Welcome
Dear Applicant,
Thank you for expressing an interest in the Deputy Director of Finance and Procurement role. This is a really exciting time for Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust as we move towards our ambition of becoming ‘the country’s leading Teaching Trust by 2016.’
This is a fantastic opportunity to join one of the largest acute trusts in the UK and to take a direct hand in driving the organisation forward. We intend to apply for Foundation Trust status and the successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring we achieve Foundation Trust status.
I do hope you decide to apply for the role and look forward to receiving your application.
Regards,
Mark Mansfield
Director of Finance and Procurement, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
About Us
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest in the UK with an annual budget of around £600 million. The Trust was formed on 1 April 2006, when two top-rated trusts - Queen's Medical Centre and – Nottingham City Hospital merged in order to develop a range of high-quality, sustainable patient services across the two campuses.
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust was named one of the top five teaching Trusts in the UK in the 2007 ‘Good Hospital Guide’ by health information specialist Dr Foster. The guide says that among the key factors of this success were strong partnership working and high quality information.
As a major teaching Trust, NUH enjoys close links with the city's universities and attracts and develops the highest calibre of staff. It continues to be the hospital of choice for patients and remains at the forefront of research. It has one of the busiest emergency departments in the UK and has a total of 2,200 hospital beds across both campuses.
The vision and ambition of NUH is to be ‘the country’s leading Teaching Trust by 2016.’
Following merger a number of underlying financial issues emerged and a deficit of £6.8m occurred in 2006/7. However good progress has been made in addressing these issues and the Trust is presently on course in working towards the following short term objectives:
- Financial balance in 2007/08
- Repayment of the 2006/07 deficit in 2008/09 or before
- A Foundation Trust application in 2008
Reason for vacancy
The Executive Director of Finance, Mark Mansfield, joined the Trust in September 2007. As part of a re-structuring exercise Mark now wishes to appoint a new Deputy Director of Finance along with 5 other Assistant Directors of Finance that will report directly to the Deputy Director of Finance. In a recent recruitment process four appointments were made to these roles.
Annual Report and Annual Plan
For a copy of the latest Annual report please click on:-
www.nuh.nhs.uk/about/documents/NUH_Annual_Report_and_Accounts_2006_2007.pdf
To review a copy of the Annual Plan for 2007/08 please click on:-
www.nuh.nhs.uk/about/documents/Annual-Plan-2007-2008.pdf
To view the Health Commission Report for Nottingham University Hospitals please click on:-
http://2007ratings.healthcarecommission.org.uk/patientsandthepublic
For further information about Nottingham University Hospitals please click on:-
Why should you consider this role as your next career move
This role offers an opportunity to gain considerable experience in the UK’s third largest Trusts.
Ideally we are looking for an experienced deputy or director of finance operating in an acute trust or a director operating in a PCT environment looking to progress their career
Nottingham University Hospitals are looking to apply to become a Foundation Trust and this will be a great opportunity for an ambitious candidate to be involved with the application process for a large trust.
This role will enable you to lay a sound foundation to step up to a director role within a large acute trust and potentially therefore, enable you to “leapfrog” more traditional career routes into a large acute trust or FT environment.
Organisational Chart
Please click here to view our Finance Structure.
