable
- Evidence of on-going professional development
- (Training towards a CCAB qualification).
Personal Qualities and Attributes
Essential
- Reliable, conscientious and flexible approach to work.
- To be able to work independently on own initiative.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality.
Experience
Essential
- Financial Ledger System -SAGE an advantage.
- Computer literate with an ability to use the required systems/office packages.
- Such as Word and Excel.
- Experience of having a planned and organised approach with an ability to prioritise their own workload in order to meet strict deadlines.
- Experience showing ability to think analytically; anticipating obstacles and thinking ahead; using analytical techniques to draw logical solutions to problems.
- Experience showing ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service and ensure a customer focused response.
- Experience showing ability to work both independently where required and as a team and player.
