Head of Financial Intelligence/Costing
- NHS
- Full Time
- Chesterfield
- Negotiable
Job Description
Job summary
DSFS Ltd are seeking to recruit a successful candidate into the position of Head of Financial Intelligence. This job has been reviewed to ensure we are meeting the needs of the changing landscape around us in terms of understanding a raft of financial information, the impact on patient pathways and where we have room for continuous improvement in our processes and outputs
This will help us support the organisation make informed decisions in the interest of the patients we serve focusing on our strategic objectives, focus internally and externally across the Derbyshire Healthcare system.
This post will be part of delivering leadership the "DSFS Way", delivering our services and support in a 4 colour way linked to our organisational values (Respect, Reliable, Resourceful and Responsive)
Within Finance you will be an active member in one of our new Excellence groups helping develop and promote change in the interest of our staff and customers
The team operates a hybrid working model of 3 days on-site and 2 days working from home each week. The role is advertised as full time permanent, however, we are open to conversations around other flexible options
Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Limited currently do not offer a Certificate of Sponsorship, any applications which require sponsorship will not be considered
Interview W/C 27th January 2025
Main duties of the job
This role will oversee and lead the costing team and will have close links with divisional stakeholders to ensure good engagement with our costing information, linking with the available benchmarking tools to help assist our focus as an organisation around best practice, realigning resources and proactively informing and supporting divisions around their processes and utilisation of resources. (Includes development of our patient level information costing system)
About us
Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Ltd. (DSFS) is a subsidiary company that's 100% owned by Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
DSFS has just over 900 staff across Soft and Hard Facilities Services, and our corporate services including, ICT, Patient Records, Switchboard, Procurement, Finance and Clinical Engineering. Very much part of the 'Chesterfield Royal family', DSFS builds on solid NHS foundations to offer a more commercial approach that's dynamic, flexible, and proactive.
DSFS are proud to be striving to achieve a truly diverse and inclusive flexible workforce by valuing and welcoming everyone's abilities, uniqueness, and individuality. All our colleagues have the right to and should be able to feel 100% themselves at work; we believe that all our people add to and should improve our culture and not just fit in with it. By embracing our diverse backgrounds and differences our culture becomes richer and makes us stronger together.
Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Limited currently do not offer a Certificate of Sponsorship, any applications which require sponsorship will not be considered
Please see below link for the DSFS website.
DSFS - Derbyshire Support & Facilities Services Limited | DSFS
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Job responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached to this vacancy. This document contains a full detailed description of the role and what the main responsibilities and duties are along with the criteria that is required.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Part CCAB qualified.
- Practical experience of NHS Costing.
- Evidence of on-going professional or personal development, e.g., Continuing Professional Development.
- Evidence of leadership development.
Desirable
- oFully CCAB qualified.
- oPostgraduate degree level education or equivalent knowledge and skills.
Experience
Essential
- Background in a NHS costing function inc exposure to SLR reporting
- Practical Experience of delivering PLICs
- Experience of engaging and communicating effectively with people at all levels.
- Experience of modelling the financial impact of service pathway design
- Expert analytical skills to solve highly complex financial and non-financial problems.
- Track record of financial and non-financial achievements
- Experience of leading, managing & developing teams.
Desirable
- Knowledge/Experience of working outside organisational boundaries in a wider system.
- Experience with external benchmarking tools including Model Hospital
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to interpret highly complex information, including national financial policies, using skills knowledge and judgement.
- Active listening skills, to interpret managers needs and issues.
- Support and participate in leading and shaping the vision of the Finance Team.
- Understanding of NHS national context, policies, payment structures and other strategic issues.
Desirable
- Ability to forge and maintain constructive relationships with senior managers with the ability to communicate effectively within a multi-disciplinary and team based environment
- IT literate, preferably MS Office, including ability to design and utilise
- Ability to express facts, ideas and opinions clearly and directly both orally and in writing to both internal and external stakeholders.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Effective team worker
- Highly proactive
- Ability to work autonomously
- Resilient
- Motivated to work in the NHS
- Caring
- Confident with a positive attitude.
- Professional work approach
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
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
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
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Chesterfield Royal Hospital
Calow
Chesterfield
S44 5BL
