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About
NHS England leads the NHS in England to deliver high quality care for all. We support NHS organisations to deliver better outcomes for our patients and communities, work to get the best possible value for taxpayers, and drive improvement across the NHS.
Through our seven regional teams, NHS England supports local integrated care systems, made up of public services that provide health and care – NHS organisations, primary care professionals, local councils, social care providers and the community, voluntary and social enterprise sector – to improve the health of the population, improve the quality of care, tackle inequalities and deliver care more efficiently.
Contact
- Address
- Wellington House
- 133-155 Waterloo Road
- London
- SE1 8UG
- Contact Number
- 0300 330 1369
Finance Support Officer - Capital
Closed for applications on: 28-Aug-2024 00:01
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 28-Aug-2024 00:01
Key details
Location
- Site
- South West House
- Address
- Blackbrook Park Avenue
- Town
- Taunton
- Postcode
- TA1 2PX
- Major / Minor Region
- West Yorkshire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary
- Salary
- £26,530 - £29,114 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS AfC: Band 4)
Specialty
- Main area
- Finance
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 has arisen for a Finance Officer to join the regional capital hub. Working within a small team of six, the successful applicant will provide finance and admin support to the managers within both the capital team and wider finance support team. This is an integral role which will contribute to our goal of maximising the use of capital for the NHS within the South West.
The capital team provide capital support to NHS organisations across the SW, whilst also monitoring capital expenditure within the region. This role is key to allowing the team to develop and strive towards offering a service focused on continuous improvement. The team has a progressive hierarchy and as such the successful post holder may find opportunities to develop in the future.
Applicants must have a good knowledge of Microsoft Office, with a greater focus on Excel and PowerPoint, as the post will support the processing of data, as well as supporting in the production of PowerPoint slides. The postholder will also be responsible for managing the shared mailboxes, and therefore will require a good working knowledge of Microsoft Outlook.
Experience of Oracle would be an advantage as the post holder will participate in the month end process of entering journals. Training can be provided.
In addition to supporting month end tasks and adhoc duties, the post holder will be required to provide administrative support, undertaking such tasks as setting up meetings and preparing paperwork.
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This role is a key part of the Finance Directorate, and is a member of the team responsible for delivering support to, and assurance of, South West systems in addition to a wider portfolio of responsibilities which contribute to the delivery of wider directorate and regional priorities.
Duties
- Completing the month end process for commissioner capital,
- Processing monthly data
- Support the capital team to track and monitor capital expenditure
- Produce performance management information as required
- Participate in capital year end, which may involve following up outstanding issues with Systems/Trusts.
Outward looking relationship management: Support the team to build effective relationships across region, national and the region’s seven integrated care systems
Team administration: Support with the preparation of data, business cases, meetings, etc.
Support with ensuring robust document management: Provide support on financial processes, systems and procedures, and maintain an appropriate file structure.
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
Support the Capital Hub by:
- Completing the month end process for commissioner capital, including preparation and processing of some journals in line with the month end timetable.
- Raising Purchase Orders as required.
- Processing monthly data received from the Provider Finance Returns into the regional data pack.
- Assisting the relevant Capital Training lead in maintaining records.
- Ensuring the central capital mailbox is monitored on a daily basis, with emails flagged to the relevant members of the capital team.
- Arranging meetings in line with requests, with papers prepared as necessary.
- Adhoc finance and administrative duties as required to support the team.
You can find further details about the job, in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.
Our commitments to you
We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We know that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better patient outcomes. We strive to ensure our people feel trusted, valued and empowered. We’re passionate about nurturing and developing people. When you join us, we want you to grow and excel, and we offer many opportunities for you to do that. We welcome your talent and enthusiasm irrespective of age, disability, neuro-divergence, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances. We have policies and procedures to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability and/or who are neuro-divergent.
We welcome applications from disabled candidates. If you meet all the essential criteria, you will be guaranteed an interview.
Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK under the Skilled Worker route are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
If applying for this role on a secondment basis, please make sure you have obtained prior agreement from your current line manager to apply for this position.
Please note that we currently do not accept applications via recruitment agencies.
In order to comply with the HM Government Functional Standard GovS 007, and specifically the Personnel Security Standards 2024, all individuals employed or contracted by NHS England are now required to undergo a Baseline Personnel Security Standards check.
All existing post-holders within NHS England will be required to complete the check as part of the wider roll out plan.
The NHS Business Services Authority is responsible for the processing of your application; a privacy notice is attached to advise you on how we will process your personal data.
If you have applied via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into our preferred third-party recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs. If you are appointed to a post, information will also be transferred into the NHS Electronic Staff Records system.
You will not be able to track the progress of your application or receive messages through NHS Jobs, and furthermore, as an employer, we will not be able to respond to any emails sent to us via NHS Jobs. If you have a query relating to your application, please contact the recruitment team on [email protected] or 0300 330 1369. You can view our Privacy Notice here.
NHS England
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to NVQ level 3 in a relevant subject or equivalent level of qualification or significant equivalent previous proven experience
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- At least two years’ experience working in a large or complex organisation, ideally within the NHS
- Intermediate knowledge of IT systems and software programmes such as SBS Oracle, Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint
- Knowledge of NHS Issues
Skills, Capabilities and Attributes
Essential criteria
- Clear communicator with excellent writing, data entry and presentation skills: capable of constructing and delivering clear information/ instructions to staff and service users
- Ability to work at pace in a busy working environment and able to multi-task
- Effective team working
- Ability to work without supervision
- Able to work on own initiative, organising and prioritising own and others workloads to changing and often tight deadlines
- Professional, calm and efficient manner
- Highly numerate
Values and Behaviours
Essential criteria
- Commitment to and focused on quality, promotes high standards in all they do.
- Able to make a connection between their work and the benefit to patients and the public.
- Consistently thinks about how their work can help and support clinicians and frontline staff deliver better outcomes for patients
- Values diversity and difference operates with integrity and openness
- Works well with others, is positive and helpful, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others
- Consistently looks to improve what they do, looks for successful tried and tested ways of working, and also seeks out innovation
- Actively develops themselves and supports others to do the same
- Understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships
Other
Essential criteria
- An ability to maintain confidentiality and trust and an awareness of information governance requirements and data protection
- Able to travel across various sites where applicable
Documents
- Job Description and Person Specification (PDF, 808.5KB)
- Occupational Functional Requirements Form (PDF, 69.8KB)
- Assignment Brief (PDF, 352.6KB)
- NHSE - Verification of ID and RTW Guide (PDF, 306.6KB)
- Guide to Completing Your Application (DOCX, 42.7KB)
- Note for Existing NHS Employees applying for Fixed Term vacancies (DOCX, 26.2KB)
- Redundancy Clawback (PDF, 16.7KB)
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Susie Orchard
- Job title
- Finance Manager - Capital
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07702 423509
No longer accepting applications
Sorry, this vacancy is no longer accepting applications.
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