Job summary
- Main area
- Costing Senior Analyst
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 990-CFO-6444845-E
- Employer
- NHS England
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- London
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £50,952 - £57,349 per annum. Exclusive of London Weighting
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 11/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Costing Senior Analyst
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Our Organisation
The NHS is building a culture that is positive, compassionate and inclusive – and we all have our part to play.
As employers we are committed to protecting and promoting the physical and mental health and wellbeing of all our colleagues. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution and supports us to be an Employer of Choice, while helping our colleagues to deliver high quality services for our patients and communities.
As a flexible employer, we want to support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients and you. Talk to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time, hybrid working or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Job overview
The Costing team in the NHS England Finance and Planning Directorate is now recruiting for a Costing Senior Analyst
This is a fantastic opportunity to be at the heart of work to support the NHS. We:
- work closely with government to agree NHS funding;
- ensure the NHS lives within its annual budget;
- decide how to distribute the funding to the different NHS services and parts of England;
- support innovative programmes that improve the care and experience of NHS patients or people using NHS services;
- set out the financial and performance priorities the NHS should be delivering each year;
- report how much the NHS has spent on providing services each year;
- explore how the NHS can make the best use of its money;
- look at how spend on building or equipment can improve the care and experience of people using NHS services.
- consider how nationally we use these resources to improve healthcare outcomes, reduce inequality, improve health and support the NHS.
As a Costing Senior Analyst, you will be working with one of the largest healthcare datasets in the country. You will be working with patient data that you will be able to link across sectors and across other national data sources working on population health and a real shift to preventative healthcare. You will be given the opportunity to create your own project using the data with the hope this can be shown on a national stage.
Main duties of the job
The team offers high profile, fast-paced projects. This requires adaptability, rigor and innovation and provides exciting development opportunities for those developing their careers in the NHS, health or the public sector.
Below are the types of skills and experience that we are looking for. Even if you feel you only meet some of the criteria, we encourage you to apply.
Working for our organisation
The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
· Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
· Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
· Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
· Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
· Delivering value for money.
If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description for further information about the responsibilities of this role. You can find further details about the role, a letter from the Deputy CFOs and advice on completing your application in the Document to download section.
If you like what you have read and think you have the skills and experience, we need then don't delay, apply today! We get lots of applications for our roles and so we sometimes have to close our posts early. Don't miss out!
Interested in applying and want to find out more about our team and the work we do?
Please email Yang Tian, Senior Costing Lead on [email protected] if you would like to discuss.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree or Relevant experience
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Experience of managing teams or supervising team members in delivering programmes of work.
- Experience of working to agreed deadlines without intensive supervision.
- A good understanding of the health and social care environment and roles and responsibilities within it
- A good understanding of Patient Level Costing and the role it plays in the NHS.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands.
- Ability to analyse and interpret information, pre-empt and evaluate issues, and recommend and appropriate course of action to address the issues.
- Ability to engender trust and confidence and demonstrate integrity in the provision of advice and support.
- Ability to work with stakeholders to deliver complex projects within demanding timeframes.
Values
Essential criteria
- Commitment to equality of opportunity, focussed on removing barriers to full participation and values diversity and difference
- Embrace change, viewing it as an opportunity to learn and develop.
- Demonstrates honesty and integrity and promotes organisational values
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Yang Tian
- Job title
- Senior Costing Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
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