Job summary
- Main area
- Finance
- Grade
- Executives / VSM: Executives / VSM
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 337-NP-8134ND
- Employer
- London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Northwick Park Hospital
- Town
- Harrow
- Salary
- £100,000 - £200,000 VSM
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 13/09/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 27/09/2024
Employer heading
Chief Finance Officer
Executives / VSM: Executives / VSM
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Find out more about our Trust and why you should join us#WeAreLNWH
Find out more about Our HEART values
Find out more about our Trust Staff Benefits
Our vision at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is to put “Quality at our HEART”. Find out more about our ambitious strategy
We are clear that our vision can only be achieved by our staff, who are our most valuable asset.
Our vision is driven by our HEART values and behaviours which were developed together with our staff.
- H onesty
- E quity
- A ccountability
- R espect
- T eamwork
These values describe how we interact with each other and our patients and must underpin everything we do to achieve our vision.
LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Job overview
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) is the second largest acute provider of healthcare in Northwest London providing healthcare for a population of over 1 million people in the boroughs of Brent, Harrow, and Ealing. We have 3 hospital sites which are Northwick Park, Ealing, and Central Middlesex. The trust provides acute care in North West London across 3 main hospital sites, Northwick Park, Ealing and Central Middlesex and also provides a state-of-the-art Elective Orthopaedic Centre for North West London and a Community Diagnostic Centre Hub.
The Trust employs Circa 10,000 WTE who collectively provide care for the 1 million population they serve across its 3 boroughs, providing health care to one of the most diverse populations in England: with an income of Circa £1Billion annually.
We are looking for an experienced executive Chief Finance Officer (CFO) to continue to deliver the Trusts ambitious financial plan and continue to deliver the trusts recent history of delivering a balanced financial plan in a challenged NHS environment. The postholder will also work collaboratively within the Acute Provider Collaborative (APC) ensuring an APC financial plan is delivered in partnership with the ICS.
Main duties of the job
Financial Resources
Advise the Chief Executive and the Board of Directors on all aspects of:
· Financial strategy and financial management
· Procurement and supplies
· Contracting and service level agreements
· Financial risk and investment appraisal
· Borrowings and other sources of finance
· Covenant compliance
· Cash flow management
· Commercial opportunities and risks
· Financial Systems Development.
Working for our organisation
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Detailed job description and main responsibilities:
To view the main responsibility, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification
Person specification
Education
Essential criteria
- • Master’s qualification or to demonstrate an equivalent level of experience in management
- • Certified accountant with recognised professional qualification
- • Evidence of continuing personal and professional development
Desirable criteria
- • Knowledge of the NHS Improvement Single Oversight Framework and the importance of the Chief Finance Officer accountabilities
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- • Experience of strategic leadership of transformational organisational change and culture in challenging economic and fiscal times
- • A minimum of 5 years’ experience of working successfully at a Board level in a complex organisation and a minimum of 5 years’ experience of working successfully at a Board level in a complex organisation
- • Experience of developing effective strategies such as asset management and performance, managing these strategies in a complex political environment
- • Evidence of developing effective and influential relationships with both internal and external stakeholders
- • Evidence of delivering consistently sound financial control, analysis and results based on information and performance
Desirable criteria
- • Experience as a Board level NHS Finance Director
Skills and abilities
Essential criteria
- • A highly effective leader of professionals, whether within the NHS, wider public or commercial sectors, against a changing context of national policies and drivers
- • An understanding of and interest in healthcare, a commitment to NHS principles and the aims of the Trust and the wider local community
- • High level of work organisation, self-motivation, drive for performance and improvement, and flexibility in approach and attitude
- • Ability to think and plan strategically, tactically and creatively and to prioritise work programs in the face of competing demands
- • Strong inter-personal skills and the ability to negotiate, influence and persuade some key stakeholders e.g. Clinical Commissioning Groups
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- • The confidence and motivation to continuously improve Trust financial performance and plan for and address challenges as they are forecast or arise
- • Full commitment and exemplar of the Trust’s HEART values and behaviours and Flexible in attitudes and behaviours to support team working and delivery of objectives
- • A strong sense of personal and team accountability coupled with a clear understanding of the boundaries around delegated authority, responsibility and accountability
- • A commitment to improving patient services through an ability to sustain a clear performance focus and achieving demanding goals
- • A strong sense of personal and team accountability coupled with a clear understanding of the boundaries around delegated authority, responsibility and accountability
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Pippa Nightingale
- Job title
- Chief Executive Officer
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07732 703861
- Additional information
Land line 020 8869 2005
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