The Secondary Care, Primary Care, Community Services, Vaccines and Screening (SPCVS) Finance and Planning Business Partnering Team in the NHS England Finance and Planning Directorate is now recruiting for two senior finance leads

This is a fantastic opportunity to be at the heart of work to support the NHS. We:

• Decide how to distribute the funding to the different NHS services and parts of England;
• Support innovative programmes that improve the care and experience of NHS patients or people using NHS services;
• Set out the financial and performance priorities the NHS should be delivering each year;
• Report how much the NHS has spent on providing services each year;
• Explore how the NHS can make the best use of its money;
• Look at how spend on building or equipment can improve the care and experience of people using NHS services.
• Consider how nationally we use these resources to improve healthcare outcomes, reduce inequality, improve health and support the NHS.

As a senior finance lead you will be a key finance business partner contact with two or three directorates that the SCPVS team support. You will help programmes design and implement affordable and value for money policy initiatives, taking forward the vision of the 10 year health plan. And you will help programmes manage their in-year budgets to plan by, with colleagues in your team, leading on monthly reporting and budget setting for the directorates you support.
The team offers high profile, fast-paced projects. This requires adaptability, rigor and innovation and provides exciting development opportunities for those developing their careers in the NHS, health or the public sector.
Below are the types of skills and experience that we are looking for.

Even if you feel you only meet some of the criteria, we encourage you to apply.

• Ability to support policy colleagues in assessing the value for money and affordability of new policy proposals
• An understanding of allocations and financial flows in the NHS and how to establish funding and payment approaches for new delivery areas given these
• Experience of leading a team producing internal financial reporting, supporting forecasting and agreeing budgets

The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
Delivering value for money.
If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.
If you are successful at interview, we will run an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) in the Electronic Staff Record system (ESR). This transfer gathers valuable information from a previous or current NHS employer to support the onboarding process, including; statutory and mandatory competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement. You will have the opportunity throughout the recruitment process to inform us if you do not consent.
Please see attached job description for further information about the responsibilities of this role. You can find further details about the role, a letter from the Deputy CFOs and advice on completing your application in the Document to download section.
Interested in applying and want to find out more about our team and the work we do?
Please email Sam Ward sam.ward3@nhs.net from 18 August, or John McLoughlin john.mcloughlin1@nhs.net if before then.
Secondments
Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only, agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application

Please refer the Job description for details