Working Full time: 37.5 hours per week

This role will required you to support the Clinical Financial and Business Manager in the provision of comprehensive business and financial management information providing advice to a Clinical Directorate and to the Trust as a whole. Assisting in the production of timely accurate and relevant information for the completion of monthly board reports and ad hoc reporting in accordance with the trust Standing Financial Instructions.To support the development of financial knowledge and awareness within the Directorate ensuring long - term financial stability and viability.

Main duties of the job

To deputise for the CFBM in his/her absence.

To work in conjunction with the CFBM to provide accurate and timely budgetary reports and information for the Directorate and to support Trust wide financial reporting using outputs from various computerised systems and presenting the information in a userfriendly format

To analyse, investigate and resolve financial queries and budget variances, and provide managers with the relevant information such as trend analysis reports and reconciliation's to enable budget holders to take corrective action on under/overspent budgets.

To conduct quarterly budget reviews with designated budget holders and report pressures / actions to the Clinical Financial and Business Manager in the preparation for the monthly budget meeting with the Clinical Director and Directorate Manager.

About us

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:

• The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds
• Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility
• Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.

The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000. This includes 357,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.

The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.

Job description

Job responsibilities

See Job Description for further details.

Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £27.50(standard) or £55.50(enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first three months of employment.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

Good luck with your application.

Person Specification

Qualification

Essential

• Post Graduate CCAB Diploma level /Finalist or equivalent with a significant experience working at a senior level

Desirable

• Recognised management qualification, e.g. ILM

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• ECDL or equivalent experience especially on Microsoft based packages
• Proven commitment to Continuing development
• Previous experience of working within a Financial environment
• Previous experience within Financial Management

Employer details

Employer name

Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Countess of Chester Hospital

Liverpool Road

Chester

CH2 1UL

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