Main area: Financial Management
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 5-7
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Mon-Fri)
Job ref: 357-LN-1892-24
Employer: United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Lincoln County Hospital
Town: Lincoln
Salary: £28,407 - £50,056 (dependent on experience)
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 24/02/2025 23:59
Transitional Finance Business Partner - Band 5-7
We recognise that outstanding care can only be delivered through our people. We want to attract people who can help us deliver our vision. We want in return to help people achieve what they wish in their careers in the NHS at ULTH.
We are always keen to welcome highly skilled, committed and compassionate individuals to our hospitals – people who put patients at the heart of everything they do and are ready to help us achieve our vision.
Our values
* Patient-centred: Putting patients at the heart of everything we do, listening and responding to their needs and wishes.
* Safety: Following ULTH and professional guidelines. Speaking up to make sure patients and staff are safe from harm.
* Excellence: Striving to be the best that we can be. Innovating and learning from others.
* Compassion: Caring for patients and their loved ones in ways we would want for our friends and family.
* Respect: Behaving and using language that demonstrates respect and courtesy to others. Zero tolerance to bullying, inequality, prejudice and discrimination.
If you believe in them too, then you are ready to join the ULTH team.
We’ve taken great pride in building working environments where staff always feel valued, cared for and part of a team. Without doubt this is a challenging yet very rewarding job that is at the centre of health and care in Lincolnshire - making a positive difference to our patients.
Job overview
Are you
* Looking for a role within the finance department of a large acute Trust?
* Wanting to work in one of the largest hospital trusts in the country?
* Wanting to play a role in improving the Trust’s financial and quality positions?
* Enthusiastic and highly motivated?
The Role
* Transitional Finance Business Partner, Financial Management Team, Lincoln based
* Agenda For Change Band 5-7; 37.5 hours per week with agile/flexible working opportunities
* Permanent
* This is a transitional role and salary will be based on work-based experience and exam progression.
You will be a member of the Finance Department, working in Financial Management, and contributing to the delivery of an efficient, high-quality Financial Management service with opportunities to shadow other finance and clinical roles. You will receive support and encouragement to fulfil your development needs through both internal and external opportunities.
Main duties of the job
We are seeking a high calibre, forward-thinking individual with an improvement and growth mind-set to enhance our progressive and energetic Team.
* Experience of management accounting and costing techniques.
* Experience of producing and presenting reports at various organisational levels.
* Experience of IT including advanced spreadsheets, computerised financial ledgers, budgeting and financial modelling systems and costing systems.
* Some understanding of NHS Financial Regime.
* Excellent communication skills – you must be able to work in a team, build good working relationships with colleagues, possess good influencing and negotiating skills, be achievement orientated and able to use your own initiative.
* It is also important that the person within this role demonstrates a strong performance against the Trust Behaviour Framework.
Person specification
Qualifications
* AAT or Equivalent.
* Evidence of Continuous Professional Development.
* Undertaking or willing to undertake further management courses.
* CCAB Qualified.
Knowledge, Skills and Aptitude
* Advanced IT skills.
* Analytical powers and Business Thinking.
* Relationship Building and Team Working.
* Achievement Orientation, Self Confidence and Initiative.
* Excellent communication skills and the ability to work across various levels of the organisation.
* Negotiating and influencing skills.
* Some knowledge of finance legislation.
* Planning and Organisation.
* Numerical skills.
* Awareness and Knowledge of the dignity in care agenda.
* Ability to evidence/demonstrate key values and behaviours in line with the Trust framework: Patient Centred; Safety; Compassion; Respect; Excellence.
* Judgement and Decision Making.
* Leadership and Coaching skills.
Previous Experience
* Previous experience of management accounting and costing techniques.
* Producing and presenting reports at various levels dependent on organisational structure.
* Experience of IT including advanced spreadsheets, computerised financial ledgers, budgeting and financial modelling systems and costing systems.
* Some understanding of NHS Financial Regime.
* Previous finance experience within the Health Service.
* Previous Senior Financial management experience within the NHS.
* Experience of working within an acute trust.
Specific requirements
* Driving – able to commute to different sites and within the region.
* Acts as a role model and promotes professional working ethics.
* Able to be flexible with working patterns, which may include some evenings and weekends as determined by the needs of the service & key deadlines.
* Able to demonstrate commitment to the job, the achievement of deadlines and acceptance of personal responsibility.
* Must be committed to the maintenance and development of professional standards.
ULTH recognises that everyone is different, and values the unique contribution that individual experiences, knowledge and skills make in delivering quality healthcare and becoming a model employer. We are committed to transforming our organisational culture by actively committing to implementing the Trust Single Equality Scheme, and other policies, such as the Dignity in Care policy and the Dignity at Work policy. We will continue to promote equality and challenge discrimination in all service provision, recognising and meeting the needs of the diverse communities we serve.
As a responsible employer, ULTH would encourage staff wishing to join the Trust to take up the COVID vaccination as this continues to remain the best line of defence against COVID19.
Please note that we do not accept CVs.
Due to the high volume of applications we receive, ULTH reserves the right to close this advert prior to the closing date.
No DBS fees to pay: Successful candidates will have DBS applications applied for & paid by ULTH where applicable. There is no requirement to reimburse ULTH for this cost.
We welcome applications from the UK Armed Forces Community. On the application form please tick “Member of the Armed Forces Community” if applicable.
* A Veteran
* A Military Reserve
* Partner/Spouse of those Serving (partners/spouses are only eligible while their partner is serving in the Armed Forces)
Contact Information
Name: Nicola Scatliffe
Job title: Divisional Head of Finance
Email address: Nicola.Scatliffe@ulh.nhs.uk
For an informal discussion please contact Nicola Scatliffe and I will arrange a call to discuss the role at a time suitable for both parties.
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