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Job overview

The Senior Income Accountant participates in interpreting and implementing the NHS Payment Scheme rules and provides advice to
directorates and senior managers of the impact of changes to tariff guidance on the Trust's clinical income.  The job is also responsible for reporting on and interpreting clinical income at both a directorate and trust wide level.

To be successful in this post you will be required to have excellent communication and organisational skills, be able to manage your own
workload, work to tight deadlines and have a good eye for detail.

You should have experience working in a complex financial environment and have excellent technical and communication skills. You will be
responsible for the line management of two Band 6 Finance & Contracts accountants, and should have experience of managing and developing
staff.

Please note:  Job banding as AfC band 7 is provisional pending full job banding evaluation.

Main duties of the job

• Lead preparation of the monthly Clinical Income position in accordance with current income guidance and any local agreements.
• Ensuring Clinical Income is correctly accounted for each month and ensuring the correct calculation of income accruals where necessary.
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  Lead preparation of a range of income reports to meet both month-end, year-end and ad hoc reporting requirements.
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  Ensure that all Clinical Income due to the trust has been invoiced or paid in adherence to current guidance. This includes both contractual and non-contractual income.
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  Build strong relationships with finance colleagues and service managers in order to ensure all Clinical Income is accurate, and any service or data changes are captured and reported as necessary.
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  Support the implementation of new data processes in a robust manner as new guidance is published.
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  Responsible for the supervision and management of the income team members.

Working for our organisation

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is a large acute hospital Trust in the county of Kent.

The Trust provides a full range of general hospital services and some areas of specialist complex care to around 760,000 people living in the south part of West Kent and the north part of East Sussex.

The Trust’s core catchment areas are Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells and their surrounding boroughs. We work from two main clinical sites: Maidstone Hospital and Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury. Tunbridge Wells Hospital opened in 2011 and provides single rooms with en-suites for all in-patients – the first of its kind in the country.

We employ more than 7,000 full and part-time staff in a huge range of clinical and non-clinical roles across both of our hospital sites.

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.

Please contact the Recruiting Manager for an informal discussion should you have any queries relating to the role for which you are applying. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted via an email as soon as possible after the closing date. Should you receive an invitation to attend interview, please confirm or decline your attendance. Interview slots will then be allocated on a first come first serve basis.

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