Main area Finance Grade NHS AfC: Band 8c Contract Fixed term: 2 years (or Secondment) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday) Job ref 177-CORP-6912290
Employer James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site James Paget University Hospital Town Gorleston Salary £74,290 - £85,601 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 26/01/2025 23:59
Finance Lead - Major Projects
NHS AfC: Band 8c
The James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of around 250,000 people in the Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft and Waveney areas. The Trust provides an integrated hospital and community children’s service.
Patient and staff experience is important to us and these are the behaviours we live by:
* Putting patients first
* Aiming to get it right
* Recognising that everybody counts
* Doing everything openly and honestly
‘Prior consideration will be given to NHS At Risk staff within East of England'
Job overview
At James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, we are embarking on a once in a generation journey to transform healthcare. As the Finance Lead for major projects, you'll play a central role in an unparalleled opportunity to be part of a team that will be igniting a new era of healthcare excellence and improved outcomes. The New Hospital Programme and EPR projects are being delivered in a time of significant change within the Trust and wider Integrated Care System.
The principal role of the Finance Lead is to oversee the financial management and accounting service for all aspects of the two capital programmes. This role will be part of the Project Management Office for the Acute Hospital Collaborative’ Electronic Patient Records (EPR) programme and will work across the three main Acute Trusts within the Partnership; The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, the James Paget University Hospital and the Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn. The post will be based at the James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, with hybrid working and occasional travel mostly within the ICS locality.
The post holder will be pivotal in supporting the delivery of the New Hospital Programme. The post holder will be expected to align to the Trust’s change, project, and programme management approach with regard to delivery.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work closely with members of the EPR Project as well as Department Leads across the three Acute Trusts in order to support the financial aspects of the EPR Programme, as well as working closely with members of the programme team and other stakeholders across the Trust in order to support the financial aspects of the NHP Programme.
The post holder will provide strategic financial support and assurance on future iterations of the EPR budget, utilising a suitable fit for purpose change request process to provide assurance that spending commitments remain within financial envelope, as well as providing financial support and analysis as required for the development on future iterations of the NHP business case (SOC, OBC and FBC).
Working for our organisation
We want to attract the best and brightest people to work with us and that means we will look after you from the moment you apply for a role at the Trust and throughout your career with us. Our staff are central to everything we do, and we believe that investing in you is crucial if we want to enable you to reach your full potential.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Activities - NHP
· Conduct financial and cost modelling for business case, gathering inputs from BAU finance roles to assess project viability, budget allocation and financial implications.
· Define and execute the financial strategies aligned with project objectives to ensure the project is financially feasible and adheres to the appropriate guidelines.
· Develop the financial case as an integral component of the business case and articulate the project’s financial rational and benefits.
· Oversee the project budget, monitor expenditures and ensure accurate financial tracking throughout the scheme’s development lifecycle to comply with Trust and NHP reporting exercises.
· Manage project finances, aligning capital investments and cash flows to optimise resource allocation and ensure financial sustainability.
· Engage with NHP Finance Business Partners and Cost and Commercial Services to ensure financial control is effectively applied with appropriate due diligence performed and governance route taken for any funding released or contingency drawn down.
· Analyse financial performance metrics, identify areas for improvement and implement strategies to optimise financial outcomes.
· Provide corporate finance support to the project team to help them in making appropriate financial decisions and allocating resources.
· Provide consistent, accurate, robust, timely and relevant financial monitoring, forecasts and value-added analysis to support better management of resources and more effective decision making. Ensure there is a shared understanding of forecast cost and risks across NHP, Regional Finance Leads and the Trust.
· Prepare regular financial reports and presentations for project leadership and key stakeholders, including the Head of Scheme Engagement.
Activities – EPR
· To work closely with members of the Programme Management Office and members of the EPR Programme Board to support delivery of the financial aspects of the EPR Programme.
· Provide line management support to the EPR Programme Accountant ensuring the day-to-day financial monitoring and reporting of the EPR Programme is in place and effective.
· To deputise for the JPUH Chief Finance Officer as required to cover in capacity as Commercial and Finance Workstream lead, including as required attendance at Programme Steering Group meetings and the EPR Programme Board.
· To ensure financial governance arrangements are in place in line with best practice, including robust change request processes, monitoring and reporting of financial performance, and the management and reporting of financial and other risks.
· To work closely with colleagues from the programme to ensure a rigorous approach to benefits realisation to ensure financial sustainability in accordance with the approved Full Business Case.
· To work with and have oversight of the complex procurement caseload, and escalate procurement risks to the Steering Group and Programme Board as necessary.
· To work with and have oversight of the contract management arrangements in place as necessary for large scale contract delivery across multiple organisations, escalating the financial impact of contract management risks to the Steering Group and Programme Board as necessary.
· To be a primary point of contact for financial discussions with NHS Frontline Digital, including performance reporting and complying with regulatory requirements to ensure timely drawdown of funding allocations.
· Provide finance support to the programme team to help them in making appropriate financial decisions and allocating resources.
Person specification
Qualifications
Masters level qualification or experience
* qualification or experience
* Management of multi-disciplinary schemes
The James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust recognises the requirement to promote health and reduce ill-health. The Trust is committed to the principles of improving working lives through a number of initiatives such as job share, flexible working and the development of a culture of openness and transparency. The Trust is committed to ensuring that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of their age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.
‘Prior consideration will be given to NHS At Risk staff within East of England'
Tier 2 Sponsorship :We are pleased to consider applicants who require Tier 2 sponsorship to work in the UK but it is unlikely that we would be able to appoint if a suitably qualified, experienced and skilled UK/Right to work candidate is available. Applying for entry clearance into the UK, must provide 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) will also be subject to this requirement.
Please check your account regularly under “My Applications” to view the progress of your applications. If you do not hear from us within 4 weeks, please assume your application has been unsuccessful.
In submitting an application form, you authorise the Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process.
Please note that should we experience a high level of interest in this post, the vacancy may be closed prior to the stated closing date.
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You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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