Income and Costing Assistant

at  Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Working Full time : 37.5 hours per week
To support the Projects, Income and Costing Team in the provision of management information and advice to the Trust as a whole. The post-holder will work both as part of a team and independently as required.
Assisting in the production of timely accurate and relevant information for the completion of monthly income reporting internally and externally, helping the trust to plan its medium & long term future
This role comes with an option to undertake a L4 AAT or CCAB Accounting qualification via Apprenticeship.
External applicants commencing study at L4 AAT will receive 80% AfC pay until successful completion of that level.
Internal applicants or people studying at CCAB qualification level will receive 100% AfC pay.
The Trust is seeking to appoint a highly motivated data-driven and analytical thinker to the role of Income & Costing Assistant within the Financial Management team.
The successful candidate must possess good analytical, organisational, and communication skills, as well as being proficient in the use of Microsoft Office, particularly Microsoft Excel.
You will also be supported to complete an Accounting qualification via apprenticeship.
Please note that this post will be applicable for hybrid working, however during the initial probation period, attendance on site will be expected.
The interview will include an Excel assessment (35 minutes).
You must be able to prioritise your own work to meet deadlines, have the ability to work with big data, to analytically assess information and follow instructions.
You will have excellent communication skills, both verbal and written. You will be confident, have a mature and flexible approach, be a good time keeper and have the ability to work unsupervised to ensure the effective coordination of duties.
In return we will ensure that you receive all the training you need to be able to do this role fully and competently.
You will be released for study and supported to achieve a framework of nationally recognised qualifications.
The minimum entry requirements are successful completion of Level 3 AAT or demonstrable equivalent
Please note this post may close at sufficient applicants.

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:

• The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds.
• Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility.
• Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.

The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000. This includes 357,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.
The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.
See Job Description for further details.
Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £27.50 (standard) or £55.50 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first three months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
Good luck with your application

Please refer the Job description for details