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Candidate brief – Director of Operational Finance Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Candidate Brief

For the position of:

DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONAL FINANCE

IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST


Contents

• Letter from Bill Shields

• About Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

• Copy of Advertisement

• Job Description and Person Specification

• Application Process

• Management Structure Chart o Board of Directors o Executive Team

• Link to http://www.imperial.nhs.uk


Chief Executive Offices

The Bays Building St. Mary’s Hospital South Wharf Road

London W2 1NY

Tel: 0203 312 6489 Fax: 0203 312 1017

4 November 2011 Dear Candidate

Director of Operational Finance Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England, with an annual turnover in excess of £900m, running services from five sites and with almost 1 million patient contacts every year. The Trust’s academic research and clinical reputation is unsurpassed and as the first Academic Health Sciences Centre in the UK, the potential to build on this by ensuring research is directed for the benefit of patients and the wider population places the organisation at the forefront of NHS innovation. A world class organisation needs a world class Finance Department and I am committed to develop capability in this area. I plan to tackle the Trust’s current year deficit of £35m and develop a strong medium and long-term financial framework to ensure Foundation Trust status is achieved at the earliest opportunity. To help me in this endeavour, I am looking to recruit a Director of Operational Finance who will take responsibility for building the finance function, restructuring and out sourcing services to improve performance and deliver Value for Money, overhaul financial reporting and lead a finance function recognised as being best in class and where the best and most talented want to work. To fulfill this challenge, I will need someone who has experience at or just below board level, who is tenacious and resilient with excellent interpersonal skills and who leads by example. If you believe you have what it takes, I very much look forward to discussing this opportunity further. Yours sincerely

Bill Shields Chief Financial Officer


About Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust was created on October 1, 2007 by merging St Mary’s NHS Trust and Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust and integrating with the faculty of medicine at Imperial College London. Now one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, we have come together with the College to establish one of the UK’s first academic health science centres (AHSCs). The creation of the AHSC is a major advance for patient care, clinical teaching and scientific invention and innovation. The fusion of the different strands of our work and the achievements that can now be realised will lead to significant benefits for patients and greater advances in healthcare than we could have delivered apart. The Trust is also one of only five generic biomedical research centres (BRCs) in the UK. We were awarded this status by the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) in recognition of our excellence in translational and clinical research. Imperial College London has a campus on all our main sites and is increasingly integrated with all our clinical specialties. The Clinical Sciences Centre of the Medical Research Council (MRC) is also based at Hammersmith Hospital, providing a strong foundation for clinical and scientific research. There are five hospitals in Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust: Charing Cross Hospital Hammersmith Hospital Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea Hospital St Mary's Hospital Western Eye Hospital You can read more about our five hospitals below. Charing Cross Hospital Charing Cross is a general acute hospital that provides a full range of adult clinical specialties. It houses the serious injuries centre for west London, a result of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust's expertise in critical medical care. The hospital is also a key site for the teaching of medical students from Imperial College London. The hospital includes a day-surgery unit called the Riverside wing, the world-renowned Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology and the West London Neuroscience Centre. Maggie’s Cancer Centre, the first of its kind in England, opened on the Charing Cross site in 2008. Hammersmith Hospital Hammersmith is famous for its research achievements and has a large community of Imperial College London postgraduate medical students and researchers. It is home to the West London Renal and Transplant Centre, two large cancer treatment centres and a specialist cardiac service with a 24/7 primary angioplasty centre. The Clinical Imaging Centre, which opened in June 2007, is the largest in Europe. The Medical Research Council’s Clinical Sciences Centre is based at the site and works in partnership with the hospital and Imperial College London.


Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea Hospital Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea is world-renowned for its maternity and women’s and children’s services. The hospital is a tertiary referral maternity unit with a nationally renowned Centre for Fetal Care and the largest neonatal intensive care unit in the country. It has a labour ward with two fully equipped operating theatres adjacent to high-dependency care facilities. The hospital has excellent and extensive high-risk services and, as a result, cares for many women with complicated pregnancies. The hospital also has a midwife-led birth centre for women with uncomplicated pregnancies who would like a natural childbirth experience. Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea Hospital is home to the West London Gynaecological Cancer Centre. St Mary’s Hospital St Mary’s is a general acute hospital that diagnoses and treats a range of adult and paediatric conditions. The Jefferiss wing is an internationally renowned centre of excellence for the diagnosis, treatment and care of people with sexual health problems, including sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV and AIDS. The paediatric service includes a dedicated children’s A&E department and north-west London’s paediatric haematology service. The hospital has pioneered the use of robotic surgery, including the UK’s first da Vinci robot for keyhole surgery. Western Eye Hospital Western Eye is dedicated to ophthalmology. It offers the only 24-hour emergency eye care service in west London.


Clinical structure The clinical services of the Trust are organised into seven clinical programme groups (CPGs), which each contain a range of specialties. Our infection prevention and control service operates Trust-wide, across all seven CPGs. The senior team have an integral relationship with the head of nursing and head of operations for each CPG, and there is a senior infection control nurse post, plus one to two infection control nurse posts, within each group. The seven CPGs and their specialties are as follows: • Medicine o A&E o Acute medicine o Dermatology o Diabetes and endocrinology o Elderly medicine o Gastroenterology and hepatology o HIV and genitourinary medicine o Infectious diseases o Respiratory medicine

• Surgery and cancer o Acute surgery o Breast surgery o Clinical oncology o Endocrinological and bariatric surgery o Gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary surgery o Medical oncology o Urological surgery

• Specialist services o Anaesthesia, critical care and theatres o Ear, nose and throat (ENT), head and neck surgery o Maxillo-facial surgery and dentistry o Medical and surgical ophthalmology o Neurology and neurosurgery o Orthopaedic surgery o Pain medicine and palliative care o Plastic and reconstructive surgery o Rheumatology o Sports medicine

• Circulation sciences and renal medicine o Cardiology, cardiothoracic and thoracic surgery o Renal medicine and transplantation o Vascular medicine (including systemic rheumatology, lipid medicine and hypertension) and vascular surgery

• Women’s and children's o Gynaecology o Neonatology o Obstetrics, reproductive and antenatal medicine o Paediatric medicine, surgery and critical care o Paediatric haematology and bone marrow transplant (BMT)

• Clinical and investigative services o Biochemistry o Clinical and laboratory haematology o Clinical trials o Histopathology, cytology and immunology o Imaging and interventional radiology o Laboratory microbiology o Medicines o Molecular medicine and genetics o Therapies

• Interventional public health o Urgent care centres o GP practices o Integrated care pilot


Copy of Advertisement


JOB DESCRIPTION

TITLE OF POST: Director of Operational Finance

SALARY BAND: TBC LOCATION: Salton House, St Mary’s Hospital, cross site travel

and working required

RESPONSIBLE TO: Chief Financial Officer

PROFESSIONALLY ACCOUNTABLE TO: Chief Financial Officer

HOURS PER WEEK: 37.5

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust Values We are absolutely committed to ensuring that our patients have the best possible experience within our hospitals. We are looking for people who are committed to delivering excellent patient care, whatever their role, and who take pride in what they do. We place a high value on treating all patients, customers and colleagues with respect and dignity, and seek people who strive for excellence and innovation in all that they do. We value all of our staff and aim to provide rewarding careers and benefits, fulfilling work environments and exciting opportunities. As an organisation we expect everyone to

� Respect our patients and colleagues

� Encourage innovation in all that we do

� Provide the highest quality care

� Work together for the achievement of outstanding results

� Take pride in our success


1. Overview and Job Purpose

Imperial College Healthcare is one of the largest NHS Trusts in the England, with an annual turnover in excess of £900m, staff of 10,000, and over 1 million patient contacts a year. The Trust comprises two of London’s best-known teaching hospitals and is consistently rated in the top 5 Dr Foster Good Hospitals guide, treating the most complex patients and achieving amongst the best clinical outcomes. The hospitals are at the forefront of medical progress, with a reputation for innovation nationally and internationally. The purpose of the role of Director of Operational Finance is to lead and build the finance function to become, and be recognised as being best in class.

2. Key Result Areas

• To lead and develop the finance directorate so that it provides management of the Trust with the advice, information and expertise to enable the provision of the best possible standards of healthcare.

• To interpret overall health policy and strategy on an ongoing basis ensuring that the Trust’s financial and service plans are developed and executed in line with national and local guidance.

• To assist the Chief Financial Officer to define and develop the strategic direction of the finance function so that it is able to set challenging objectives for the future in response to changing needs.

• To co-ordinate the preparation of the Trust’s Business Plan and Annual Budget for presentation in a clear and concise manner to the Trust Board prior to the start of the financial year.

• To direct, lead, plan, organise and control resources in order to implement strategy. To provide constant monitoring and review processes to assess function effectiveness. To ensure that financial systems are fit for purpose consistent with Building World Class Finance and to take the lead in managing and developing finance systems and processes across the whole Trust.

• To contribute to, advise on and participate in the corporate management and future strategy of the Trust in order to provide the best possible healthcare within given resources.

Key Working Relationships:

Internal

• Chief Financial Officer

• Trust Directors

• Clinical Programme Group Directors

• Heads of Operation

• Heads of Finance

• Service Managers

• Staff of the finance department

• Other senior managers in the Trust

External

• Staff of the Strategic Health Authority

• Commissioning leads in the local health communities

• Directors of finance in the local health communities


• To promote an environment of strong financial control within the Trust.

• To report the current financial position and prospects of the Trust in an accurate and timely manner to Senior management and the Trust Board, ensuring a consistent approach has been adopted across the whole finance function.

• To ensure a prompt and accurate response to requests for financial information from DH and NHS London and manage the completion of FIMS Plan financial templates to ensure the Trust meets its statutory financial duties.

• To manage the working capital and cash resources of the Trust to ensure that statutory obligations are met.

• To prepare and manage the delivery of the Trust’s Capital Investment Programme.

• To be the financial lead in developing the Trust’s academic strategy with an emphasis on maximising resources for education and training and research.

• To promote optimum standards of professionalism within finance to ensure compliance with external standards and best practice and support the delivery of a World Class Finance function.

• To recruit, deploy, develop, train, review and motivate staff to fulfil the function’s objectives.

• To provide the highest possible quality of service to meet customer needs within available resources.

• To deputise for the Chief Financial Officer in his absence.

3. Main Tasks and Responsibilities

3.1 Financial Control Systems

• Review and maintain SFIs and internal financial control procedures to ensure these operate as designed and provide appropriate levels of assurance on accuracy, completeness and anti-fraud measures. In conjunction with Internal Audit conduct reviews to ensure that the financial control environment is operating effectively.

• Ensure that strategic financial risks are identified and properly risk assessed and that adequate arrangements for managing them are in place

3.2 Statutory Accounts & Returns

• Ensure statutory accounts and accounting returns are properly produced from accounting records in accordance with NHS Manual of Accounts and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in accordance with published timescales. To work with the Trusts external auditors and to ensure implementation of any audit recommendations.

3.3 Financial Reporting

• To prepare reports to the Board and Trust’s managers to an agreed timetable on all key financial performance indicators, e.g. income and expenditure, financial duties, balance sheet, capital, charitable funds and cash flow. Best professional practice should be used in presenting this information, making it clear and concise.

• The Director of Operational Finance must exercise his/her expert & professional judgement in the interpretation of the financial information and give advice to the Chief Financial Officer based on that judgement.


• The Director of Operational Finance will ensure that the Trust’s financial reporting and budgetary control system reflects the implementation of Service Line Management. He/she will develop variance analysis and financial management reports and KPIs to enable managers and budget holders to understand the cost and drivers impacting on financial performance

3.4 Monitoring Information - initially for the NHS Executive & Department of Health and

subsequently for Monitor • The Director of Operational Finance is required to report on financial issues to the

Strategic Health Authority and Department of Health on behalf of the Chief Financial Officer. All such reports must reflect a true and fair view of the organisation’s financial position. The Director of Operational Finance must resist pressure from any quarter to report financial information which is anything other than accurate, or to make projections which are inconsistent with the facts and his/her own professional judgement.

3.5 Financial Strategy

• The Director of Operational Finance will advise the Chief Financial Officer on the formulation of financial strategy and then continuously monitor it against performance. The financial strategy should ensure best possible use is made of the organisation’s resources. The Director of Operational Finance should ensure there is realistic planning around likely resources and an appropriate assessment of risk including detailed reviews of business cases. He/she should be satisfied there are prudent reserves for inflation, workload variations and other risks. He/she will be responsible for co-ordinating the preparation of the Trust’s Annual Business Plan and Revenue Budget and Capital Investment Programme and providing such information as is required to support the negotiations of service level agreement with local commissioners, including Clinical Commissioning Groups.

• The Director of Operational Finance will manage the highly complex task of ensuring capacity and workforce plans are expressed in the revenue budgets of the Trust and that the detailed requirements of the Department of Health for the preparation of Operational Plans as set out in the Operating Framework are fully complied with. He/she will communicate planning information and assumptions to Clinical Programme Directors, the Executive Directors and senior managers and, where necessary, make challenging recommendations in order to meet the Trust’s financial targets. This will often mean challenging senior clinical and management staff with strongly opposing views and objectives.

• The Director of Operational Finance will review and analyse highly complex business cases and recommend a course of action to the Trust Management Board, presenting the facts in a clear and concise manner. The review and analysis will include reference to VFM issues, Standing Orders and Standing Financial Instructions.

3.6 Budgetary Control & Reporting

• The Director of Operational Finance is responsible for providing the Chief Financial

Officer, Chief Executive and Trust Management Board with reports on the budgetary performance of the organisation. Such reports should give actual expenditure compared to income and also compared with budget to date and a forecast for the year based on budget managers’ projections. The Director of Operational Finance is expected to give his/her judgement and interpretation of the figures providing advice to senior management on action being taken to resolve issues and whether any further action is needed.

• The Director of Operational Finance will act as budget holder for the finance directorate including authorisation of expenditure and monitoring of budgets.


• He/she should ensure that a programme of training and support for budget managers and clinicians to enable them to deliver their budgetary responsibilities is in place.

3.7 Financial Accounting

• The Director of Operational Finance is responsible for the provision of a strong financial accounting function to support the provision of accurate and timely financial information.

• He/she is responsible for the maintenance of internal financial control.

• He/she will need an expert working knowledge of IFRS and ensure that senior staff are up to date with latest versions of IFRS and capable of providing specialist technical support to other finance staff.

• He/she will also need an up to date knowledge of UK taxation relating to Health Organisations and be expected to provide technical support to directors, senior managers and finance staff on taxation issues as they affect employees of the Trust and on VAT.

3.8 Treasury Management

• The Director of Operational Finance is responsible for ensuring there is sufficient cash to meet the needs of the Trust whilst achieving Public Sector Payment Policy requirements.

• He/she is responsible for ensuring that the external financing limit is not breached.

• He/she is responsible for the operation of bank and PGO accounts and the management of the investment of funds in excess of requirements.

• He/she is responsible for ensuring that the Trust has a working capital facility with a major clearing house bank

• He/she is responsible for setting and maintaining effective credit control policies and for ensuring debtor levels and turnover do not exceed agreed limits.

• He/she is responsible for setting stock control policies and ensuring stock turnover levels

are maintained.

3.9 Financial Services

• The Director of Operational Finance is responsible for the management of the quality and cost of these services and will review their position to ensure Value for Money is obtained.

3.10 Asset Management and Capital Investment

• The Director of Operational Finance will ensure that robust policies and procedures are in place for the effective stewardship of the Trust’s assets and management of the Trust’s Capital Investment Programme within the Trust’s Capital Resource Limit.

• The post holder will be a member of the Trust’s Capital Investment Group and will be responsible for the preparation and delivery of the Trust’s Capital Investment Programme and for ensuring that the plan reflects the level and type of investment needed in order to meet the Trust’s strategic and operational objectives.

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• The post holder will ensure there are sufficient resources to finance the Capital Investment Programme and where necessary will apply for loan funding from the National Loans Fund, subject to the approval of the Trust Board.

3.11 Charitable Funds

• The post holder should ensure that standards of reporting, financial control and auditing apply to Charitable Funds as to the main functions of the organisation. These need to be applied in an effective and efficient manner in order to maximise the benefits to patients of the donations received.

• The post holder has a duty of care on behalf of the Trustees to ensure any expenditure falls within the terms of the trust deed and that the requirements of the law, of the Charity Commission and the HM Revenue and Customs are met.

3.12 Staff Development

• Ensure that an effective Staff Development programme is in place and that succession planning is carried out on a regular basis, consistent with the intention of building a World class finance function.

4. General Responsibilities

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• Deputise for the CFO

• Contribute to the development of trust strategies and policies

Scope and Purpose of Job Description A job description does not constitute a ‘term and condition of employment’. It is provided only as a guide to assist the employee in the performance of their job. The Trust is a fast moving organisation and therefore changes in employees’ duties may be necessary from time to time. The job description is not intended to be an inflexible or finite list of tasks and may be varied from time to time after consultation/discussion with the postholder.


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Equal Opportunities The Trust aims to promote equality and diversity. A copy of our Equality Scheme is available from the Human Resources department. Members of staff must ensure that they treat other members of staff, patients and visitors with dignity and respect at all times and report any breaches of this to the appropriate manager. Medical Examinations All appointments are conditional upon prior health clearance. Failure to provide continuing satisfactory evidence if required, e.g. of immunization, will be regarded as a breach of contract Criminal Records Bureau Applicants for many posts in the NHS are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Applicants who are offered employment for such posts will be subject to a criminal record check from the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) before the appointment is confirmed. This includes details of cautions, reprimands, final warnings, as well as convictions. Further information is available from the CRB and Disclosure websites at www.crb.gov.uk and www.disclosure.gov.uk Safeguarding children and vulnerable adults

Post holders have a general responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their daily duties and for ensuring that they are aware of specific duties relating to their role.

Professional Registration Staff undertaking work which requires professional registration are responsible for ensuring that they are so registered and that they comply with any Codes of Conduct applicable to that profession. Proof of registration must be produced on appointment and, if renewable, proof of renewal must also be produced. Work Visa/ Permits/Leave To Remain If you are a non-resident of the United Kingdom or European Economic Area, any appointment offered may be subject to the Resident Labour Market test (RLMT) which may need to be repeated on expiry of your leave to remain. The Trust is unable to employ or continue to employ you if you do not obtain or maintain a valid work visa and leave to remain in the UK. Confidentiality The post-holder must maintain confidentiality of information about staff, patients and health service business and be aware of the Data Protection Act (1984) and Access to Health Records Act (1990). Health, Safety and Security

The post holder must co-operate with management in discharging its responsibilities under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, take reasonable care of themselves and others, and ensure the agreed safety procedures are carried out to maintain a safe environment for patients, employees and visitors. The Trust has adopted a Security Policy in order to help protect patients, visitors and staff and to safeguard their property; all employees have a responsibility to ensure that those persons using the Trust and its services are as secure as possible. The Trust operates a strict Non-Smoking Policy. Risk Management

All staff have a responsibility to report all clinical and non-clinical accidents or incidents promptly and when requested to co-operate with any investigation undertaken.

Conflict of Interests

You may not without the consent of the Trust engage in any outside employment and in accordance with the Trust’s Conflict of Interest Policy you must declare to your manager all private interests which could potentially result in personal gain as a consequence of your employment position in the Trust.


In addition the NHS Code of Conduct and Standards of Business Conduct for NHS Staff require you to declare all situations where you or a close relative or associate has a controlling interest in a business (such as a private company, public organisation, other NHS or voluntary organisation) or in any activity which may compete for any NHS contracts to supply goods or services to the Trust. You must therefore register such interests with the Trust, either on appointment or subsequently, whenever such interests are gained. You should not engage in such interests without the written consent of the Trust, which will not be unreasonably withheld. It is your responsibility to ensure that you are not placed in a position which may give rise to a conflict of interests between any work that you undertake in relation to private patients and your NHS duties.

Infection control

It is the responsibility of all staff, whether clinical or non-clinical, to familiarise themselves with and adhere to current policy in relation to the prevention of the spread of infection and the wearing of uniforms.

Clinical staff – on entering and leaving clinical areas, and between contacts with patients, staff should ensure that they apply alcohol gel to their hands and wash their hands frequently with soap and water. In addition, staff should ensure the appropriate use of personal protective clothing and the appropriate administration of antibiotic therapy. Staff are required to communicate any infection risks to the infection control team and, upon receipt of their advice, report hospital-acquired infections in line with the Trust’s Incident Reporting Policy.

Non clinical staff and sub-contracted staff – on entering and leaving clinical areas and between contacts with patients all staff should ensure they apply alcohol gel to their hands and be guided by clinical staff as to further preventative measures required. It is also essential for staff to wash their hands frequently with soap and water.

Staff have a responsibility to encourage adherence with policy amongst colleagues, visitors and patients and should challenge those who do not comply. You are also required to keep up to date with the latest infection control guidance via the documents library section on the intranet.

Clinical Governance and Risk management

The Trust believes everyone has a role to play in improving and contributing to the quality of care provided to our patients. As an employee of the Trust you are expected to take a proactive role in supporting the Trust’s clinical governance agenda by: -Taking part in activities for improving quality such as clinical audit -Identifying and managing risks through incident and near miss reporting and undertaking risk assessments -Following Trust polices, guidelines and procedures -Maintaining your continue professional development All Clinical staff making entries into patient health records are required to follow the Trust standards of record keeping

Information Quality Assurance

As an employee of the Trust it is expected that you will take due diligence and care in regard to any information collected, recorded, processed or handled by you during the course of your work and that such information is collected, recorded, processed and handled in compliance with Trust requirements and instructions.

Freedom of Information

The postholder should be aware of the responsibility placed on employees under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and is responsible for helping to ensure that the Trust complies with the Act when handling or dealing with any information relating to Trust activity.


Professional Association/Trade Union Membership It is the policy of the Trust to support the system of collective bargaining and as an employee in the Health Service you are therefore encouraged to join a professional organisation or trade union. You have the right to belong to a trade union and to take part in its activities at any appropriate time and to seek and hold office in it. Appropriate time means a time outside working hours.


IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST

PERSON SPECIFICATION POST: Director of Operational Finance DEPARTMENT: Finance LINE MANAGER: Chief Financial Officer

ATTRIBUTE/SKILLS

ESSENTIAL

DESIRABLE

ASSESSED

BY

EDUCATION

• Educated to degree level.

• Expert specialist knowledge of financial and accounting procedures including current legislation and NHS accounting policies

• Professional CCAB accountancy qualification

• Evidence of recent CPD including specialist training and experience relating to NHS finance as well as national accounting standards

• Educated to Masters level Application and Interview

SKILLS/ABILITIES • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, written and verbal

• Ability to and track record of effectively communicating highly complex and sensitive information to large groups

• Ability to challenge and effectively manage and deal with highly contentious situations and issues

• Evidence and demonstrable success of leading and facilitating significant change programmes within finance

• Sound political judgement and astuteness in understanding and working with complex policy, information and diverse interest groups

• Highly developed influencing skills: with senior health care professionals across the Health Community and

Application and Interview


external organisations

• Ability to be intellectually flexible and to look beyond existing structures, ways of working, boundaries and organisations to produce more effective and innovative ways of working and partnerships

• High level of work organisation, self-motivation, drive for performance and improvement, and flexibility in approach and attitude

• Proven ability to make significant contributions to long term organisational strategy

• Ability to interpret highly complex information e.g. Business cases and take decisions regarding allocation of resources and risk

• Mentoring skills

• Proven ability to prioritise workload in a dynamic work environment and instruct and direct others which deliver positive outcomes

• Advocacy skills

• Keyboard skills to ensure highest levels of accuracy at all times

EXPERIENCE

• Significant post qualification experience as a Director of Finance or Deputy in a complex organisation.

• Networking: being able to work within and without the Trust with credibility out of area.

• Experience of liaising with internal and external auditors.

• Previous experience of staff training & development and performance management.

• Awareness: up to date with the NHS policy,

• Significant post qualification experience as a Director of Finance or Deputy in a NHS organisation of comparable complexity

• Experience of the NHS planning process and Payment by Results.

• Knowledge of Charity Finance

• Experience of working in a financial turnaround situation.

• Experience of restructuring and outsourcing back office services.

Application and Interview


national directives and all Governance aspects but with a specific emphasis on NHS Finance.

• Significant and demonstrable previous experience or demonstrable capability and capacity for leading and managing staff


Application Process

Application is via CV and concise supporting statement to be submitted to Linda McCue at Acertus via: [email protected]. In your application please detail how you meet the requirements of the role as outlined in the job and person specification. All applications will be acknowledged. All candidates are requested to complete an Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form. PLEASE DO NOT APPLY VIA NHS JOBS.

If you wish to discuss any aspect of the role, organisation or application process please do not hesitate to contact Linda McCue on 07958 032839 / 01730 266208 or via email. Following the closing date candidates will be longlisted by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust (ICHT) by scrutiny of their application. Longlisted candidates will be asked to attend a preliminary interview with Acertus. As part of this, candidates will be required to complete an online Occupational Personality Questionnaire (OPQ), feedback will be provided at the preliminary interview. Following this ICHT will shortlist candidates for final assessment and panel interview. Appointment will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory references and employment checks. Recruitment timetable summary:

Action Date Closing date for applications

5th December 2011

Longlisting

Close of business 7th December

Preliminary Interview and OPQ Feedback sessions with longlisted candidates

9th, 12th or 13th December

Shortlisting

16th December

Final assessment and panel interview

Week commencing 19th December (tbc)


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