Financial Sustainability Manager - Sustainability and Values

About The Organisation

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

The Financial Sustainability Manager supports the delivery of the Board’s financial sustainability, efficiency, and improvement programmes. The postholder provides high‑quality financial analysis, reporting, and project support to ensure the organisation meets its financial targets and delivers best value. The role works closely with clinical, operational, and finance colleagues to identify, quantify, and track financial improvement opportunities, ensuring robust governance and accurate reporting.

The Finance Department supports the effective and efficient management of public monies allocated to NHS Lanarkshire in accordance with the Strategic Health Plan, Our Health Together and our financial framework.

The Department, on behalf of the NHS Board and Accountable Officer, leads

• The development and application of financial systems, procedures and controls.
• The development of financial systems to ensure public funds are properly managed and safeguarded.
• Ensuring that the consideration of policy proposals relating to expenditure or income includes all relevant financial consideration including issues of propriety, regularity or value for money.
• The development and implementation of financial monitoring and control systems
• The financial risk assessment ensuring significance is assessed and that appropriate systems are in place to manage these risks.
• Pursuit of continuous improvement regarding efficient and effective use of resources.

The Department supports the Accountable Officer in ensuring that Resource Limits set by the Scottish Government Health Department are not exceeded. The Department also supports the Accountable Officer to ensure relevant approvals are obtained where limits exceed those delegated to the NHS Board; seeks to ensure all items of expenditure fall within the legal powers of the NHS Board and are exercised with due regard for probity and value for money.

The Department ensures the strategic Health Plan and all associated strategies are affordable to enable strategic change to healthcare and health improvement to take place.

The Department has responsibility for ensuring appropriate budgets, in accordance with the health plan / financial plan, are in place for local managers to support healthcare delivery and to ensure that service agreements are in place with other bodies including other Health Boards and Local Authorities who provide care to Lanarkshire residents.

The Department plays a key role in the planning, monitoring and control of the Board’s budgets, with significant input to the Board’s Sustainability and Value programme.

• Educated to degree level or equivalent experience.
• Specialist knowledge and expertise across one or more specialised areas including management; advises finance and non‑finance managers on matters relating to their own area, providing detailed advice and guidance,…