About this role
Job summary
An exciting career opportunity has arisen for an Associate Director of Finance to join our Finance Team at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children.
The purpose of this role is to provide financial leadership to the income and contracts teams using all available informatics to support delivery of a sustainable organisation.
Main duties of the job
The main focus of the Associate Director of Income and Healthcare Contracts are:
To evolve and deliver the Trust's commissioning strategy including managing the changes required both in the commissioning landscape, function and trust wide resulting from national policy and the annual changes to commissioning terms
Lead the planning process for clinical income both the top-down plan and bottom-up budget setting with services, understanding and applying all developments in the NHS revenue and contracting guidance
Develop the reporting and understanding of income within the organisation, to ensure that there is a good and widespread understanding of activity and income performance against plan, the forecast and actions required to address any variations from plan.
To be the main liaison with the various Trust's commissioning clusters, Integrated Care Boards, specialist, and consortia Commissioners and be the lead Trust representative at the Integrated Care Board and Commissioner Clinical Review Group
To lead on the annual negotiations with commissioning bodies
To manage the Contracts team and be responsible for all aspects of the contracts process.
About us
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust (GOSH) is an international centre of excellence in child healthcare. GOSH is an acute specialist paediatric hospital with a mission to provide world-class care to children and young people with rare, complex, and difficult-to-treat conditions.
Great Ormond Street Hospital receives nearly 300,000 patient visits (inpatient admissions or outpatient appointments) every year (figures from 2018/19). Most of the children we care for are referred from other hospitals throughout the UK and overseas. There are 60 nationally recognised clinical specialities at GOSH; the UK's widest range of specialist health services for children on one site. More than half of our patients come from outside London and GOSH is the largest paediatric centre in the UK for services including paediatric intensive care and cardiac surgery.
GOSH is committed to recruiting the best person for the job, based solely on their ability and individual merit as measured against the criteria for the role; through a process that is fair, open, consistent, and free from bias and discrimination.
Job description Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view the attachment below.
Person Specification
Values Essential
Our Always values oAlways welcoming oAlways helpful oAlways expert oAlways one team Knowledge and understanding of diverse backgrounds and perspectives Understanding of Diversity and Inclusion challenges in the workplace Demonstrable contribution to advancing Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace
Academic/Professional qualification/Training Essential
CCAB Qualified Accountant and educated to degree level or equivalent experience Postgraduate degree qualification or evidence of regular attendance at relevant specialist courses Evidence of commitment to continuing professional development
Experience/Knowledge Essential
Significant experience of working in a senior management role including leadership at Trust level of the annual negotiations with commissioners and the acknowledged lead for the ongoing contract management processes Extensive NHS commissioning / contracting experience - significant experience working with NHS funding contracts Significant experience of negotiating funding contracts Demonstrable experience in commissioning and funding of specialized services Experience of managing complex IT /information systems Extensive experience in building and managing income reporting systems in a large and complex acute NHS organisation Operation of staff management, appraisal, and development schemes Delivering board level reports and presentations Demonstrable experience of Change Management Significant experience of data analysis Project management Extensive knowledge of the NHS funding structures and the commissioning regime Detailed knowledge of NHS Tariffs, coding and grouping mechanisms gained from working in an acute trust with multiple specialties Detailed knowledge of the NHS data model and dictionary and the clinical classifications that are used by the English NHS to describe healthcare activity and NHS information centre grouping methodology Detailed understanding of the NHS standard acute and specialist acute contracts Knowledge of the commissioning environment and associated policies which should include the clinical outcomes framework and measures for quality improvement Knowledge of the overseas payment rules and European reciprocal agreements
Desirable
Up to date knowledge of NHS regulations applicable to Foundation Trusts
Skills/Abilities Essential
Strategic, analytical, and creative thinking Being a values led leader who supports, nurtures and develops their team to enable them to be their best Leadership and Mentoring including helping the teams reporting to you prioritise workloads within a very busy work programme Advanced written and verbal communication skills including well Developed Presentation Skills - ability to explain complex subject areas to clinicians and non-clinicians Strong negotiating skills Advanced skills in the use of spreadsheet and database packages Ability to organise and prioritise workload using own initiative and under significant time pressures Highly analytical and with the ability to speedily sift through large volumes of data to focus on critical information Ability to assess risk and problem solve Solution orientated and a readiness to challenge the status quo Demonstrable experience in being an effective communicator Focused on outcomes and deadlines Organised and methodical in thinking and application Demonstrable high standard of honesty and integrity Personable, builds and maintains constructive relationships based on mutual respect with colleagues, key external contacts and other stakeholders
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 Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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 Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
Address Great Ormond Street Hospital
Great Ormond Street
London
WC1N 3JH
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.gosh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)