Job summary
University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust is looking for an ambitious and motivated Finance Business Partner to join our team at an exciting time of transformation.
This is a high-impact role where you will work alongside senior clinical and operational leaders to improve patient flow, reduce waiting times and support the Trust's long-term financial sustainability.
About the Role
You will act as a trusted advisor at the heart of decision-making, using insight and analysis to shape services and drive real change. Your work will directly influence how care is delivered across one of the UK's largest acute Trusts.
Working across Trust-wide programmes, you will:
- Lead financial insights on major financial improvement and transformation initiatives
- Provide expert financial analysis, modelling, and advice on complex issues
- Work closely with clinical and operational teams to improve performance, capacity, and patient flow
- Develop business cases and long-term financial sustainability plans
- Help deliver sustainable, high-quality patient services.
***Preference will be given to internal Trust staff, as well as 'Priority' and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon who are able to display recent relevant experience as dictated by the Person Specification.***
Main duties of the job
About You
We are looking for a dynamic and collaborative finance professional who:
- Is a CCAB-qualified accountant (or equivalent)
- Strong experience in business partnering, improvement programmes or financial management
- Commercially minded with excellent analytical skills
- Confident influencing senior stakeholders
- Is passionate about driving change and improving services for patients
We are committed to developing future finance leaders and welcome applications from individuals who can demonstrate strong potential. Where appropriate, candidates may be appointed into a development role at a lower band, with a clear pathway to the substantive post.
For an informal discussion, please contact Samantha Newcomb, Head of Productivity (Samantha.Newcomb1@nhs.net)
About us
We are a people business - where every member of staff matters and can make a difference. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Joining University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust means becoming part of a team of dedicated staff, who are committed to leading the way through innovation, clinical excellence and great customer care. The Trust has great opportunities for career development in a highly progressive working environment. We offer all of this in a vibrant, modern city with a historic reputation for adventure.
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If you have any issues with applying online and need additional support including reasonable adjustments with the application process, please contact the recruitment manager for this post who will put you into contact with the recruitment team. We recognise that work life balance is important for our colleagues and so we invite requests from applicants around less than full time/flexible working for our advertised roles. Please contact the recruiting manager to discuss this prior to your application submission. We commit to giving this full consideration in each case. We encourage people from diverse backgrounds to apply for our roles, as diversity strengthens our teams. It is sometimes necessary to close vacancies before the closing date. If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Utilising specialist knowledge of complex NHS/Trust revenue and capital financial arrangements, regulations, financial techniques and relevant legislation; NHS Tariff guidance and Contractual requirements, together with general commercial awareness, to:
o Identify and maximise the financial and operational efficiency impact of Trust Wide Financial Improvement Programme (FIP) schemes to support improved patient flow and reduce waiting times.
o Give sufficiently clear and concise financial information to decision making groups including the Trust Board and NHS England.
o Work closely with Divisional Managers and Clinical Directors on their Financial Improvement Programme, assisting with oversight and challenge to deliver productivity improvements and timely service delivery for patients.
o Work closely with the existing Finance Business Partners (including Senior Capital Finance Business Partner) to ensure that the information used for financial improvements is robust and that the outcomes of projects are integrated into Service Lines and Divisions strategic and operational Business Plans, as well as the long term plan. This will include the identification of associated savings expected from capital projects and efficiency gains that support capacity improvements.
o Provide and present high quality financial advice to project leads, senior managers, Service Line Management teams and Executive Directors about the financial improvement opportunities that exist and their potential impact on efficiency and waiting time reduction.
o Work with the clinical and transformation project teams to support services to make changes that ensure optimal use of resources and improved patient access and flow.
o Produce financial information to support Trust wide projects and business cases.
o Encourage and influence individuals / teams to ensure cost-effective decision making by management, using highly developed persuasion, motivation and negotiation skills.
o Investigate highly complex financial queries on income and expenditure, carrying out regular complicated analytical reviews of the Service Line financial position, predicting income, developing and using complex models and multiple inputs including activity projections and case mix issues to inform capacity and demand planning.
o Interpret highly complex financial data and give advice on financial risks and opportunities for improvement.
For further information please see attached job description
Person Specification
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience of supporting financial improvement, or productivity programmes. Proven ability to demonstrate highly developed theoretical and practical knowledge at an advanced level in financial management, accounting procedures and relevant legislation. Demonstrable experience working within complex organisations. Demonstrable experience of working with front line teams to deliver change and efficiency improvements. Demonstrable experience of interpreting financial information to inform operational decision-making and performance improvement (including demand, capacity, and referral to treatment) Proven ability to demonstrate recent Continuing Professional Development including specialist training and demonstrable experience relating to national accounting standards. Demonstrable experience of liaising with Internal and External Auditors. Awareness of NHS Tariff regime, contracting and business planning process. Proven ability to gain clinical engagement. Awareness of the current NHS "Agenda" and, national directives. Proven record of providing all aspects of Finance business advisory service. Proven record of using benchmarking information to identify opportunities
Desirable
- NHS Finance Business Partner demonstrable experience
Qualifications
Essential
- CCAB or equivalent (e.g. CIMA) Professional Qualified Accountant with current registration and relevant demonstrable post qualification experience
- Proven evidence of recent CPD including specialist training and experience relating to finance and national accounting standards.
- Masters level Business or Management Qualification (or equivalent demonstrable experience).
Aptitude & Abilities
Essential
- Proven ability to analyse and communicate highly complex data sets as described in the person spec
Desirable
- Advanced financial modelling skills, Demonstrable experience of using data visualisation tools (e.g. Power BI)
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
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UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
Address
University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
Ground Floor, Brittany House, 1 Brest Road
Plymouth
PL6 5YE
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.plymouthhospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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