Job summary
Employer heading
Finance Manager - Primary Care and Public Health Commissioning
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
An exciting opportunity to joint NHS England South East Region as part of the Commissioning Finance Team.
We are looking for a Finance Manager who is highly motivated, talented, and well organised to join and lead the Pharmacy, Ophthalmic and Dental (POD) Finance Team.
POD services have been delegated to Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) with the POD Finance team providing a financial service through a Hub model.
The successful applicant will play a significant role in supporting commissioners within the Commissioning Hub and ICBs to deliver one of the key NHS objectives for 2024/25 – making it easier for people to access community and primary care services, in particular dentistry.
Main duties of the job
- Lead the POD Finance Team to ensure a comprehensive financial management process is provided for Pharmacy, Ophthalmic and Dental Services.
- Act as key point of contact between regional and ICB finance teams for POD services.
- Provide information to ICBs relating to delegated services that is clear, accurate and timely.
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
- Lead POD Finance team and provide a comprehensive financial management service for POD services on behalf of ICBs.
- Access information from variety of sources to inform planning, budget setting, month end reporting and forecasting.
- Preparation of journals
- Directly manage team of staff, taking responsibility for day to day work assigned to the team.
- Responsible for undertaking appraisal and personal development for team members.
- Prepare regular financial reports for ICBs to inform and explain position including variance analysis.
- Meet regularly with ICB Finance Colleagues as part of the month end cycle and other meetings as required.
- Forge strong working relationships with key stakeholders
- Provide professional leadership to team, interpreting and sharing guidance received from national bodies.
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- CCAB Qualified Accountant
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of Financial Management within the NHS
- Stakeholder management - able to work with a variety of stakeholders, with tight deadlines whilst maintaining good attention to detail.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of financial management with NHS Commissioning
- Experience of managing a team
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Strong IT Skills with particular focus on Excel (include PIVOT tables, complex Formula)
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dena Walker
- Job title
- Head of Finance (Primary Care and Public Health)
- Email address
- [email protected]
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