As University Hospitals Dorset, we are a three-site acute trust with 'university hospital' status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.
We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £250m estates programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.
In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches, you'll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we're also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth, and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.
We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming, and productive place to work. We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.
At UHD, our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group. As a Trust, we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.
Job Overview
University Hospitals Dorset are looking for a motivated individual to join our Income and Costing team as a Band 5 Costing Accountant!
The post will support the production of Service Line Reporting, Patient Level Costing (PLICS), and will assist in the submission of the National Cost Collection (NCC).
We are looking for a candidate who is keen to develop a career in NHS finance and we will actively support you with this. The successful candidate will be working as part of a committed team and should be able to demonstrate the desire to work in NHS Finance, ability to work in a team and to deadlines, prioritising workload and able to communicate well to non-finance colleagues.
Main Duties of the Job
Main duties of the job include:
* To lead on maintenance of data sets required for the costing function including identification of new functions and their treatment.
* To ensure the timely and accurate input of data into the costing model with reconciliations to ensure completeness.
* To assist with the reconciliation of activity between source data and final outputs of costing system - Reconciliation to Secondary User Systems/Health Episode Statistics (SUS/HES) for the National Cost Collection (NCC) returns.
* To develop and maintain strong data quality processes.
* To capture new data alongside clinical services and their teams to meet Costing Transformation Programme (CTP) requirements.
Working for Our Organisation
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme. This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.
Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential criteria
* Data manipulation
Desirable criteria
* SQL Experience
Qualifications
Essential criteria
* AAT Qualified
* Data manipulation
Desirable criteria
* NHS Experience
Please note:
Staff recruited are expected to be available to work flexibly across all our Trust locations to meet service demands. This advert may be closed early if sufficient applications are received.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself and our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst this vaccination is not a condition of employment we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated.
Internal Candidates: Staff employed prior to merger who voluntarily change jobs will be appointed to UHD terms and conditions.
Employer Certification / Accreditation Badges
Applicant Requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Documents to Download
* Job Description Costing Accountant (PDF, 480.3 KB)
* Costing Accountant Personal Specification (PDF, 272.6 KB)
* DBS - FAQs (PDF, 102.0 KB)
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