Senior Divisional Finance Manager

An exciting opportunity has arisen at Onelsc within East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust and we are looking to recruit a Senior Divisional Finance Manager for the Medicine & Emergency Care (MEC) Division. This role is pivotal to the Division and the Finance Department, providing financial leadership, advice, training and support to ensure the achievement of financial targets and reporting requirements.

• Provide financial leadership to the Division, including Clinical Directors, Divisional Director of Operations and Directorate Managers.
• Deliver internal and external reporting requirements, enabling managers to provide an efficient and effective service within the resources available.
• Encompass financial performance management, business planning and efficiencies.
• Presentation at interview – information to be sent prior to the interview.

• CCAB qualified accountant with experience of working closely with Divisional Directors, Clinicians, Directorate Managers and budget holders.
• Excellent communicator, team player, enjoys a challenge and is motivated by financial continual improvements.

The Finance Department has been at the forefront of change and continual improvement and has won a national HFMA award for embracing technology and the Public Sector Finance Award for Training & Development. The Department is both FSD and FFF level 3 accredited, showing our commitment to being a leading edge Finance Function that supports the wider improvement of the North West finance system and influences local and national strategy.

We actively participate in mentoring and coaching programmes. With our training schemes and support networks, you will be empowered to play a leading role in the future of healthcare, whatever your specialism or interest. The Trust supports collaborative working with other Acute NHS Providers across Lancashire and South Cumbria, and particularly across Pennine Lancashire. Future focused finance at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust means the finance team is committed to embedding the Four Strengths Framework.

This framework establishes the four key attributes the NHS Finance Leadership Council created to ensure NHS finance departments can play their part in a modern, patient‑centred NHS. All applicants for ELHT finance roles will be assessed against the four strengths as part of the interview and assessment process.