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Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust
About
Based in the North East of England, we provide a range of hospital, community and older persons mental health services from our leading facilities including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blaydon Urgent Care Centre and Bensham Hospital, all within Gateshead. We provide cutting edge care from some of our state-of-the-art facilities including a £32m Emergency Care Centre, a £12m Pathology centre of excellence and the beautifully designed Peter Smith Surgery Centre.
Established in 2005, we were one of the first foundation trusts in the country and have a longstanding national reputation for providing high-quality care, as demonstrated by our latest inspection by the Care Quality Commission (CQC); rated as ‘good’ overall, with ‘outstanding’ ratings for care and surgical services
As a group, we employ around 4,500 staff and currently provide 600 hospital beds across Gateshead. Our primary focus is on providing excellent general health services to our local community complemented by key specialist areas including gynaecology, maternity, palliative care and old age psychiatry. Our group includes QE Facilities, established in December 2014, which has built on the solid foundations of the NHS and now provides a flexible range of high-quality non-clinical estates and facilities services to the hospital and other organisations. The company has grown since this time, for example through our QE transport service that underpins our Pathology Centre.
Alongside a full range of local NHS services, we provide breast screening services for Gateshead, South Tyneside, Sunderland and parts of Durham – and we are the North Eastern hub for the National Bowel Cancer, HPV and AAA Screening Programmes, covering a population of around seven million people.
The health and wellbeing of our staff is one of our highest priorities, and we offer a range of support and initiatives as part of our ‘Balance’ programme to cater for our diverse workforce, so that your individual needs can be supported, allowing you a happy and healthy working experience with us. We also actively encourage conversations about flexible working to help you to achieve a healthy work-life balance. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications which represent the diversity of the communities in which we operate.
We consistently rate highly as a place people would recommend others to work, with the majority of our staff (nearly 80%) saying they would recommend working at Gateshead. We aim to attract and retain a talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career – so come and join our Gateshead family.
The Trust supports its aim of providing a healthy environment for all service users, visitors and staff by operating a smoke free policy on all sites.
Divisional Accountant
Accepting applications until: 29-Nov-2024 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 29-Nov-2024 23:59
Key details
Location
- Site
- Bensham Hospital
- Address
- Fontwell Drive
- Town
- Gateshead
- Postcode
- NE8 4YL
- Major / Minor Region
- Tyne and Wear
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
Salary
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS AfC: Band 7)
Specialty
- Main area
- Accountancy and Finance
In the event of excessive applications being received this vacancy may close earlier than the stated closing date, you are encouraged to submit your application as soon as possible
IMPORTANT NOTE ON COMPLETION OF REFERENCE SECTION OF APPLICATION FORM
All references from current and previous employers will be sought and MUST cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Where possible this should be from two separate employers. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.
PLEASE NOTE it is a requirement of this Trust that all successful applicants pay for their DBS certificate if a check is required for the post. This will be done through deduction from your monthly pay over a maximum of three months. It is also a requirement that all successful applicants register or are registered with the DBS update service where a DBS is required.
All new entrants to the NHS will be appointed on the minimum of the pay scale in line with Terms & Conditions.
Job overview
Are you looking for a role in NHS Finance, working as part of a fast paced, compassionate, and innovative team? An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit a Divisional Accountant within our Trust. We are looking for dedicated and highly motivated individual to join our finance team in providing a comprehensive Financial Management service to Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust.
This role is part of a wider Financial Management team that provides advice and support to the Business Units within the Trust. Working closely with the wider team, this role will provide you with an opportunity to support a Business Unit which has a wide variety of interesting specialties.
The post holder will manage a section of the management accounts team and work as part of a wider, dynamic team in delivering an effective service supporting operational managers and staff across the business units to understand, plan and manage their financial position. This will include the production of monthly reports, forecasting, creation of annual budgets and liaising with a variety of stakeholders to ensure that risks and issues affecting financial performance are communicated clearly.
Candidates should therefore be confident in liaising with budget managers, have excellent communication skills and be able to use their initiative to solve problems and work as a supportive and efficient team member, with a good attention to detail.
Proposed interview date is 13th December 2024
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The main duties of the Divisional Accountant include, but are not limited to:
- Providing a high-quality financial management service and deputising when necessary for the Head of Financial Management.
- Working closely with the Divisional Operational Management Team, providing timely and accurate financial and supporting information and advice to facilitate the effective monitoring of Divisional and Departmental financial
- Working with the Senior Finance Team to ensure that annual I&E budgets are prepared in a timely manner ensuring that they meet the Trust's financial and clinical objectives.
- Preparation of the monthly financial position, including budget monitoring, forecasting and variance analysis.
- Representing the Finance department at key meetings and deputise as and when required.
- Line management of the Deputy Divisional Accountant, Management Accountant and Assistant Accountant.
- Responsibility for the investigation of, and response to, complex financial enquiries from both internal and external stakeholders.
- Ensuring that financial controls are maintained within SFI’s and governance
- Assistance in the production of Budget Management Training and the delivering of training to budget holders.
- Contribution to the general development of the Management Accounting and Finance function.
Working for our organisation
Based in the North East of England we provide a range of hospital and community health services from our leading facilities, including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blaydon urgent care centre and Bensham Hospital, all within Gateshead.
Established in 2005, we were one of the first foundation trusts in the country and since then have consistently achieved the highest levels of care for patients.
We now employ around 4,800 staff and currently provide 444 hospital beds across the Gateshead region.
Our values should be the 'golden thread' which runs through everything we do - they are the core of who we are. Our five values can easily be remembered by the simple acronym ICORE; Innovation, Care, Openness, Respect, Engagement.
We have a number of staff networks including the Global Ethnic Majority (GEM) network, D-Ability network, LGBTQ+ Network and the Women's Network, to challenge us and help us to constantly improve. Our Armed Forces network is one of our emerging networks.
The health and wellbeing of our staff is one of our highest priorities, and we offer a range of support and initiatives as part of our 'Balance' programme balancegateshead.com to cater for our diverse workforce, so that your individual needs can be supported, allowing you a happy and healthy working experience with us.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Agile Working:
All our staff have a work base. However, the Trust operates a flexible agile working policy and therefore the finance team will be based on site for a proportion of the week and have the ability to work from home, if preferred, for the rest of the week on a rota basis.
The Financial Management team work to a flexible working policy meaning flexible start and finish times and the ability to take back time owed.
For more information please see the attached job description and person specification.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.
Person specification
Skills
Essential criteria
- A good level of education in a numerate subject.
- Professional accountancy (CCAB) qualification (or equivalent experience).
- A detailed understanding of accounting procedures.
- Substantial experience in the Finance department of a complex organisation, including staff management / supervisory responsibilities.
- Demonstratable experience in management accounting is essential, including the ability to provide detailed guidance and advice to finance and non-finance managers.
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NVQ level 5 or Association of Accounting Technician membership or foundation level of a professional accountancy (CCAB) qualification or equivalent experience
- Good level of education in a numerate subject
- Experience of managing staff
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Experience in the use of computerised general ledger
- Excellent IT Skills with extensive experience in the use of spreadsheets and databases
Desirable criteria
- NHS finance experience
- Specialist knowledge of NHS Foundation Trust financial regime
- Use of Oracle
- Knowledge of other finance systems for example, payroll, debtors and supplies
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jen Forbes
- Job title
- Strategic Finance Business Partner
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07772112780
- Additional information
Please contact via email in the first instance.
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