Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Productivity and Costing Team and help develop the departments reporting procedures. Through this vital interaction, there will be increased engagement with the Clinical Community to identify and optimise the efficiencies and productivity opportunity to support the programme of service improvement.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be the Trusts’ expert on Patient Level Information and Costing (PLICS), model hospital, benchmarking and other costing and productivity data. This post will require extensive liaison with divisional finance managers, medical, clinical, Business Intelligent Unit and other staff in the divisions.

Provide Trust lead on annual reference cost returns and responsible for submission inline with the latest timetable and requirements.

The post holder will oversee the costings and benchmarking support for the production of the annual and strategic financial plans in line with NHS Improvement deadlines.

The role will be responsible for developing the strategic direction of costing and productivity reporting and embedding it into the RUH.

Provide strategic business advice to the Divisional Management Team, through the use of PLICS data. This ensures effective use of financial resources in pursuit of agreed Divisional and Corporate goals.

Support the Service Improvement Board with the accurate and timely reporting – recommending appropriate metrics, tracking progress against objectives and indicating where workstreams are coming off track.

About us

At the RUH we’re proud to put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone’s contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks – celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We’ve even got a pool!

We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we’re providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.

Date posted

14 March 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£56,164 to £65,262 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

427-5096201

Job locations

RUH

Bath

BA1 3NG

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please find attached to the vacancy a detailed person specification and job description for further information about this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please find attached to the vacancy a detailed person specification and job description for further information about this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Qualified Accountant

Experience

Essential

  • Public Sector and Large Organisation
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Qualified Accountant

Experience

Essential

  • Public Sector and Large Organisation

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).

Additional information

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).