Job overview
We are looking to appoint a highly motivated and experienced individual to join our team in providing a high performing Finance Business Partner service to the Community and Rehabilitation care group within the Trust.
The successful candidate will work closely with care group clinical and operational leadership teams to ensure they are given the business and financial support required to successfully run their care group and meet operational performance requirements within agreed financial resources. Where required, the successful candidate will be comfortable in facilitating transformational change to ensure financial sustainability.
The post holder will be someone who looks for innovative solutions to improve the financial performance of the Care Group and has excellent communication skills to inspire confidence in working with other professionals at a senior level both within the Trust and externally. They will also proactively engage in the management and development of individuals within the Financial Management team to ensure a high performing finance service is delivered.
Main duties of the job
The Financial Management Team introduced Business Partnering and a new team structure over the last two years.
We are now starting to see the benefits of this new approach, so is a great time to join us.
Working for our organisation
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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
1. As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
2. We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
3. We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
Why work for us?
4. We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
5. As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
6. Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
What do we stand for?
7. Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
8. Our mission is helping people live healthier and more independent lives.
9. Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
10. Qualified CCAB or CIMA Accountant
Personal Development
Essential criteria
11. Evidence of Significant Personal Development
Experience
Essential criteria
12. Significant Financial management experience at a senior level
13. Strong Leadership skills with experience of staff management including recruitment, staff objective setting & appraisals & managing performance. Able to inspire others to succeed.
14. Highly effective in designing, preparing & presenting highly complex financial & nonfinancial information to colleagues including Executive colleagues across the Trust.
15. Able to build strong working relationships which inspire confidence on the advice given to finance and non-finance colleagues.
16. Strong understanding of the NHS financial regime.
Desirable criteria
17. Significant Financial management experience in the NHS.
Skills, Abilities & Knowledge
Essential criteria
18. Strong IT skills and a thorough knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite with excellent advanced skills in Excel.
19. Change management skills.
PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.
COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.
Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight, however if we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before the advertised date.
Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records (ESR) system.
Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.
Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interviews will not be reimbursed.
Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.
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