With an annual turnover of £2.3 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. Bristol NHS Foundation Trust values all people as individuals. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential Criteria

• Substantial experience of capital planning, capital programme governance and capital business case appraisal in a complex NHS provider environment
• Substantial experience of financial management in an NHS environment
• Experience of developing and operating complex financial models incorporating all of the primary financial statements
• Highly developed computer literacy including ability to use excel to an advanced level.
• Substantial experience of highly complex secondary and tertiary acute healthcare environment.
• Experience in the understanding and resolution of complex financial and non-financial concepts, issues and relationships e.g. demand and capacity modelling, capital investment, activity volumes, workforce, revenue consequences and how these translate into quantifiable financial modelling.
• Experience of holding meetings with senior managers and other non – finance staff and leading on discussions involving complex financial issues.
• Ability to effectively explain and encourage understanding of complex financial issues and relationships with other information.
• A pro-active approach.
• Ability to integrate day-to-day, medium term and strategic financial information and operational plans in a highly complex ever-changing environment.

Desirable Criteria

• Experience of producing revenue and capital business cases, including cases for strategic change, in accordance with NHS England requirements, HM Treasury Green Book principles and the Building Better Business Cases model
• Experience of developing and delivering long-term financial, capital and operational efficiency programmes.

Qualifications And Training

Essential Criteria

• Member of CCAB body or CIMA
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
• Educated to degree level or equivalent work experience
• Ability to effectively explain and encourage understanding of complex financial issues and relationships with other information.
• A pro-active approach
• Ability to integrate day-to-day, medium term and strategic financial information and operational plans in a highly complex ever-changing environment
• Professional CCAB/CIMA accountancy qualification & valid membership.
• Significant post qualification experience as a senior finance manager in a complex Organisation.
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Desirable Criteria

• Further specialist experience of Financial Planning and Capital Planning
• Foundation level qualification for the HM Treasury Building Better Business Cases
• Evidence of recent CPD including specialist training and experience relating to NHS finance, leadership and management.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Essential Criteria

• Resolution of Complex Financial issues
• Dealing with senior leaders/non-finance staff
• Understanding of NHS finance
• Communication skills
• Proactive approach
• Financial Analysis skills
• Influencing
• Ability to present to wide range of audiences on complex financial and business issues

We hope that you will decide to join us and become part of this exciting journey, helping us to shape our future together.

As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application to ensure we’re meeting our pledge. The Trust is committed to investing in and caring for all our staff. We will support you in maintaining and improving your health and wellbeing, as well as your career development through management and training support - developing exceptional people for exceptional careers. BFT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults. To comply with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 all applicants must be able to speak fluent English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed at Interview. If you require sponsorship for a visa to work in the UK, to avoid disappointment, please check to ensure you are eligible under the UKVI points based system. The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system. By applying for this post, you are agreeing to Bristol NHS Foundation Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system. Please be aware of scams – unless specified above, we will only communicate with you via @recruit.trac.jobs or nhs.net e-mails and we will never ask you for any payments.

Important

Please note that if you apply for a position with this Trust, you may be contacted via Trac or via email. This includes invites for job interviews. We therefore recommend that you regularly check your Trac account and email accounts. We may also contact you by texting the mobile number, if provided, on the application form.

Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore, please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification

Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.

As a guide interviews should usually take place within 3 weeks of the closing date.

When providing employment reference details, please provide correct work-related email addresses so references can be sought promptly when we are looking to progress your application. Your referee must all be known to you in a line manager or professional lead capacity.