Head of Finance - Financial Sustainability
| Posting date: | 24 May 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £83,571 - £96,376 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 23 June 2024 |
| Location: | Bristol, BS1 3NU |
| Company: | University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6330063/387-TS-6793-JC |
Summary
A Vacancy at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust.
This role will lead the Trust’s Cost Improvement Programmes (CIP) and productivity agenda. The post holder will also work with the Head of Finance – Financial Services & Assurance, supporting the implementation of financial controls and policy across all areas of finance to ensure the Trust’s long term financial sustainability. The Head of Financial Sustainability reports to the Director of Operational Finance. The post holder will deputise for the Director of Operational Finance where relevant.
The post holder will drive and oversee the Trust’s financial efficiency requirement working with clinical and operational teams, underpinned by a multi-professional network of individuals drawn from across the organisation. The post holder will bring cohesion to the multiple projects that form the Trust’s CIPs and manage the complex stakeholder sets and interdependencies, planning, reporting and governance of the programme.
The post holder will challenge the current ways of working, drawing upon experience and outside world examples to shape the Trust’s financial sustainability agenda. Working with a network of senior finance leaders, the post holder will develop finance policies, controls and practices across Finance and the wider Trust that support and empower clinical gad delivery groups to deliver sustainable efficiency projects.
The post holder will also work with the organisations within BNSSG ICS and the Acute Provider Collaborative (APC) (between North Bristol NHS Trust and UH Bristol and Weston) to ensure there is increasing collaboration across the wider system and beyond.
Leading the designated Finance Manager – Service Improvement and team, the post holder will work in close partnership with the Divisional Directors, Clinical Chairs, Lead Clinicians, Deputy Divisional Directors, Divisional Finance Managers and other senior leaders across the finance teams and the wider Trust to ensure that each part of the programme is mutually reinforcing and delivering to target defined benefits and outputs.
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward- thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.
For a full and detailed description of the role please see the job description document attached to the vacancy
Interviews will be held in early July 2024
This advert closes on Sunday 16 Jun 2024
This role will lead the Trust’s Cost Improvement Programmes (CIP) and productivity agenda. The post holder will also work with the Head of Finance – Financial Services & Assurance, supporting the implementation of financial controls and policy across all areas of finance to ensure the Trust’s long term financial sustainability. The Head of Financial Sustainability reports to the Director of Operational Finance. The post holder will deputise for the Director of Operational Finance where relevant.
The post holder will drive and oversee the Trust’s financial efficiency requirement working with clinical and operational teams, underpinned by a multi-professional network of individuals drawn from across the organisation. The post holder will bring cohesion to the multiple projects that form the Trust’s CIPs and manage the complex stakeholder sets and interdependencies, planning, reporting and governance of the programme.
The post holder will challenge the current ways of working, drawing upon experience and outside world examples to shape the Trust’s financial sustainability agenda. Working with a network of senior finance leaders, the post holder will develop finance policies, controls and practices across Finance and the wider Trust that support and empower clinical gad delivery groups to deliver sustainable efficiency projects.
The post holder will also work with the organisations within BNSSG ICS and the Acute Provider Collaborative (APC) (between North Bristol NHS Trust and UH Bristol and Weston) to ensure there is increasing collaboration across the wider system and beyond.
Leading the designated Finance Manager – Service Improvement and team, the post holder will work in close partnership with the Divisional Directors, Clinical Chairs, Lead Clinicians, Deputy Divisional Directors, Divisional Finance Managers and other senior leaders across the finance teams and the wider Trust to ensure that each part of the programme is mutually reinforcing and delivering to target defined benefits and outputs.
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward- thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.
For a full and detailed description of the role please see the job description document attached to the vacancy
Interviews will be held in early July 2024
This advert closes on Sunday 16 Jun 2024
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