Deputy Financial Advisor - Service Transformation
- Join Our Financial Excellence Journey! ?
Unlock your potential and elevate your career with Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust! ? ?
Who We Are: Immerse yourself in a dynamic environment where excellence, innovation, and development thrive. With a robust turnover of £750 million and a dedicated team of over 9,000 staff, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals is a Foundation Trust known for its commitment to delivering exceptional healthcare services.?
The Opportunity: Deputy Financial Advisor. Are you a motivated finance professional ready to take on a challenging and fast-paced role? We're on the lookout for a Deputy Financial Advisor to join our prestigious finance division. This is your chance to shine and make a real impact on a Trust that values continuous improvement and strives for excellence.?
Why Choose Us: ✨ Accreditation Excellence: Our finance division proudly holds the North West Finance Skills Development Towards Excellence accreditation at level 3, the highest achievable. Additionally, we boast the FFF level 3 accreditation, a testament to our unwavering commitment to delivering top-notch service to the Trust.?
Your Impact: As a Deputy Financial Advisor, you'll have the opportunity to unleash your personal and professional skills, contributing to the continuous improvement of our finance services. Your role is instrumental in supporting the Trust's strategic goals, making a positive difference in healthcare.??
Main duties of the job- Key Responsibilities:
- Financial Advice: provide financial support and assistance to the senior financial advisor, assisting in the delivery of a financial advisory service to the trust.
- Complex Problem Resolution: Investigate and advise on complex business management issues. Your insights will be crucial in enhancing financial awareness, improving performance, and maintaining the integrity and business focus of Service Developments. ? Financial Performance: Strive for continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to enhance financial performance. Your role is pivotal in driving efficiency and effectiveness in financial operations.
- Expertise: Leverage your financial acumen to monitor, develop and improve the procedures and processes within the team and ensure that value is consistently added. ? Collaboration: Work hand-in-hand with stakeholders across the ICS and one LSC Finance to ensure a unified and holistic approach to financial management, fostering a culture of collaboration and excellence.
We offer an agile working policy - currently 40% office / 60% remote working and flexible working hours to be as amenable as possible for the individual whilst supporting business needs.
Working for our organisation
Why Choose OneLSC and Lancashire Teaching Hospitals:
- A vibrant, diverse, and inclusive healthcare community
- Cutting-edge facilities and technology
- Opportunities for continuous professional development
- A culture that values and recognizes your contributions
- About Us: With over 1000 beds, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals stands as a beacon of healthcare excellence. Our specialties range from the conventional to the extraordinary, as we proudly serve as a Tertiary Centre for Lancashire and South Cumbria in Neurosciences, Trauma, Oncology, and Renal Medicine.
- Your Impact: Be part of a team that's not just meeting healthcare needs but exceeding them. Whether you're in Neurosciences, Trauma, Oncology, or Renal Medicine, your contribution matters. Lancashire Teaching Hospitals is the nexus where expertise meets compassion, and we're inviting you to make a difference.
- Open to All Applications: This is not just a job; it's a calling. One LSC and Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust welcomes applications from individuals across various trusts, fostering diversity, and enriching our healthcare community.
- Relationship Building: To actively develop internal relationships and work with budget holders and stakeholder departments across the trust to help deliver productivity and efficiency programmes.
- Financial Management: Effectively monitor and maintain the productivity and efficiency plan & financial ledger, supporting the achievement of targets for Directorates and the Trust.
- Ideas: Support the identification of efficiency schemes within the division to ensure the best value for money is achieved at all times.
- Team: Support and work across all areas of financial management, fostering an efficient and timely service. Support staff development and contribute to the broader goals of the Trust.
- Performance Reporting: Deliver complex reports on financial performance ensuring timely and accurate information.
Person specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential criteria- CCAB Foundation Level / AAT Technician Level / HNC/equivalent degree providing exemptions or equivalent work based experience.
- Actively studying towards & committed to completion of CCAB qualification.
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria- Detailed Understanding of Accounting Procedures
- Evidence of a sound knowledge of NHS Finance
- Proven track record of costing methodologies
- Proven track record of working on organisational project teams.
It is important you are made aware of the following as regards your application to East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
- Please note that the salary advertised is for full time hours. If this post is less than 37.5 hours per week, the salary will be pro-rata. For posts on Agenda for Change pay-scales, new entrants to the NHS will normally commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.
- This vacancy may close before the closing date if the recruiting manager deems sufficient applications have been received. Therefore it is advised to complete your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
- Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.
- Please note that shortlisting is completed anonymously with candidates being assessed against the essential criteria for the post. Therefore only applicants, who can clearly demonstrate how they meet our person specification criteria in their application, will be short-listed.
Disclosure and Barring Scheme (DBS)
If the role you are applying for is identified as either controlled or regulated activity as defined in in the Safeguarding vulnerable Groups Act (2006) any offer of employment is provisional upon a satisfactory DBS check being obtained.
The healthcare sector is exempted from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
In line with other NHS organisations in the North West Region, the Trust is now passing the charge for undertaking a DBS check on to candidates in the event they are successfully appointed into the post for which they have applied. Candidates can choose whether to pay this over 1-3 months as a deduction from the monthly salary.However, if you are applying for a post as a BANK worker, the payment must be made in full at the time of employment checks. By applying for this vacancy you are agreeing to this undertaking in the event you are successfully appointed.
The cost of an Enhanced Disclosure will be £55.38 and for a Standard Disclosure will be £27.38.
This cost is not applicable for a Volunteer post
The Trust is an equal opportunities employer, committed to improving the working lives of our staff and operates a 'Zero Tolerance' policy to aggression, violence, bullying and harassment. In addition, our aim is to help protect children and vulnerable adults by providing a first-class service to the recruitment of people into positions of trust.
We aim to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve.
We welcome applications from everyone irrespective of ethnic origin, gender, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, marital status, disability or social background.
We especially welcome applications from members of our black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities, as we have identified that ELHT has an under-representation of BAME employees. Appointments will be made on merit.
Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be interviewed if you indicate you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme.
If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process please make the recruitment services team aware as soon as possible. By telephone 01254 732075 or email [email protected] or write to Employment Services, Parkview Offices, Haslingden Road, Blackburn, BB2 3HH