Main area Finance Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours
* Full time
* Flexible working
* Home or remote working
37.5 hours per week (Hybrid working arrangements with 60% on site on average. Can be based at either Castle Hill Hospital (Cottingham near Hull) or Diana Princess of Wales Hospital (Grimsby) with some cross-site travel needed.)
Job ref 208-7F3870-25-1
Employer Northern Lincolnshire & Goole NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type NHS
Site Diana Princess of Wales Hospital
Town Grimsby
Salary £29,970 - £44,962 per annum pro rata
Salary period Yearly
Closing 03/04/2025 23:59
Interview date 23/04/2025
Senior Analyst
Band 6
Job overview
Humber Health Partnership are developing new systems and processes to manage a large Cost Improvement Programme (CIP) for 2025/26. This will see the creation of a new programme governance structure and developments in programme tracking and reporting. It is a very exciting time to join the team, who are playing a pivotal role in these developments.
This position offers a proactive and innovative analyst the chance to expand current proficiencies and develop new skills within what is a changing and challenging time for the NHS. If you enjoy exploring data, engaging people and are interested in developing additional expertise in cost improvement and efficiency – please submit an application demonstrating how you meet the criteria outlined in the person specification.
Main duties of the job
* Consistently apply professional-level analytical methods to highly complex finance, performance and activity data from a range of sources to assess the efficiency of the business and identify opportunities.
* Collaborate with corporate and operational partners to identify, quantify, plan and develop complex cost improvement programmes, and ensure these are accurately reported to board-level forums.
* Co-develop business intelligence (BI) systems to a professional standard to support the finance and efficiency agenda including developing databases, analytic procedures and reports. Promote finance BI across the group, coaching consumers in ‘how to use’ and seeking feedback into further development.
* Apply and coach others in the practice of benefits management including identify and quantify, value and appraise, plan, realise and review.
* Interrogate benchmarking information to assess Trust performance against peers and identify ‘best practice’, develop informative and articulate reports based on findings, then engage senior stakeholders to present findings in a way that engages an audience despite potentially emotive performance issues.
Working for our organisation
NLAG is part of one of the largest acute and community Group arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Group has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Group and our community.
Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more detail about the job description and person specification please refer to the attached pdf documents. Although we have a Band 6 vacancy, we are also able to recruit into a Band 5 development role. Therefore, if you don't quite meet the Band 6 requirements but feel like this would be a great role for you, please still apply - you can start at Band 5 and undertake a period of learning and development until you reach the Band 6 requirements.
As part of that development, we can look at a range of opportunities including employer/ levy funded degree apprenticeships and similar support.
For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.
As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.
Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.
We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.
Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues.
We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.
We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of people’s age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
To learn more about Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, and discover the unique benefits on offer to employees, view our latest videos, plus more, please visit our recruitment website at https://joinnlag.co.uk/
In line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Recruitment & Workforce team will use and hold your personal data for the intended purpose and in line with the Recruitment & Workforce Privacy Statement.
“We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children/vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from all staff and volunteers”.
Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.
Person specification
Qualification
* Educated to degree level in a relevant discipline (i.e., business, finance, analytics) or able to demonstrate equivalent experience and ability
* Evidence of continued professional and personal development
* Should ideally have or be working towards a professional qualification (or masters) in finance, data analysis, or similar discipline
* APMG Managing Benefits Practitioner
* Microsoft Certified in Excel, Power BI, Fabric, or equivalent skills and accreditation
Knowledge & Experience
* Must be able to assess the impact of business change on performance and spend including quantifying and forecasting, and be a subject matter expert in this discipline
* Must be able to turn complex finance and performance data into intuitive and insightful visualisations
* Must be able to write high-quality written reports, business cases and policy documents
* Must be able to provide high-quality coaching, advice, and be able to professionally communicate with colleagues at all levels via multiple channels
* Must be able to actively participate in and chair meetings
* Good understanding of GDPR and records management ‘best practice’
* Expert-level Microsoft Excel skills including pivots, complex nested formula
* The ability to develop professional standard Power BI reports and utilize other data and analytics tools
* Practitioner-level understanding of benefits management
* Strong knowledge of financial management within the NHS including data models, processes and policies
* Able to use other data management and analytics tools and languages such as SQL, Fabric, Power Platform
Attributes
* Should have integrity, humility and a continuous learning ethos with the ability to learn from experience, listen to others, and adapt approach
* Passionate about improving outcomes at Humber Health Partnership
* Must be able to comply with core organisational values and behaviours
* The ability to problem solve, question existing practice, think ‘outside the box’, and design then implement solutions
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
* Manages own wellbeing and able to show personal resilience
* Able to work under pressure, prioritise own workload, and deliver to tight deadlines
* Able to practice assertiveness and conflict management techniques
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Name Ben Wood
Job title Finance Transformation Manager
Email address b.wood3@nhs.net
Telephone number 07825148939
Additional information
When applying for the role, please review the person specification and demonstrate the requirements listed. This is often done by describing examples of how you have demonstrated similar responsibilities previously. Please refer to our recruitment team or website for further information on how to apply.
Please email Ben Wood at b.wood3@nhs.net for further information about the role and function.
If you have problems applying, contact
Address Recruitment Team
Recruitment Office
Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital
Scartho Road
Grimsby
UK
DN31 2QQ
Telephone 03033 306519
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