Senior Clinical Board Accountant
Job Description
Job summary
We are looking to fill the role of Senior Clinical Board Accountant in the Clinical Diagnostics and Therapeutics Team. This is an important role within the finance team, providing Business Partnering support to a diverse and exciting group of directorates.
The successful post holder will report to the Assistant Finance Business Partner.
Are you who we are looking for? If you are enthusiastic, motivated and positive, then this is the first step, but more importantly, are you someone who has extensive experience within a management accounts team, in a large, fast paced and complex organisation?
If you are an ambitious finance professional, able to manage complex financial issues and effectively engage and communicate with groups of staff across the Health Board, this is a great opportunity to work with a dynamic, innovative and forward thinking team.
We welcome and encourage potential candidates to contact the Assistant Finance Business Partner ([email protected]) to discuss the requirements of the post, or for any further information required.
Main duties of the job
This post will work closely with the Clinical Board to ensure efficient use of financial resources, and to identify (and help implement) value-based decision making and the use of benchmarking.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply
About us
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 15,000 staff, providing over100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving around 500,000 peopleliving in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partnersto develop regional services.
Our mission is "Caring for People, Keeping People Well", and our vision is that every person's chance of leading a healthy life should beequal. As an organisation we are unashamedly ambitious for our population's health, rising to the challenges of today and tomorrow through our 10-year strategy, Shaping our Future Wellbeing. We are contributing to a healthier Wales with great emphasis placed on innovation and improvement, learning from around the world and leading the way in clinical research. Partnership working is strong at Cardiff and Vale, and wework closely with our staff and our community.
Cardiff, the thriving Welsh capital, is a fantastic city to live and work in with an abundance of sports, arts and cultural attractions. Situated to thewest of Cardiff, the Vale of Glamorgan offers a combination of beautiful Welsh countryside and a dramatic natural coastline. Whether city life orrural living, Cardiff and the Vale offers the best of both worlds.
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job Description and Person Specification within the supporting documents, or please click Apply now toview in Trac.
Person Specification
Qualifiactions
Essential
- CCAB Professionally Qualified Accountant (or equivalent Band 7 experience).
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
Experience
Essential
- Significant finance experience within the NHS, Public or Private Sector
- Knowledge of financial and accounting procedures, financial aspects of NHS legislation and NHS finance policies
- Ability to deal with complicated situations
- Experience of managing people and teams
- Knowledge and experience of NHS financial management and business and strategic planning
Desirable
- Experience in the NHS
Skills
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills
- Strong analytical, interpretational and comparative skills
- Demonstrable ability to work on multiple complex tasks simultaneously and produce high quality work within tight deadlines and within resource constraints
- IT literate with the ability to us Microsoft products, including advanced level of Excel spreadsheets
- Ability to work autonomously and as part of a multi-disciplinary team
Desirable
- Use of Oracle or other general ledger systems
- Ability to think innovatively and develop new ways of working
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Highly committed and self motivated, with high professional standards
- Ability to influence key stakeholders
- Ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of professional staff and managers at all levels, both internal and external to the organisation
- Emotionally resilient and able to respond to exposure to distressing or emotional circumstances
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to plan and prioritise workloads
- Need for intense concentration over a sustained period of time
- Ability to work flexibly
Other
Essential
- Able to travel extensively to undertake the duties of the post at various sites
Special Knowledge
Essential
- Basic knowledge of NHS Finance regime, NHS Financial Management and Business Planning, and NHS Current Developments & Strategies
- Ability to interpret and apply Financial Reporting Standards & Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
Desirable
- Detailed knowledge of NHS Finance regime, NHS Financial Management and Business Planning, and NHS Current Developments & Strategies
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Address
Woodland House
Maes y Coed Road
Cardiff
CF14 4HH
