An exciting opportunity has arisen for an exceptional individual to join our Pathology Business Unit as a Finance Manager. This role will work across both Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust to support the delivery a new and exciting partnership to transform Pathology services across south east London.
This partnership will deliver and transform Pathology service across south east London, serving a population of around 1.7million and delivering a service for both primary and secondary care providers.
This programme will deliver significant transformation of pathology services for south east London, through implementation of digital pathology and creation of a new clinically led target operating model with a new hub and essential services laboratories working on each site, working through unified and standardised pathways. This will provide improvements in service performance, outcomes, efficiency and position SEL at the forefront of R&D and Innovation, while delivering material savings for Trusts and a risk and gain share royalty, dependent on delivery of critical milestones.
Responsible for providing financial support to the Pathology Business Unit (PBU) Team and GSTT / KCH in all financial and commercial matters relating to the Pathology service on behalf of the Pathology Business Unit, t he Finance Manager will be a business partner to teams within the PBU, acting as the first port of call for all finance queries.
Financial Management
- Provide expert finance business partnering support to the PBU in all regular and ad hoc financial management and business planning activities.
- Take responsibility for designing & preparing the monthly finance reports and forecasts for the PBU, including discussing these with relevant stakeholders across the department.
- Support the Senior Finance Manager in the annual financial planning processes for the PBU, taking responsibility for preparing accurate financial plans based on the strategies of the PBU.
- To provide professional expert guidance to team leaders across the PBU team. To be the key contact for the PBU for finance queries.
Please refer to the job description for full information.
The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. Transforming Healthcare is the vision at the heart of the King’s Strategy – 2026 to 2031. Together, we are pursuing six strategic ambitions: delivering high-quality patient care; being a great place to work; leading pioneering research, innovation and education; building strong and successful partnerships; providing timely and efficient care; and ensuring long-term financial sustainability. Achieving these ambitions will require all of us to work as one Team King’s, united by a shared commitment to our values of being caring, collaborative, inclusive and innovative. By living these values every day, we will transform healthcare for our patients, our communities and each other
We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.
King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone’s contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.
Leadership
- To provide financial leadership and present complex financial management information to the senior directorate staff and the Evelina London SBU Executive Team.
- To ensure that all managers are aware of and act in accordance with Standing Financial Instructions (SFIs).
- To recommend improvements and changes to local working practices and developing financial processes impacting across the services supported, both within and beyond the finance team.
- To develop within the PBU an awareness of financial performance requirements, and the need for budgetary control, including delivering training to budget holders and managers to support the financial literacy of the organisation. Demonstrate confidence in communicating with staff at all levels and across all professional disciplines and explain complex financial information to both finance and non-finance staff in a meaningful way.
