Senior Finance Manager - Specialised Commissioning | NHS England
| Posting date: | 03 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £58,972 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 03 May 2024 |
| Location: | Bristol, BS1 3NX |
| Company: | Health Education England |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6197747/990-S-SW-11-22559-A |
Summary
The post holder will work as part of a dynamic team in delivering an effective service supporting managers and staff across the South West region to ensure the delivery of high quality, safe services in line with national and sub national policy objectives.
The post holder will directly support the Head of Finance in ensuring that there are sound financial systems in place across direct commissioning to evaluate and monitor services.
The role supports the business in driving transformation as well as value for money in planning, commissioning and service. The role is designed to build a combination of subject matter expertise and technical skills to develop a strong service delivery.
The post is responsible for providing professional expertise to the outcome of the business processes for the Department or Directorate.
The Finance Directorate is a high performing team, flexible in approach and adaptable to change and a key function of the Regional structure. It oversees the financial performance of the region by:
· Ensuring risk is managed and balanced across organisations, systems and the region
· Managing and actively promoting system working to ensure best value for money
· Ensuring systems and processes are in place to enable sound financial control
· Providing necessary advice, support, challenge to organisations and the systems
· Work with systems and organisations to develop sustainable financial strategies
Operational
• As a senior lead working internally and externally to deliver projects, initiatives and services to time and in a cost effective way.
• To support the identification and sharing of best practice in finance to support service improvement.
• To operate in a highly political and sensitive environment.
• Support the portfolio of programmes/projects in demonstrating value for money tracking, managing and delivering agreed benefits.
• In depth analysis, interpretation and production of complex and multiple reports.
Financial and Physical Resources
• Responsible for budgets/matching the available budget to the appropriate staff resources and projects and for ensuring that the budget breaks even, co-ordinating and monitoring expenditure.
• Supporting the commissioning of projects and procurement of services to support project delivery, acting in accordance with Standing Orders and Standing Financial Instruction.
• Provide financial reports to Directors and the Board as required.
People Management
• Responsible for the day-to-day range of staff management matters.
• Responsible for an individual’s development on the job and team performance.
In April 2023, NHS England, NHS Digital, and Health Education England merged to create a new, single organisation to lead the NHS in England. This new NHS England is designed to create a simpler, smaller, high performing, organisation that leads the NHS more effectively and is a better place to work. Speaking with one voice to the service.
The new NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
• Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
• Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
• Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
• Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
• Delivering value for money.
If you would like to know more or require further information, please visithttps://www.england.nhs.uk/ .
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
Working to the Head of Finance (Specialised Commissioning) and working closely with the commissioning function providing financial advice on all aspects of their responsibilities around direct commissioning of Specialised services.
This will include:
• Financial planning, advice and reporting on direct commissioning budgets
• Leading on variable elements of NHS acute provider contracts and supporting the delegation of Specialised Services to ICBs.
• Contract negotiation with providers, ensuring that the negotiating strategy is aligned with ICB approach to non-specialised services where appropriate.
• In-year contract management.
• Support the development, implementation and reporting of Improving Value schemes and programmes using benchmarking information and agreeing how these will be delivered.
• Costing proposed service changes
• Ensure any reporting requirements on direct commissioning are provided on a timely basis and to an appropriate standard.
• Completion of national returns as required.
Improving quality and outcomes
• To assist the Head of Finance in the provision of financial advice to clinicians and managers in the region to support the delivery of national and local priorities and outcomes both in the short and long term.
• To work collaboratively across NHS England matrix, including integrating the National Director’s portfolio with the Domain Leads.
Partnership and cross boundary working
• To develop strong effective partnerships with key financial and service colleagues across the region and Nationally.
To use these relationships to support financial planning and delivery across the region and across health and social care
You can find further details about the job, organisational structure, recruitment
profile, expected outcomes and benefits information in the attached Job Description
and other supporting documents.
Secondments
Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only,
agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application.
Salary Progression
Applicants will commence at the bottom of Band 8b with a full-time starting salary of £58,972, with a pay step increase after 5 years’ service.
These salaries are offered in accordance with NHS Terms and Conditions and the NHSE Pay Progression Policy and are subject to annual cost of living review.
This advert closes on Wednesday 17 Apr 2024