Finance Assistant - Preston, United Kingdom - NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board

NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board

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Preston, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

As finance assistant for the Primary Care medical finance team the postholder will work as part of a dynamic team in delivering an effective service supporting managers and staff across the team to ensure the delivery of high quality, safe services in line with national and sub national policy objectives.

This post is only open to internal applicants within the NHS in the Lancashire and South Cumbria patch

A key requirement of this role is to support the Finance Officer to develop and deliver effective financial plans for all aspects of NHS contracts including Primary Care which support overall delivery of national and local priorities and work within available funding to support commissioning.

Key working relationships

The post holder will have regular contact with a wide range of staff at all levels within the ICB, with senior and other representatives of local stakeholders, as well as with patients and their representatives.

Required to maintain constructive relationships with a broad range of stakeholders.

Work with members of the team to develop and implement project data collection systems that will provide accurate and timely data.

Communicate information and issues, including briefings and reports

Key responsibilities

The role will be varied and will adapt over time as the ICB develops.

The postholder is expected to fulfil the following key functions:

Provide high quality project, service, initiative and administrative support including information and analysis.

Undertake reporting and analysis of information to support

delivery.

To assist the finance analyst in the provision of financial management and financial reporting to support the delivery of national and local priorities and outcomes both in the short and long term.

Ensure financial information is processed timely, accurately and in accordance with procedures to support internal reporting to managers, directors, staff, and clinicians.

Investigate queries accordingly.

Preparation of monthly payment schedules and uploading to the GP payments system.

Reconciliation of GP pension contributions on a monthly basis for payment to the NHS Pensions Agency.

Calculation of GP Locum claims for Sickness & Maternity cover.

Investigate and respond to payment queries from GP practices.

Ensure financial information is processed timely, accurately and in accordance with procedures to support internal reporting to managers and budget holders.

Support the financial reporting and financial management of Primary Care Co-Commissioning

Oversee the operational aspects of GP premises payments under the Premises Costs Directions (e.g. rent and rates reimbursements)

The Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB) was formally established as a new statutory body on 1 July 2022, replacing the eight clinical commissioning groups across Lancashire and South Cumbria.

Our role is to join up health and care services, improve people's health and wellbeing, and to make sure everyone has the same access to services and gets a positive experience from treatment.

We also oversee how money and resource is utilised to ensure that funding is spent to ensure health services are effective, consistent and of high standard

Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB is a complex organisation serving a population of over 1.8 million people.

Key functional responsibilities

The post holder is a key member of the team whose overarching goal is to enable, promote and support the effective use of data, information, knowledge and technology to improve, inform and support a portfolio of projects, services, and initiatives.

Project Management

Undertake information/project analysis.

Participate in relevant internal and external working groups/projects to provide information/analyst advice and support and to maintain data collection systems for its effective use by the team.

Analyse and report on data and monitor the processing of data and information.

Provides information to project lead on project and statistical information matters.

Financial and Physical Resources

Support and inform the requirement and targeting of resources, monitoring spend, implementing and evaluating jobs and delivery of financial recovery/savings plans by providing high quality information and analysis.

Contribute to the financial delivery of the agreed portfolio ensuring it is delivered on time.

People Management (as required)

Provide training, advice and support on own area of responsibility where applicable.

Support training and induction of staff.

Supervises team on their day to day activities

Participate in the recruitment processes

Information Management

Carry out timely and accurate information analysis and reporting on agreed areas of portfolio and present findings in an agreed manner.

Develop and maintain databases required for the role and/or department programme.

Maintain administrative and information resources.

Contribute to effective information management with