System Financial Recovery Director

NHS Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board

Reporting to the ICB Chief Finance Officer, this post will co-ordinate the day-to-day delivery of the system's financial recovery programme.

Main duties of the job

• Leading assurance programmes to ensure financial controls are being robustly applied.
• Providing financial leadership to key system efficiency and transformation programmes including the redesign of UEC and discharge pathways.
• Meeting reporting requirements as part of the NHSE Investigation and Intervention Programme.
• Co-ordinating reporting on financial recovery through system governance (System Financial Recovery Board, F&P Committee).

About us

Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care System brings together local NHS, councils and voluntary, community and faith sectors to better serve our communities. With a population of circa 1.55 million, our vision is for BSOL to be the healthiest place to live and work, driving equity in life chances and health outcomes for everyone. For a chance to be part of the fantastic opportunity we have as an Integrated Care System, apply for this role today.

As a member of our system, you will actively demonstrate system values in all that you do. You will be driven to address health inequalities and create an environment that is inclusive for all people.

In return, NHS Birmingham and Solihull can offer you the opportunity to thrive and develop in a team that is supportive, ambitious, and inclusive. You will have plenty of opportunities to build your skills and experience, with a chance to work with colleagues across our five Provider Trusts, two Local Authorities, voluntary organisations, Integrated Care Board (ICB), and NHS England to truly effect change and add value.

We know that diversity fosters creativity and innovation and are committed to challenging discrimination, promoting equality of opportunity for all, being a fair and inclusive employer, and creating a place of work in which all of us feel we belong.

Job responsibilities

This post will work closely with the CFOs of BSOL's 6 NHS organisations, providing support where appropriate to grip & control and efficiency schemes where they relate to system or cross-organisational opportunities. They will attend weekly/monthly CFOs and the System Financial Recovery Board, reporting on progress as required. They will also liaise regularly with the NHSE appointed independent contacts for the Investigation and Intervention programme, providing assurance on progress towards financial recovery.

In addition, the post will support the identification and development of additional in-year financial recovery opportunities, engaging within the BSOL system, with other ICSs, and with NHSE to ensure all opportunities are being fully realised. This will include a detailed review of the output from other systems within the Investigation and Intervention regime.

As relevant, the post will also provide additional support to the development of a rolling 3-year efficiency programme, enabling the system to demonstrate a credible plan to deliver longer-term financial sustainability.

The Job holder will be accountable for:

Grip and control:

• Providing independent challenge to grip and control measures across BSOL, ensuring there is consistent application of agreed system frameworks of financial control.
• Working closely with the providers of the Investigation and Intervention programme to understand any findings and implement appropriate action to improve grip and control where relevant.
• Reviewing opportunities from other systems and making recommendations to CFOs and the System Financial Recovery.
• Chairing, where required, system assurance meetings such as the System Vacancy Panel.
• Providing financial leadership in key system-wide efficiency schemes, including the redesign of UEC and discharge pathways.
• Supporting the development of robust business cases to ensure financial benefit is achieved from system transformation.
• Reviewing previous investment cases to ensure benefits have been delivered.
• Supporting disinvestment and decommissioning reviews where required.

Reporting:

• Co-ordinating the weekly Investigation and Intervention report to NHSE.
• Providing regular updates to CFOs and to the monthly System Financial Recovery Board and ICB Finance & Performance Committee.
• Co-ordinating additional reporting in relation to system financial recovery as required.
• Providing input into the development of a medium-term financial plan for the system.
• Quantifying opportunity in relation to efficiency schemes and working with partners to ensure processes are in place to deliver schemes within agreed timescale.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Experience

• Experience at NHS CFO level.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.