The Trust is seeking to appoint a highly motivated, focused and proactive individual to the role of Cost Accountant within the Finance team.

The post-holder will be responsible for supporting the Senior Costing Accountant in the maintenance of the Trust Patient Level Costing (PLICS) model for Service Line Reporting and National Cost Collection exercise.

Main duties of the job

Preparation and review of activity and cost data, updating methods of cost allocation, apportionment and absorption to reflect service delivery.

The post-holder will ensure that costed outputs, routinely produced in line with agreed deadlines are accurate and compliant with costing standards.

Excellent IT skills are essential, along with strong analytical and problem solving credentials.

Flexible working options

Please refer to the job description and person specification to ensure that you have the necessary skills and experience to apply for this post.

Interview may include a 20 minute assessment.

About us

Leadership and Improvement Training

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff to the Trust this training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the leadership development programme, and the Quality Improvement Programme that the Trust delivers. This programme aims to

Explore leadership within the NHS

Promote Trust Values and Behaviours

Develop your Leadership effectiveness and skills

Practitioner level in quality improvement, equipping you with the skills to champion, lead and complete quality improvement within your role

After you complete this four and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities, we offer further in-house courses dependent upon your role and bitesize programmes.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience in a finance department

Desirable

• NHS Finance Experience

Qualifications

Essential

• AAT Qualified or equivalent qualification

Desirable

• Degree or equivalent level

Knowledge

Essential

• NHS Healthcare Costing Standards and practices.
• Microsoft Office, in particular Excel and Access.

Employer details

Employer name

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The James Cook University Hospital

Marton Road

Middlesbrough

TS4 3BW

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328-CP-6709756