Job summary
- Main area
- Finance
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Hybrid working pattern of between 2 and 3 days in the office with the remainder working from home)
- Job ref
- 359-6401463-T3
- Employer
- Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Hermitage Court
- Town
- Maidstone
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
- Interview date
- 23/07/2024
Employer heading
Management Accountant
Band 6
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for the position of Management Accountant based at Hermitage Court Maidstone (5 minutes walk to Maidstone Hospital). This role will be supporting the Medicine and Emergency Division, ideally applicants should be partly qualified and studying towards a recognised accounting qualification.
You would be expected to have experience working within the Finance function ideally within an Acute Trust environment and possesses excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to deal with people at all levels.
Please note the finance department work a hybrid working pattern which will therefore require 2 days in the office with the reminder working from home.
Main duties of the job
You should be enthusiastic and be able to work with little supervision to tight deadlines, have extensive experience using a computerised ledger system and an in-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office software.
Please note applicants who have been unsuccessful within the last three months need not apply.
Working for our organisation
MTW is a large acute hospital trust in the south-east of England. We provide a full range of general hospital services and some aspects of specialist and complex care to around 600,000 people living in west Kent and East Sussex. We have a team of over 8,000 full and part-time staff. We also provide specialist cancer services to around 2 million people across Kent and East Sussex via the Kent Oncology Centre.
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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Once your pre-employment checks have been completed you will be contacted by Recruitment to arrange your start date which will be in line with one of our Corporate Inductions. |
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At MTW, we seek to develop a culture where everyone can reach their full potential with opportunities to grow and develop their career. We recognise and value the unique contributions that each of our staff bring, delivering the best quality care and service to our patients. We are committed to being a diverse employer and strive to reflect everyone in our local communities. We welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences and celebrate the diversity of thought, viewpoints and ideas that will make our Trust the best place to work.
We support our staff with disabilities to ensure they have the adjustments they need to be the best they can be in the workplace. Collaborating with Access to Work means that our staff are assessed by experts in the workplace and we ensure that their recommendations are implemented as quickly as possible. You can find out more here: Access to Work: get support if you have a disability or health condition: What Access to Work is - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Interview Date: 23rd July 2024 |
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Qualified AAT or CCAB part qualified or relevant appropriate experience of NHS finance within acute Trust or similar environment.
- Experience working within the Finance function
Desirable criteria
- Actively pursue own training requirements
- Experience working within financial management of an acute Trust
Experience and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Experience of Financial ledger system
- Requires excellent IT skills - in depth knowledge of Word, Excel spreadsheets and Access databases
Skills
Essential criteria
- To be able work independently when required.
- To be able to communicate complex and sensitive information both verbally and in writing
- Develop working relations and be able to use interpersonal skills to be able to persuade, motivate and negotiate
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Paula Susans
- Job title
- Finance Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01622 939654
- Additional information
Richard Sykes - Head of Financial Management ([email protected])
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