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East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

About

At East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust:

We provide high quality services for the local population of over half a million people across East Lancashire and the surrounding area.

We employ over 9,500 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work.
We treat nearly three quarters of a million patients a year from the most serious of emergencies to planned operations and procedures.
We offer care across Three hospital sites, and various community sites, using state-of-the-art facilities.

In this section you’ll find information about our hospitals, the goals the Trust is working hard to achieve, the annual plan and reports on how we are performing.

We are always try to deliver the highest quality care to our patients and have ambitious plans to continue to improve the services we offer in response to the changing needs of our patients.

Background.

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust is an NHS Organisation, which was formed on the 1st April 2003, following the merger of Blackburn Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Health Care NHS Trust and Burnley Health Care NHS Trust.

In addition to a full range of acute hospital services the trust is a growing centre for emergency hospital services, Hepato Biliary, Head and Neck and Urological Cancer services, a growing centre for Cardiology services and a network provider of Level III Neonatal Intensive Care.

The Trust has a total of over 950 inpatient beds at Burnley General Teaching Hospital and Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital. Inpatient rehabilitation services are also provided at Pendle Community Hospital and at the Rakehead Unit at Burnley General

Contact

Address: Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital; Haslingden Road; Blackburn; Lancashire; BB2 3HH
Contact Number: 01254732075

Find out more

Jobs Website

Open

Ref: 435-1LSC-ELHT-063-26 Vacancy ID: 8009403

Senior Divisional Finance Manager

Accepting applications until: 22-Jun-2026 17:00

Vacancy status: Open

Accepting applications until: 22-Jun-2026 17:00

Location

Gwefan: Fusion House
Cyfeiriad: Evolution Park Haslingden Road
Tref: Blackburn
Cod post: BB1 2FD
Major / Minor Region: Lancashire

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: Permanent
Oriau: Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Salary

Cyflog: £66,582 - £77,368 per annum
Cyfnod cyflog: Yearly
Gradd: (NHS AfC: Band 8b)

Specialty

Prif leoliad: Corporate - Finance

At East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 600,000 people across East Lancashire and the surrounding area. We employ over 9,500 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work.

One LSC is a new collaborative partnership shared service formed by the five NHS Trusts serving the Lancashire and South Cumbria population of 1.8 million people. We are a shared service run by the NHS, for the NHS and are hosted by East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust on behalf of the partner Trusts of the Lancashire and South Cumbria system.

One LSC stands for ‘One Lancashire and South Cumbria’ and reflects the Lancashire and South Cumbria System ambition to have one team serving Lancashire and South Cumbria in a joined-up way. It is jointly run by the five Trusts as a collaborative partnership.

The Trusts that make up One LSC are:

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

· East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

· Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

· Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

· University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust

One LSC brings together the Digital, Data and Technology, Estates and Facilities, Finance, People Services and Procurement and Logistics services from each of the provider Trusts to create one central community of professionals. Under one leadership team, they will provide services for and on behalf of all Trusts.

The aim is to bring services more closely together so that we can deliver the best service possible to each of our partner organisations. At the core of One LSC delivery is eliminating duplication, removing unwarranted variation, realisation of the benefits of sharing common systems and processes and ensuring we deliver value for money for our partners, our system and, ultimately, for the communities we serve.

Swydd-ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl

Financial Planning & Budgeting

Ensure that the resources required to deliver the Division's service plans and targets are accurately identified, costed and translated into budgets, and that they are realistic yet challenging and demonstrate improvements in efficiency

Responsibility for providing financial advice, analysis, and reporting of the Division's Waste Reduction Programme (WRP), both to the division and centrally. Ensuring mandates are completed and the schemes are worked through and reconciled.

Responsibility for providing direction on the Division's budgets, consistent with the overall financial framework, and to the Finance staff during the annual budget setting process.

Ensuring the budget setting outputs are a true representation of the Division’s financial requirements.

Responsibility for the maintenance and reconciliation of the recurring and non-recurring budgetary position for both the financial and staffing budgets on a monthly basis

Performance Management and Reporting

Provide the Divisions and Directorates with expert financial advice, support and information to assist them in the achievement of their annual financial objectives. This advice should encompass budget, expenditure, income, service level reporting, plics and procurement issues. It may involve the analysis of a range of options, highlighting the advantages/disadvantages of each with an assessment of any potential risks. Issues may be complex or sensitive, may require in depth analysis or judgement or may be confidential or contentious in nature. It may also involve resolving queries at short notice.

Provide budget holders with timely and accurate monthly budget reports including interpretation and advice, and to meet regularly with them to ensure that any potential financial problems are identified early, and to provide recommendations on corrective action as necessary.

Provide a written and verbal monthly report on the financial position of the division, identifying all key overspending areas, and actions being taken to address them. This will include explanation of significant movements for inclusion in the Trust Board report.

Provide detailed forecast outturn reports on a monthly basis, with identification of any emerging pressures, or other threats to financial viability, and an assessment of corrective action being taken.

Develop information systems to enable budgetary control, and financial reporting information to enable analysis of run rates and variances to be linked to performance against key activity, manpower and quality targets. In particular, providing an overall coordination of income, activity and cost.

Identify potential areas for improved efficiency and provide direction in the delivery and monitoring of cash releasing efficiency savings.

Develop systems to monitor and maximise income opportunities within division.

Attend divisional and directorate performance management meetings at both strategic and operational levels; provide financial input and advice, as well as giving regular reports either verbal or written on the division’s financial position. Participating in discussions and debates as appropriate.

Contribute to and be able to explain the reference cost and the service line management position of the specialties within the division

Monitor and review the method of allocating overhead or support costs to specialities as part of the monthly reporting cycle.

Business Planning

Actively participate in and contribute to the formulation and implementation of the Divisional and Directorate Business Plans in accordance with the Trust’s strategic aims and objectives.

Leading on the preparation of bids for funding to service commissioners and other external agencies, ensuring that robust costing and a robust financial appraisal is undertaken.

Ensure that all changes in service, or developments, are properly quantified and accounted for in the divisions budgets.

Create a financial framework that enables the benefits of services changes or developments to be measured and monitored in order to ensure effective use of resources.

Income and Activity

Be instrumental in supporting operational managers to maximise the business performance of their services with an understanding of the income and activity position.

Contribute to the development of Trust wide systems to support payment by results, in particular working with clinicians to improve the methodology of calculating Healthcare Resource Groups (HRG) costs. Ensuring the use of SLM data to assist in decision making.

Internal Financial Control

Ensure that the divisions and directorates adhere to the Trust Standing Orders and Standing Financial Instructions and financial procedures.

Be the finance representative at the Workforce Controls Group as and when required.

Ensure that the schemes of delegation are maintained for the division and directorate in respect of both exchequer and charitable funds.

Attend and contribute to policy development at the Finance Investment Committee

Review the division's business processes and where appropriate identify and implement improvements to efficiency and internal control, for example, stock control routines.

Work with Trusts internal and external auditors as required ensuring that agreed recommendations are implemented in a timely manner.

Lead finance training sessions inline with the central finance training programme.

Staff Management

To be responsible for the day to day management of the Deputy Divisional Financial Manager including identifying training and development requirements in line with the Knowledge and Skills Framework requirements and ensuring that personal development plans are in place.

To play an active role in the leadership, support and development of the wider financial management team.

To be responsible for the recruitment, selection and appointment of staff working within the department in accordance with the Trust's employment policies and procedures and legal requirements.

To actively participate in an annual review and using a personal development plan, develop own knowledge and skills and support the development of others in line with the Knowledge and Skills Framework requirements for the post.

To act in a way which supports equality and diversity and encourages others to do so.

To contribute towards our Finance Staff Development agenda, ensuring that work is undertaken to maintain our Level 3 Finance Staff Development accreditation. Ensure involvement in Future Focused Finance and take an active participation in relevant groups both internal and external to the organisation.

Finance Continual Improvement

To contribute towards the continual improvement agenda, and encouraging others to do so, often leading on projects to improve the way the function operates, and ensuring that an improvement culture is engendered within the team.

Communication

Use motivational skills to encourage collaborative working to improve services and performance

Use motivational and influencing skills to combat resistance to change

Use communication and empathy skills to discuss highly sensitive and emotive issues with staff groups, in particular around performance and service improvement within their departments.

Encourage innovation and identify opportunities for continual improvement through existing communication mechanisms or undertake their development when none is in existence

Training and Development

To ensure all mandatory training requirements are met

To ensure all professional development needs are met

To ensure that all direct reports their mandatory training requirements are met

To ensure that all direct reports that their professional development needs are met

To work with the finance team as a whole to ensure a standard financial approach is taken

Deputise for the Finance Staff Development Lead when required

Provide training and coaching support to the finance team

Provide training to the wider Trust as required in relation to, Finance and performance Management, Measurement and other subjects as agreed

To train non finance managers the financial responsibilities of the Trust and of individuals, eg NHS Operations Game

Plan, deliver and review interventions to enable people to learn and develop

Dear Potential Applicant,

It is important you are made aware of the following as regards your application to East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

Please note that the salary advertised is for full time hours. If this post is less than 37.5 hours per week, the salary will be pro-rata. For posts on Agenda for Change pay-scales, new entrants to the NHS will normally commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.
This vacancy may close before the closing date if the recruiting manager deems sufficient applications have been received. Therefore it is advised to complete your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.
Please note that shortlisting is completed anonymously with candidates being assessed against the essential criteria for the post. Therefore only applicants, who can clearly demonstrate how they meet our person specification criteria in their application, will be short-listed.

Disclosure and Barring Scheme (DBS)

If the role you are applying for is identified as either controlled or regulated activity as defined in in the Safeguarding vulnerable Groups Act (2006) any offer of employment is provisional upon a satisfactory DBS check being obtained.

The healthcare sector is exempted from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

In line with other NHS organisations in the North West Region, the Trust is now passing the charge for undertaking a DBS check on to candidates in the event they are successfully appointed into the post for which they have applied. Candidates can choose whether to pay this over 1-3 months as a deduction from the monthly salary. However, if you are applying for a post as a BANK worker, the payment must be made in full at the time of employment checks. By applying for this vacancy you are agreeing to this undertaking in the event you are successfully appointed.

The cost of an Enhanced Disclosure will be £55.38 and for a Standard Disclosure will be £27.38.

This cost is not applicable for a Volunteer post

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The Trust is an equal opportunities employer, committed to improving the working lives of our staff and operates a 'Zero Tolerance' policy to aggression, violence, bullying and harassment. In addition, our aim is to help protect children and vulnerable adults by providing a first-class service to the recruitment of people into positions of trust.

We aim to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve.

We welcome applications from everyone irrespective of ethnic origin, gender, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, marital status, disability or social background.

We especially welcome applications from members of our black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities, as we have identified that ELHT has an under-representation of BAME employees. Appointments will be made on merit.

Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be interviewed if you indicate you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme.

If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process please make the recruitment services team aware as soon as possible. By telephone 01254 732075 or email [email protected] or write to Employment Services, Parkview Offices, Haslingden Road, Blackburn, BB2 3HH

Thanks for taking the time to view this advert; we look forward to receiving your application.

Please be aware that this vacancy may close earlier than the published date if sufficient applications are received. It is, therefore, recommended that you apply as soon as you can.

We will contact you by e-mail to update you on the progress of your application, so please check the e-mail account that you applied from regularly (including spam/junk).

The Trust is an equal opportunities employer, is committed to improving the working lives of its colleagues and operates a 'Zero Tolerance' policy on aggression, violence, bullying and harassment.

As a recruitment service, our aim is to help protect children and vulnerable adults by providing a first-class service in recruiting people into positions of trust.

It is important to us that we employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from everyone - irrespective of ethnic origin, gender, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, marital status, disability or social background.

We especially welcome applications from members of our black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities, as we have identified that as an employer we are under-representation of BAME employees. Appointments will be made on merit.

We recognise that the recruitment process may present barriers for some and you may need personal adjustments to enable you to participate in our recruitment process. Please make contact with the recruitment team at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable you to apply for this post.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) when writing job applications

If you choose to use AI or other tools to assist in writing your application, it's essential to personalise this information, particularly your supporting information section. While AI can help streamline the writing process, these tools cannot fully grasp the context or requirements of the job you’re applying for. There is also a risk that it can generate false or misleading information.

AI-generated job applications can often be generic, impersonal and may not accurately reflect your qualifications, knowledge, skills, and experiences. It is crucial that you personalise your supporting statement by articulating these in your unique voice. Relying solely on AI to write your application or supporting information section is not advocated by East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust and could negatively impact on your chances of success in the application process.

We have added a disclaimer to our application process advising that the use of AI is monitored and if applicants have used it then they are required to declare this.

Supporting Information

The supporting information section is an opportunity for you to showcase how your qualifications, knowledge, skills and experience align with the requirements and criteria outlined in the job description and person specification.

Recruiting managers score applications based on the criteria listed in the person specification. They will be looking for evidence of how you meet these criteria. To increase your chances of securing an interview, please provide examples of how you have applied your skills and knowledge in real-life situations. Share work-related successes and challenges you have navigated that align with the criteria. These could be from various aspects of your life, including work, education, and personal experiences.

Consider structuring your supporting information section with clear headings or bullet points. This approach will help both you and the recruiting manager navigate through your application more effectively.

Young People

Please note: a young person must be in part-time education or training until they’re 18. If you are under 18 we are unable to employ you on a full time basis, unless it is in an apprenticeship role.

Disclosure and Barring Service checks

If the role you’ve applied for requires a Disclosure and Barring Services (DBS) check we will administer this on your behalf and the cost will be recovered from your salary, either as a one-off payment, or over 3 months. The level of check required depends on the role that you have been offered. Currently the charges are - Basic DBS check £26.40, Standard DBS check £26.40, Enhanced DBS check £54.40 and Enhanced DBS check with Barred List(s) £54.40. You should be aware that if you are successful in obtaining a position that requires a DBS check but later withdraw your application, you may be required to reimburse the cost of the DBS check. DBS checks remain free of charge for volunteer positions. The DBS Code of Practice can be accessed here.

In line with guidance from United Kingdom Health Security Agency, all staff and volunteers are required to comply with Trust Infection Prevention and Control processes in relation to safe working.

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We look forward to hearing from you soon!

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

Person specification

Esseential

Meini prawf hanfodol

Degree (Honours) or equivalent qualification Qualified CCAB accountant with evidence of continued professional development
Considerable previous NHS experience post qualification
Staff management
Management accounts experience
Experience of computerised ledger
Communication skills with budget holders dealing with complex information
Negotiation skills with the ability to secure co-operation
Self motivated & manage time effectively
Business case / improvement case development
Budgeting & forecasting experience at Divisional level
Advanced working knowledge of Microsoft office products

Meini prawf dymunol

Report writing & performance management
Working with teams to produce cost improvements / waste reduction
Involved in training & development of finance & non finance staff

Documents

Further details / informal visits contact

Enw: Maureen Dixon
Teitl y swydd: Head of Financial Management
Cyfeiriad ebost: [email protected]
Rhif ffôn: 07811 236449
Gwybodaeth i gefnogi eich cais: The interview will consist of a pre-seen presentation & interview questions.