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- NHS AfC: Band 5
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- Secondiad: 9 mis (Secondment/Fixed term with possibility to extend to 12 months)
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- Llawnamser - 37.5 awr yr wythnos (Hybrid)
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- 318-25-T0234
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- Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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- Riverside House
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- Cheltenham
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- £29,970 - £36,483 (pro rata if part time)
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- 30/03/2025 23:59
Teitl cyflogwr
Costing Analyst, Band 5
NHS AfC: Band 5
Join us at an exciting time for Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust! We have an ambitious plan for our journey to Outstanding and are looking for aspirational, committed individuals to join us, making a real difference to both staff and patients.
As a former winner of England for excellence award: Tourism destination of the year, the beautiful city of Gloucester and the scenic regency spa town of Cheltenham are fantastic places to work and live.
As a hospital Trust we are currently involved in over 100 clinical trials and studies, whilst also providing acute elective and specialist services to a population of over 620,000.
By joining Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust new colleagues can look forward to a warm welcome and a future full of opportunities and support.
Trosolwg o'r swydd
The successful candidate will play a key part in supporting the Head of Costing as part of the enthusiastic Costing Team. The Costing Analyst will be involved in various costing processes including service line reporting and the national cost collection to transform and improve the Patient Level Costing Data (PLICS) and thus enabling clinical and corporate teams to make a positive difference to patient care. It is an exciting role offering development and varied work with different levels of staff within the Trust and external networking with other NHS organisations.
Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd
Utilising the Costing Software to bring together effective analysis of activity and resource consumption, producing cost information that is more meaningful and relevant to clinical and corporate teams.
The post will support the Head of Costing in providing relevant, validated and timely information using the wealth of granular data the Trust holds.
The post holder will be vital in the process, validation and analysis of data into information through Microsoft Excel, PowerBI and the cloud based costing software package.
We are looking for a motivated individual who is enthusiastic about enabling best care for everyone, passionate about positive change for staff and patients and an interest in the benefits that Patient Level Costing can have to patients, integrated care system pathways and financial sustainability.
Gweithio i'n sefydliad
The Costing Team plays a key role in the evaluating robust and detailed PLICS data cost in the delivery of financial sustainability and financial balance.
Costing has a major role to play in supporting the delivery of high quality sustainable services to meet the major financial challenges faced, allowing the understanding of service costs, reduce unwarranted variation and develop new models of care.
This is a challenging but very rewarding role where you stand to make a real difference. The team completes the mandatory national cost collection submission in line with NHS England & Improvements Costing Transformation Programme.
The Costing team is a small enthusiastic team with purpose, drive and passion to transform and improve data, enabling positive change and building strong relationships and networks, within and outside the Trust. The team is also involved in the wider Costing Community in the South West and Nationally.
Swydd-ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl
Under the leadership/guidance and support from the Head of Costing:
To support in the delivery through the development and implementation of Service Line Reporting (SLR) and Patient Level Costing (PLICS), utilising various data sources primarily through Civica’s managed cloud costing platform model.
Ensure the continuous improvement and refinement to apportionment methodologies, system enhancements and activity weightings.
Build strong relationships with clinical and operational colleagues across the trust to promote engagement on the Trusts costing agenda.
Undertake detailed analysis of complex patient level costing information, highlighting key variances and supporting colleagues in the interpretation of the information.
Support any benchmarking work as required.
Support the timely delivery of the annual national cost collection submission.
Lead in the maintenance and review of the internal costing systems to meet the changing requirements from NHSEI national guidance and standards following the Costing Transformation Programme. This will require keeping up to date with developments of NHSEI costing standards and collection guidance.
Continually review and update with finance and non-finance colleagues any improvements to apportionment methods to reflect the most appropriate way to allocate costs.
Maintain the costing model and the upload of the costing ledger that reconciles to the annual accounts or quarterly ledger output.
Represent the trust in discussions with other trusts or the national costing team on general or focussed costing work with peers.
Maintain the Integrated Costing Assurance Log (ICAL) to record the decisions made within costing to prepare for SLR and PLICS.
Please refer to the full job description for further details on the role.
Manyleb y person
Qualifications
Meini prawf hanfodol
- AAT Intermediate Level / or relevant NVQ Level 3/ or appropriate finance experience within the NHS or a large finance/information department.
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, Experience
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Ability to analyse, interpret and report large complex data
- High level of numeracy and accuracy skills and attention to detail
- Advanced knowledge and highly skilled in the use of MS Excel
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including negotiation and facilitation and able to convey complex information and ideas clearly and succinctly, particularly where results are achieved through others not directly managed by the post holder
- To maintain confidentiality at all times and to ensure compliance with the Data Protection Act, reporting any problems etc in the appropriate manner
- Ability and experience to present information with a high level of accuracy to a wide range of audiences both verbally and electronically (e.g. charts graphs, reports, scorecards, tables, dashboards etc.)
- Experience of working to tight deadlines
- Experience of dealing with conflict and prioritising demands
- Empathetic and assertive skills to deal with various stakeholders
Meini prawf dymunol
- Report writing and presentation skills
- Knowledge of CIVICA CostMaster
- In depth understanding of how acute hospitals work
- Evidence of developing, changing and improving practice
- Knowledge and experience of change management
- Experience of supporting service improvement initiatives in an NHS environment
Communication
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Strong communication skills, both orally and in writing
- Accepts constructive feedback and continues to develop high quality costing analysis
- The ability to interpret highly complex numerical data and to communicate effectively with non- financial professionals
Meini prawf dymunol
- Ability to train and explain financial information to finance and non-finance managers
Qualities
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Requirement to meet CPD skills
- Consistent professionalism and objectivity
- Confident and approachable. Good listener
- Able to work independently
Bathodynnau ardystio / achredu cyflogwyr
Dogfennau i'w lawrlwytho
Rhagor o fanylion / cyswllt ar gyfer ymweliadau anffurfiol
- Enw
- Kate Chew
- Teitl y swydd
- Costing Accountant
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
- Rhif ffôn
- 07743 660116
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