Deputy Chief Finance Officer

Job summary

Main duties of the job

We are looking for someone with a forward-looking mindset, who will relish the development opportunity that this role provides and contribute positively to the organisation.

The successful candidate will have previous NHS experience and a strong grasp of the strategic context in which the Trust operates. You will be an experienced accountant with exceptional communication skills and a values-based approach to your work. You will be an influential team player who works in a collaborative way to empower, motivate and influence key stakeholders inside and outside the organisation.

The Finance Team is a positive and supportive place to work, where your learning and development will be actively supported. We actively support flexible working and are committed to encouraging diversity to ensure our finance team identifies, nurtures and supports talented individuals from all backgrounds. We encourage applications from every individual that meets the requirements of the job specification.

Please see the job specification for further details. If you wish to discuss this role further then please contact Sophie Harrison, Chief Finance Officer (alison.colling@nhs.net)

Job responsibilities

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.

Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.

The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.

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