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Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust (LGT) is a community-focused provider of local and acute care, delivering high-quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich, and Bexley. We provide whole-life care and support our communities to live healthier lives as well as taking care of them when they need us the most.
Employing almost 7,500 colleagues, affectionately known as Team LGT, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham, and at over a dozen community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup.
We have recently launched our new vision and values to mark the LGT10 - the tenth anniversary of our Trust forming in 2013. Our trust vision is to be exceptional in the quality of our patient care; our support for colleagues; and in the difference we make through our partnerships and in our communities.
To achieve this we value Respect, Compassion, and Inclusion; Being accountable over staying comfortable; Listening over always knowing best; and Succeeding together over achieving alone.
Job overview
The Head of Costing will take responsibility for the day-to-day management of the costing team in the provision of expert advice and recommendations to divisions on all costing issues including national cost collection, service line reporting, and patient level costing.
The post holder will support the Head of Productivity & Efficiency and the Associate Director of Finance in the implementation of the organisation's Costing and Service Line Management Strategies, ensuring that policies, systems, and resources enable the Strategy of the Trust to be delivered while ensuring compliance with appropriate technical, professional, and quality standards.
The post holder will lead on the production of the Trust's national cost collection return in accordance with the national reporting timetables. They will also lead on the preparation of benchmarking reports in liaison with other trusts and communicate the findings to Divisions, the Head of Productivity and Efficiency, the Associate Director of Finance, and the Deputy Director of Finance.
They will direct, motivate, and manage the team and play a key role in developing their skills and working with other senior finance colleagues to ensure the finance function overall provides high quality, professional financial support to the Trust that meets the needs of the business.
Main duties of the job
Costing and Reporting
1. Lead on the implementation of SLR and PLICS system, acting as the lead liaison with external partners.
2. Responsible for the development of PLICs and SLR to ensure that they meet the multiple specifications required across the Trust.
3. Perform advanced data analysis with the ability to write, modify, and run complex SQL queries on single or multiple tables/views.
4. Provide support to Clinical Divisions where service development opportunities have been identified.
5. Lead on the production of the Trust's national cost collection.
Person specification
Costing Experience
Essential criteria
* Evidence years of experience working in costing at senior level.
Desirable criteria
* CCAB qualified.
Experience using costing systems
Essential criteria
* Costing System Experience (IQVIA).
We reserve the right to close the post before the stated closing date, please apply early. We do not contact applicants with the outcome of the shortlisting. If you have been shortlisted, you will receive an invite to an assessment day or interview.
As a local employer and anchor institution, we work closely with our community to recruit locally and we welcome applications from the widest variety of people.
Please note, not all roles will meet the criteria for a skilled worker visa.
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Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
* Candidate Information Pack (PDF, 836.2KB)
* Working at LGT (PDF, 4.2MB)
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