NHS Finance Business Partner
Department of Health and Social Care
Apply before 11:55 pm on Friday 8th November 2024
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Job summary
In the Department of Health and Social Care, we are proud of our purpose – to enable everyone to live more independent, healthier lives for longer. To achieve this, and create a great place to work, we have four values: we are inclusive, we constantly improve, we challenge, and we are agile. If this sounds like an environment you would like to work in, we would love to hear from you. |
We are looking for a motivated candidate excited by the opportunity to provide strategic advice to high profile spending areas that impact everybody in the country. This is a business-facing role involving a high degree of stakeholder engagement and influencing, strategic awareness of policy, and an interest in government spending policy and policy delivery. The NHS Finance team help DHSC to achieve Value for Money from the health and care system in the implementation of its strategic objectives. We work with a full range of stakeholders across NHS England, the department and government, including HM Treasury. We add value to decision-making and policy implementation by applying a financial lens, providing robust challenge of policy design and efficiency options; advice on strategic planning and risk management; assurance over reporting of the financial position of the system to Parliament - ensuring finance is at the heart of decision making to support deliver of strategic policy at the best possible value to the taxpayer. We work across a range of complex policy and strategy areas, including workforce, system financial architecture, NHS services including primary care and pharmacy, clinical negligence, and medicines policy. Successful candidates will be joining an inclusive and supportive team comprising of a mix of finance and policy professionals. We are committed to providing an environment for all to thrive, with opportunities to learn and develop in the role. We welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds. We are a split site team with offices in London and Leeds. |
Job description
The role involved providing advice to NHS and Department colleagues on how NHS finance will be impacted within a range of policy areas. The vacancy will be supporting the lead Finance Business partner covering a portfolio that includes Medicines, Prescribing, Pharmacy, MedTech, Health & Justice, NHS Inquiries, and NHS Supply Chain.
This is a business-facing role involving stakeholder engagement and influencing. Your role will be to consider the NHS financial impact and value for money of policy proposals and implementation in these areas, and provide financial advice, challenge, and business partnering support to a range of stakeholders across the Department, NHS England and wider government.
While this role sits withing the finance function it is not a technical finance-driven role - so don't expect to be spending your days producing monthly budget reports! - and would be suited to both a policy professional looking to develop finance skills, or a finance professional looking for an opportunity to work with policy and delivery stakeholders.
Role responsibilities
The candidate will support work on development of policy and projects relevant to spend within NHS England by:
· Building strong working relationships across a range of DHSC policy teams and external partners in ALBs.
· Knowing and being able to bring to life the ‘story’ behind the numbers.
· Joining up teams to ensure spend and finance issues are represented and appropriately managed in key policy areas, projects and programmes.
· Providing advice to policy teams and other partners early in the policy-making process on how financial considerations can support effective policy delivery.
· Providing advice that brings out the strategic consequences of policy decisions and is aligned to DHSC’s wider financial aims and strategy.
· Providing insight on financial risks and opportunities to support reporting on the overall NHS financial position.
· Supporting engagement with HM Treasury on policy areas within portfolio.
· Reviewing Ministerial submissions and business cases and providing a financial view on affordability and Value for Money.
· Identifying where other specialist accounting and finance advice might be needed and signpost internally.
Person specification
Key skills and experience required for the role · Skilled communicator, able to understand what matters to key stakeholders and to tailor style and technique across a range of audiences and media. · Ability to be a bridge between policy and finance colleagues to successfully influence a range of stakeholders. · Ability to synthesise wide-ranging material to provide clear and concise summaries/briefing, preferably with recommendations, at pace, and clearly outlining risks and benefits. · Experience of successfully utilising project management processes to drive delivery of multiple key projects to deadline while maintaining quality and meeting the needs of the business. · Ability to work in multi-functional teams and across team boundaries, taking responsibility and ownership for areas in portfolio, with support from the Grade 7. · Adept at working in a remote, split-site environment and use of digital communication tools. · Ability to use and interpret numerical and financial data. · A financial qualification would be desirable but is not essential. The successful candidate will be supported to gain a financial qualification if they wish to pursue this (to note this role attracts a market pay supplement of £7k for CCAB and equivalent qualified accountants). |
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Working Together
- Seeing the Big Picture
- Making Effective Decisions
Benefits
- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
Your normal place of work will be your contractual primary workplace, usually either London or Leeds. (delete/add as appropriate) Within DHSC we offer non-contractual hybrid working. The expectation at present is a minimum of 60% of your working time spent in the office, enabling in person interaction and collaboration, and enhancing team working, learning, and support.
You will be asked to express a location preference during the application process. Please be aware that this role can only be worked in the UK and not overseas and some travel may be required across the DHSC estate.
Opportunities for some working from home may be available; other flexible working options may be discussed with the hiring manager in line with individual circumstances and business need.
There are a limited number of DHSC colleagues who have existing agreed homeworking contracts resulting from Our Future Estate Programme 2023-2024. Colleagues covered by these arrangements are eligible to apply for this role whilst continuing their agreed existing home working arrangement. Occasional travel to DHSC offices or other locations may still be required according to business need. Travel and subsistence will be provided in line with the pre-agreed homeworker arrangements.
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Selection process details
Applications will be sifted W/C: 11/11/2024 Interview date W/C: 25/11/2024 Interview location: Your interview will either be conducted face to face or by video. You will be notified of the location if you are selected for interview. Further details and interview slots will be released to candidates who are successful at sift. |
Please use your CV (in no more than 2 pages) to set out your career history, highlighting specific responsibilities and achievements that are relevant for this role. These can be found in the ‘key skills and experience required for the role’ section of the advert. Please use your personal statement to (in no more than 500 words) outline how you meet the key skills and experience required for the role as set out in the job advert. At interview candidates will be assessed on the behaviours (Seeing the Big Picture, Making Effective Decisions and Working Together) and strengths. Candidates will be asked to give a presentation which will assess the Seeing the Bigger Picture behaviour. Details of the presentation question will be issued to candidates with the release of the sift scores. To find out more about working in the department please visit our page on the Civil Service Careers Website https://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/departments/working-for-the-department-of-health-social-care/ and to find out more information on how to apply visit the Civil Service Careers Website https://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/how-to-apply/ Please be aware that some travel may be required across the DHSC estate. Please note that applicants will require BPSS clearance. Reasonable Adjustment If a person with disabilities is put at a substantial disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes. If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should: Contact Government Recruitment Service via dhscrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs. Complete the ‘Assistance required’ section in the ‘Additional requirements’ page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if you’re deaf, a Language Service Professional. Further Information A reserve list may be held for a period of 12 months from which further appointments can be made. Any move to DHSC from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk If successful and transferring from another Government Department a criminal record check may be carried out. In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure and Barring Service on your behalf. However, we recognise in exceptional circumstances some candidates will want to send their completed forms direct. If you will be doing this, please advise Government Recruitment Service of your intention by emailing Pre-EmploymentChecks.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk stating the job reference number in the subject heading. New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band. Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant’s details held on the IFD will be refused employment. A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5 year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government. If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section. This role is being advertised on a permanent basis. If preferable, Loan or Secondment options will also be available for existing Civil Servants (Loan) and applicants from accredited NDPBs or any other employer (Secondment). Prior agreement to be released on a loan basis must be obtained before commencing the application process. In the case of Civil Servants, the terms of the loan will be agreed between the home and host department and the Civil Servant. This includes grade on return Terms and Conditions Candidates should note that DHSC’s Terms and Conditions of employment changed from 1 October 2013. It is the candidate’s responsibility to ensure they are aware of the terms and conditions they will adopt should they be successful. New Entrants to the Civil Service New entrants appointed in grades AA to G6 will receive DHSC’s modernised terms and conditions:
Existing Civil Service staff transferring from another Government department, on either level transfer or promotion All staff moving to DHSC will transfer onto DHSC’s modernised terms and conditions (as outlined above). Existing DHSC staff, appointed on promotion If DHSC’s modernised terms and conditions are already held, the employee will retain those terms and conditions. If DHSC’s pre-modernised terms and conditions are held, the employee will transfer onto DHSC’s modernised terms and conditions (as outlined above).
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Job contact :
- Name : Debi Nicholson
- Email : Debi.Nicholson@dhsc.gov.uk
Recruitment team
- Email : dhscrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
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If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Department, you can contact the Civil Service Commission: https://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/contact-us/
