Overview
The primary purpose of this role is to provide effective support to the Trust in delivering financial sustainability and in the provision of accurate, timely, engaging information around financial sustainability and productivity. This is an exciting, fast-paced role within a small productivity and efficiency team within finance. The team provides the assurance of the savings programme, alignment of savings targets, monitoring of the programme, provision of benchmarking tools and design and communication of up-to-date productivity information at all levels within the organisation, as well as providing the business planning rigour for the Trust. The role is also responsible for the costing function of the Trusts ensuring that annual returns are accurately completed and using the outputs to support the development and usage of Service Line Reporting to help inform decision making across the Trust. Additional working pattern details: Flexible working available. The proposed interview date is: 23rd April, Productivity and efficiency. The post holder's primary focus will be on identifying areas for improvement and implementing best practices to achieve cost efficiencies without compromising the quality of patient care. The post holder will collaborate closely with senior leadership, service leads, and stakeholders to develop and execute comprehensive action plans that address financial, operational, and cultural challenges.
Responsibilities
Planning – The post holder will lead the business planning process for the Trust, working across the professional leads to ensure all elements of the organisation proactively participates in the process. The post holder will present updates and the final plan to the programme board and, where necessary, to sub committees of the Board and to the Trust Board. The post holder will be the key point of contact across the health system to ensure the Trust is proactively engaging in the system wide planning process.
Costing – The post holder will oversee the costing process for the Trust, working with the Head of Costing to fulfil the annual costing returns and the use of Patient Level Costing information to develop and implement Service Line Reporting (SLR) across the Trust. They will work with operational professional leads to support understanding and use of costing and SLR information to support decision making. The post holder will present updates on costing and SLR to the Finance & Resources Committee as needed. The post holder will take specific responsibility for day-to-day oversight of business planning, day-to-day oversight of the Financial Sustainability Programme from a financial point of view, ensure the Trust has access to benchmarking, GIRFT and any other tools to help generate efficiency plans, facilitate effective clinical and professional dialogue ensuring change is based on evidence and strong professional leadership, lead the team to identify opportunities to enhance productivity and optimise operational efficiency across the organisation, develop the costing and SLR approach across the organisation ensuring that the outputs are used to inform decision making, collaborate with divisional and directorate leads to identify opportunities for productivity improvement, performance and operational efficiencies across all areas of the Trust, support colleagues to refine existing transformation and change plans, establish and/or translate metrics and improvement analytics to add value and link with Trust established performance monitoring systems, lead the team and support Directors, General Managers, Clinical Leads and other colleagues with the development and implementation of initiatives that relate/contribute to productivity, efficiency and cost reduction, collaborate with divisional leadership teams, directorate leads, clinicians, and other stakeholders to identify areas of inefficiency and waste and develop plans to deliver improvement opportunities, and provide regular updates and reports to the Executive Team on the progress of the service change, productivity and efficiency plan, highlighting achievements, challenges, and recommended adjustments as needed.
Professional Development, Education and Training – Professional knowledge acquired through degree or equivalent experience, formal training or certification in Quality Improvement Methodologies e.g. IHI Model for Improvement, Lean, Six Sigma, or NHS Improvement QI training.
Management and Leadership – Act as a senior role model for compassionate, inclusive and improvement-focused leadership. Promote a culture that values learning, reflection, and the continuous pursuit of excellence. Leverage external networks, partnerships and thought leadership to inform local innovation. Work flexibly across the hospital and wider group to ensure resources are targeted where they can have greatest impact. Lead with integrity and empathy, encouraging ownership, accountability, and professional growth. Provide clear direction and day-to-day support to transformation team members and programme staff. Line management responsibility for a multidisciplinary team, with a strong focus on individual development and performance. Support staff development through coaching, structured feedback, and regular appraisals, tailored to individual needs. Ensure that team members feel empowered to lead and innovate, with access to ongoing learning and professional development opportunities. Promote a psychologically safe, inclusive and equitable working environment that supports wellbeing and fosters a culture of trust and collaboration. Champion continuous improvement within the team, modelling curiosity, learning, and positive challenge. Significantly evidence of chairing and leading successful meetings.
Planning and Organisation – Lead and support in the translation of national/local external planning requirements into GHF annual plan. Lead the team to work across corporate services and divisions to ensure a signal and unified planning process encompassing finance, people, activity, operational and change/improvement elements. Proactively project-manage the design production of the Annual Plan by analysing the requirement and setting out and publicising the timeline for what needs to be done by whom and when. Responsible for ensuring project documentation is of high quality and accurately recorded on relevant systems. Secure the input of senior staff from across the organisation into the planning process and make clear to them their expected contributions and the format they will be made in. Analyse highly complex and conflicting contributions to plans into a clear written style for the intended audience – Board, Executive team or commissioners. Identify any risks or issues ensuring mitigations are in place to monitor and resolve. Ensure the Director for Finance and Planning, who is the executive sponsor for plans, is briefed on progress and any difficulties. With advice from the trust's communications team, design active dissemination, providing written material and contributing directly to communications. Present the planning process and plans verbally and in writing to various audiences including senior staff, other staff and service users. Be aware of developing best practice in business planning across the NHS and social care. Evaluate success of business planning process and content and make changes for future plans.
Communications and Working Relationships – Lead, present and manage highly complex, sensitive and challenging and often contentious information to the organisation, where there may be significant barriers to acceptance/understanding. Communicate service-related information to senior managers, staff, external agencies. Lead the development of the business planning programme to include workshops, seminars etc. Present confidently to large groups and public consultations/forums. Demonstrate excellent report writing skills. Demonstrate the ability to persuade and negotiate when conflicting views need to be brought to a conclusion to achieve appropriate outcomes.
Other – Analyse and interpret a range of highly complex qualitative and quantitative information gained from a wide range of sources such as performance metrics, financial reports and a range of other business intelligence. Able to create and utilise highly developed and complex analysis and judgement especially where opinion may be inconsistent. Ability to consider qualitative and quantitative information to inform decision making. Provide timely, accurate and strategic reports on programme delivery to hospital leadership and Trust boards. Manage a broad and complex workload effectively, adapting priorities in response to organisational needs. Champion innovation, sustainability and high-value care in all areas of responsibility. Contribute to personal and team development by sharing knowledge, mentoring others, and identifying learning opportunities.
Qualifications and Experience
* Specialist knowledge acquired through post‑graduate courses and/or experience to masters level.
* Leadership qualification or equivalent experience.
* Project management qualification or equivalent experience, highly analytical and numerate.
* Evidence of continuing professional development.
* Member of a professional accountancy body e.g. ACA, CIMA, ACCA – essential.
* Proven experience in leading quality improvement initiatives within healthcare settings.
Application Details
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Benefits
* Flexible working opportunities.
* Generous annual leave.
* Access to NHS pension scheme.
* Competitive bank rates, local discounts.
* Access to on‑site nurseries.
* Reduced public transport costs.
* Reward and recognition schemes.
* Wide range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
About Gloucestershire Hospitals
At Gloucestershire Hospitals, our people are at the heart of everything we do. As the county's largest employer, we are proud to provide high‑quality acute, elective and specialist services to more than 650,000 people across our county. Our care is delivered across Gloucestershire Royal, Cheltenham General and Stroud Maternity Hospital. With over 9,000 employees representing more than 95 nationalities, bringing together a mix of cultures and experiences to the care that we deliver. Whether you're beginning your NHS journey or looking to take the next step in your career, this is an exciting time to join us. We are investing heavily in innovation, research and transformation, with more than 100 active clinical studies and major developments underway across our hospitals. We take pride in working as one team, driven by a shared ambition to grow, develop and continually improve. Every contribution is valued and by combining our collective strengths, we support not only our diverse communities but one another. You can expect a warm, supportive culture and colleagues who are passionate about teamwork, professional development and delivering exceptional care. We offer structured development programmes, mentoring and leadership opportunities to help you progress in your career. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels they belong.
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