Business Unit Accountant

Business Unit Accountant - An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Financial Management team at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust (UHDB). We are looking for an enthusiastic, hardworking and self-motivated individual to join the existing Surgery Finance team on a permanent basis, providing high quality financial support to the Trusts budget holders and operational management. This is an excellent opportunity to gain financial management experience in a large Acute Hospital setting. A pivotal role within the financial management function, managing and co-ordinating the production of monthly reporting for the Business Unit/Units in an accurately timely manner.Main duties of the job Building key relationships with operational managers and clinicians within the Business Unit, gaining detailed understanding of services to support planning, improvement, forecasting and decision making. To lead and manage members of the Financial Management team, supporting development and identifying opportunities for continuous improvement in our systems and processes. The Trust has Business Units that report to itsfour Clinical Divisions, Surgery, Medicine, Cancer, Diagnostics and Clinical Support and Women's & Children's. Each Division has a Finance Business Partner as its finance lead who is supported by Divisional Finance and Information Manager (DFIM) and Business unit Accountants (BUA) along with other Financial Management support staff.

Highly professional and resourceful individuals are sought with a customer focused attitude alongside the ability to balance competing priorities. Highly developed communication skills are essential with the ability and confidence to influence Senior Managers and Clinicians across the Trust.

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work. In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts:
• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.