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University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
About
University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust was formed on the 1st October 2020 when Royal Bournemouth & Christchurch Hospital NHS Foundation Trust merged with Poole Hospital.
Hospitals covered by the Trust include:
Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Castle Lane East, Bournemouth, Dorset BH7 7DW
Poole Hospital, Longfleet Road, Poole BH15 2JB
Christchurch Hospital, Fairmile Road, Christchurch, Dorset BH23 2JX
Deputy Finance Business Partner (Deputy FBP) –Healthset Implementation
Accepting applications until: 19-Aug-2026 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 19-Aug-2026 23:59
Key details
Location
- Site
- Poole Hospital
- Town
- Poole
- Postcode
- BH15 2JB
- Major / Minor Region
- Dorset
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Fixed term: 23 months (Agenda for change)
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Home or remote working
Salary
- Salary
- £49,387 - £56,515 per annum pro-rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Band 7)
Specialty
- Main area
- Finance
- Interview date
- 27/08/2026
As University Hospitals Dorset we are a three site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.
We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £500m transformation programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.
In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.
We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.
We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.
At UHD our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.
As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.
We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support the preparation of their application. While this is not discouraged, we kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of your own experience and suitability. Personal integrity is an important part of the recruitment process.
Job overview
The Deputy Finance Business Partner will assist accountable persons in delivering a defined portfolio, working closely with managers, budget holders and stakeholders across Dorset and Somerset to provide specialist financial advice, training and support that enables services and programmes to be delivered efficiently, effectively and economically.
The post holder will provide direct financial support to the Healthset Programme and assigned directorates, supporting the implementation of the shared Epic Electronic Health Record (EHR) system across University Hospitals Dorset (UHD), Somerset Foundation Trust (SFT), Dorset County Hospital (DCH) and Dorset HealthCare (DHC) under the Inter Trust Agreement (ITA). This will include ensuring compliance with financial best practice and supporting complex multi-organisational financial and governance arrangements.
Interview: 27 August
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Key responsibilities include budget setting and reporting, forecasting expenditure, activity and income, collating and analysing costs across multiple Trusts and stakeholders, supporting the UHD Capital Finance Lead, monitoring delivery of improvement programme savings and responding to information requests from internal and external stakeholders. The post holder will play a key role in the management, reconciliation and reporting of inter-Trust recharge arrangements, ensuring costs are accurately allocated in accordance with the ITA, funding agreements and agreed allocation methodologies, whilst providing financial assurance over recharge balances, contractual commitments and partner contributions.
The post holder will provide financial oversight of the Inter Trust Agreement (ITA) for all trusts, ensuring that programme costs are accurately captured, allocated, reconciled and recharged across participating organisations in accordance with agreed cost-sharing methodologies and governance arrangements.
The post holder will provide complex financial analysis and advice to support decision-making, effective governance and successful delivery of the Healthset Programme and its associated benefits.
Working for our organisation
UHD are investing, developing and transforming Trust services in line with the New Hospital Programme. As part of this, some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or permanently. Recruiting Managers will be happy to answer any service-specific questions at interview.
If a role or service relocates as part of a planned move, excess mileage will not be reimbursed. Travel from home to the new work base will be classed as a normal commute. Any other changes will be managed under Trust or national terms and conditions.
UHD has active networks including Women’s, BAME, Pride, EU, Pro Ability, and Armed Forces. We support Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant interview schemes.
AI tools may be used, but applications must honestly reflect your own skills and experience. Integrity is key to our recruitment process.
For UHD employees, this fixed-term post will be offered as a secondment in line with the Trust’s Secondment Policy. Please speak with your line manager before applying.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Deputy Finance Business Partner will support the financial management of the Healthset programme and Inter Trust Agreement (ITA), acting as a key link between the Finance Directorate, programme teams and stakeholders across University Hospitals Dorset (UHD), Somerset Foundation Trust (SFT), Dorset County Hospital (DCH) and Dorset HealthCare (DHC).
The post holder will provide specialist financial advice and analysis to support the implementation and operation of a shared Epic Electronic Health Record (EHR), ensuring compliance with NHS accounting standards, financial governance requirements, contractual obligations and Trust policies. They will coordinate financial reporting, forecasting and variance analysis, providing timely and accurate information to support programme delivery and decision-making.
The role will support budget setting, financial planning and monitoring of programme expenditure, including the management of recharge arrangements, funding allocations and financial risks arising from the ITA. The post holder will contribute to the development of business cases, benefits realisation plans and efficiency programmes, providing robust financial challenge and assurance over anticipated costs, savings and outcomes.
Working across multiple organisations, the post holder will develop financial models and reporting tools, support audit requirements, and exercise professional judgement in resolving complex financial issues relating to programme delivery, governance, contractual obligations and stakeholder expectations.
The post holder will undertake any other duties commensurate with the grade and responsibilities of the role as required by the accountable managers.
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Qualified (CCAB) or finalist studying towards qualification or significant NHS finance experience at this grade
- Evidenced continuous professional development record
- Actively studying towards full CCAB qualification
Desirable criteria
- First Degree
- Qualified (CCAB)
Experience
Essential criteria
- Knowledge and understanding of International Accounting Standards and their application
- Highly developed and demonstrable knowledge of management accounting and accounting procedures within the NHS
- Significant experience of working within an NHS Foundation trust(s)
- Significant experience in the use of accounting systems / software
- Experience of developing activity, income and expenditure forecasts, including the modelling of different scenarios
Desirable criteria
- Experience of modelling the financial impact of service pathway redesign
- Experience of staff management
Technical Skills Competencies
Essential criteria
- Advanced user of Microsoft Excel, required to design new and/or improve existing financial monitoring systems
- Expert analytical skills to solve highly complex financial and non-financial problems
- Computer literate with experience of using Microsoft office applications
- Ability to interpret highly complex information, including national financial policies
- • Ability to manage extensive data sets, and detailed financial information
Desirable criteria
- Clear, demonstrable understanding of statutory and other financial responsibilities
- Influencing and negotiation skills, including the ability to communicate contentious information to an audience that may not be receptive. This will include senior managers within the Trust and external stakeholders
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Sound, demonstrable knowledge of financial and accounting procedures.
- Detailed knowledge of the organisation’s objectives and activities
- Detailed understanding of the NHS agenda and knowledge of NHS financial framework
- Knowledge of NHS financial and accounting procedures in relation to the portfolio
Desirable criteria
- Ability to interpret highly complex information, including national financial policies
- Experience of Capital accounting and VAT treatment
Interpersonal skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent inter–personal and communication skills
- Confident in dealing with people at all levels of Healthset programme delivery structure and the constituent provider trusts
- Ability to work as a part of cross-organisation and functional teams
- Ability to communicate sensitive/ contentious financial information in a clear and persuasive way. This will include communication with people with non-financial backgrounds.
- Ability to liaise with team of fellow professionals and to adopt a collaborative approach both within the Finance function and across UHD,DCH,DHC & SFT
Desirable criteria
- Active listening skills, to interpret managers needs and issues
- Ability to forge and maintain constructive relationships with senior managers and to constructively challenge and hold to account in relation to financial decision making and subsequent consequences
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Ability to write and present reports on complex matters in a way which can be understood by other professionals
- Ability to use initiative, work autonomously, and demonstrate flexibility
- Ability to work as a part of a team
- Able to communicate sensitive/ contentious financial information in a clear and persuasive way
- Emotionally resilient with the ability to provide and accept constructive criticism and to reflect and learn from guidance and feedback
- Well organised, a completer/ finisher with the ability to multi-task complex issues
- Ability to work to strict deadlines
Desirable criteria
- Political astuteness to understand the business, political and economic context in which discussions are taking place
Other
Essential criteria
- Access to a vehicle for business purposes as travel within Dorset and Somerset required
- Be able to speak English as necessary to undertake the role
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rob Kirkpatrick
- Job title
- Head of Strategic Capital
- Email address
- [email protected]
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