Total 67 Manager Full-time job vacancies in OX4 4GA

Please refer to the job description and guidance notes attached for further information on this role

This is an exciting and challenging post that plays a critical role in delivering our ambition to make OUH one of the best Trusts to work for in the country.

We are committed to continuing our transformation of our workforce investigations service and this role leads our dedicated Workforce Investigations Unit within our Employee Relations team.

As our Head of Workforce Investigations Unit, you will report to the Assistant Director of Workforce (Employee Relations) and lead a small team of investigators overseeing complex and sensitive workforce investigations, in addition to your own caseload.

You will need experience of undertaking workforce investigations within an NHS or other healthcare setting. You may be an HR professional with extensive employee relations and investigations experience, or an experienced investigator with formal training and experience of working with NHS/healthcare organisations. You will champion an employee-centred approach by ensuring confidential, impartial and thorough investigations are completed into employee concerns, bringing a swift and professional conclusion to investigations.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a leading healthcare provider and manage a high-quality professional team. There is significant scope for impact in this role, both in terms of the continuing development of the Unit and more widely on improving the experience of our patients and employees.



Your key responsibilities will include:

· Providing a high quality, proactive and timely investigations service for employee relations cases.

· Managing, developing, and supporting the Investigations team with a particular emphasis on case allocation, quality assurance and professional development.

· Maintaining an excellent working knowledge of employment legislation, case law and best practice in the field of investigations and ensuring that this knowledge is shared to support best practice across the Trust.

· Developing and implementing the Workforce Investigations Standard Operating Procedure and producing a portfolio of tools and guidance documents for use within the team and wider organisation

· Acting as the Trust in-house investigations expert for Maintaining High Professional Standards (MHPS) cases.



Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trustis one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. For more information on OUH please viewOUH At a Glance by OUHospitals - Issuu

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.

We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via theOUH YouTube channel.

1. To lead the Workforce Investigations Team within the Trust, monitoring caseload and investigation quality and analysing trends in investigations.

2. To provide a high quality, pro-active and timely investigations service for employee relations cases; allocating investigations within the Team and supporting and advising Investigating Officers on complex cases.

3. Lead and manage investigations with managers and staff in the Trust, providing expert support on a range of highly complex and sensitive ER investigations.

4. To manage, develop and support the Investigations team with a particular emphasis on case allocation, performance management and professional development.

5. Responsible for maintaining an excellent working knowledge of UK and EU employment legislation and case law and best practice in the field of investigations; ensuring that this knowledge is proactively utilised and shared to support best practice across the Trust.

6. Provide specialist ER investigations advice and lead investigations to enable resolutions in a timely manner; proactively identifying opportunities for early resolution where possible.

7. Responsible for developing and implementing the Workforce Investigations Standard Operating Procedure; producing a portfolio of tools and guidance documents for use within the team as well as within the wider organisation to support other managers carrying out investigations; ensuring the sustainability and consistency of high-quality investigations throughout the Trust.

8. To identify and escalate employee relations issues as appropriate to ensure consistency and best practice across the Trust.

9. Promote good management practice and ensuring continuous improvement of practice to maintain high investigation standards.

10. To contribute to the overall service and direction of the Workforce Directorate including communication, teamwork, working professionally, reviewing systems and overseeing change and developing staff to provide a credible, comprehensive and quality Human Resource service.

11. To carry out and deliver on a full range of complex investigations for the Trust; including scoping the investigation, collecting and collating evidence, interviewing all relevant parties, producing high quality comprehensive investigation reports.

12. To act as the Trust in-house investigations expert for Maintaining High Professional Standards (MHPS) cases.

13. Responsible for ensuring that all investigation interviews undertaken by the Investigations Team are conducted in an objective and non-judgemental manner to gather the relevant facts.

14. Responsible for communicating highly complex and at times, highly sensitive, information while at the same time sensitively handling issues of conflict that may arise during the investigation process.

15. Responsible for receiving, analysing and interpreting highly complex information and evidence; using persuasive, negotiating, empathic and re-assurance skills as required to navigate the investigation process.

16. To present investigation findings at hearings and Employment Tribunals as appropriate; ensuring clear and accurate presentation of facts in what may be highly emotive and/or distressing situations.

17. To keep accurate and timely records of investigation activities, and produce management information as required, always ensuing the timeliness and quality of investigations.

18. To ensure that equality and diversity issues are recognised and addressed in accordance with legislation, policies and procedures.

19. Responsible for considering investigation strategy and making continual improvements to any investigator toolkits and related guidance documents.

20. To design and present training sessions on employee relations investigations for staff to ensure best practice is shared.

21. To identify training and development needs within services and opportunities for managers and staff, taking an active role in developing relevant training programmes and the delivery of training and in monitoring individual competency.

22. To develop staff to provide a comprehensive and quality investigations service by facilitating or providing training.

23. Support the Trust’s cultural change programme by promoting and embedding strategies related to Trust’s People Strategy and Trust Values and Behaviours.

24. To take a lead in identifying own development needs.

25. Responsible for working collaboratively with Workforce colleagues to review and assess current employee investigation practices, improving them to ensure we promote fairness while mitigating risk to the organisation.

26. To manage effective relationships with managers across the Trust; ensuring that complaints are kept to a minimum, dealing with any that arise and taking appropriate actions.

27. To work collaboratively with the wider Workforce team to ensure effective communication and integration, sharing knowledge and information to deliver a seamless service to the organisation.


This advert closes on Tuesday 12 Nov 2024

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Fire and Security Project Manager required to manage UK fire safety and building security projects including risk assessments, audits, contractor delivered works and follow up actions including repairs and maintenance services. You will work in an open and transparent way, creating strong partnerships with our customers and providing first class customer service.


Skills

Experience working in a housing or contracting business facilities delivery role.
Contractor management experience delivering services on time within budget.
Ideally qualified to FPA level 3, FPA level 4 or similar.
Fire regulation knowledge including the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, legislation and current and good practice.
Understanding of relevant British Standards relating to servicing, maintenance and commissioning.
This role will involve driving on company business. In order to drive a company vehicle, drivers must hold a full valid UK driving licence


Responsibilities

Monitor and manage fire safety and security projects ensuring they are properly resourced and operating within appropriate financial policies, procedures and budgets.
Manage contractors.
Maintain appropriate documentation for work specifications and tenders providing accurate and timely information for senior management.
Manage coordination, communication and maintenance of relationships with internal and external customers.
Report to senior management updating forecasts and managing expectations.

The Clinical Innovation Adoption Senior Project Manager will: Facilitate the adoption and adaption of innovations across the region by engaging and working with clinicians and managers from providers and commissioners and the HIOTV on projects that address clinical priorities as identified nationally and locally. Identify and assess innovations suitable for adoption; this includes NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) projects and activities. Where appropriate consider combinatorial innovation solutions for therapeutic areas and their pathways. Manage the process for successful adoption through service pathway redesign. Manage a pipeline of high impact innovations across the HIOTV region. Ensure evidence to support the change in clinical practice is sourced and clear. Agree implementation plans for uptake nationally and locally of sourced innovative technology (including NICE TAs) where there is a demonstrable clinical need. Work closely with the HIOTVs Strategic and Industry Partnerships (commercial team) to support commercialisation of innovations as appropriate. Ensure provider budgets are in place to enable technology adoption providing supporting papers for directors of finance in NHS trusts. Work with the CIA PMO to determine resource requirements to ensure that the team skills are engaged for delivery. Work closely with the regional medicines management team to implement and report on uptake of NICE TAs linked to national, regional and local programmes. Agree clear evaluation criteria and health economics with the commissioning organisations to enable decisions to scale or reject the innovation and service transformation. Agree monitoring arrangements for uptake and provide monthly reports against implementation plans. These reports will go to the Clinical Innovation Adoption Oversight Group, programme boards and NHSE. Identify risks and issues that are preventing rollout and escalate these (and plans for mitigation) to the CIA Oversight Group. Set up and manage innovation pipeline documentation for ease of access for HIOTV programmes and regional partners. Use the suite of high quality project templates for technology adoption to manage the process of market analysis, implementation and measuring/monitoring for projects. Work with the project and programme leads to ensure documentation is of a high quality and proportionate to the size and risk of the projects and programmes. Lead on set up and delivery of study design, real world evaluation and service evaluation. Attend and contribute to the relevant programme boards. Develop and implement data collection systems that will provide accurate and timely data. Participate in relevant internal and external working groups/projects, services and initiatives to provide information and analytical advice and expertise. Support production of tenders/business cases as required for the projects. Present information and issues to a range of internal and external stakeholders. Liaise with other managers to share best practice. Lead on post-project evaluation, document and present lessons learned. Key external working relationships will include programme/project leads from: Local clinical networks Other Health Innovation Network organisations NHSE and AAC Strategic Clinical Networks Industry and industry organisations, e.g. HIOTV strategic partners, Office for Life Sciences (OLS) Procurement networks Providers of evidence Academic staff and research groups (such as the universities, NIHR ARC etc.) Commissioning organisations (Providers, Commissioners, ICS/ICBs and NHSE/I national and regional teams) Key internal working relationships will include: Chief Operating Officer CIA Associate Directors HIOTV programme directors and project managersPlease note that as the HIOTVs activities increase, the capacity for project/programme support will be reviewed. The job description and person specification may be reviewed on an ongoing basis in accordance with the changing needs of the HIOTV.

Do you want to make a positive impact on patients and the quality of healthcare in the NHS?
At Health Innovation Oxford & Thames Valley, we are excited to announce this key position within our Clinical Innovation Adoption (CIA) team. As a Senior Programme Manager, you will join the team engaging and working with clinical leaders to support and monitor adoption of new technology, whether pharmaceutical, health technology, diagnostics, digital or best practice. Your efforts will ensure our projects serve the diverse population we are dedicated to supporting.

The role is a key link with other HIOTV programmes – in particular, Strategic and Industry Partnerships and Patient Safety and Clinical Improvement.

The appointed individual will have strong project management and business planning skills, be a strong self-motivated and flexible team player and able to lead on individual CIA projects/programmes working with the Director of Clinical Innovation Adoption and her team. The post holder should have a collaborative leadership style and enjoy engaging with our ICS systems, clinicians, patients, and management. There is a focus on supporting Integrated Care Systems that necessitates engagement and delivery skills with the frontline and senior management. Applicants should also have an interest and aptitude to understand the application of life science technologies in health settings as well as being a good communicator.

Our team thrives on a culture of openness, support, and continuous learning. We encourage each member to bring their unique perspectives and expertise to the table, fostering an environment where new ideas are welcomed, and innovation is celebrated. We work closely together, balancing independent initiatives with collaborative projects to achieve our shared goals. Our work ethic is built on professionalism, respect, and a strong commitment to excellence in everything we do.

As part of the HIOTV team, you will benefit from being part of an organisation hosted by Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) NHS Foundation Trust. This affiliation provides a unique blend of a fast-paced, innovative environment with the stability and comprehensive benefits of working under NHS (Agenda for Change) terms and conditions. These benefits include: professional development, comprehensive health and wellbeing support, inclusive and collaborative environment and while flexible working arrangements are encouraged for life balance, please be aware that this role is a full-time collaborative position.

At HIOTV, your work will have a real impact. You will be contributing to projects that directly enhance healthcare innovation, improve patient outcomes and support the NHS.

The Clinical Innovation Adoption Senior Project Manager will:
• Facilitate the adoption and adaption of innovations across the region by engaging and working with clinicians and managers from providers and commissioners and the HIOTV on projects that address clinical priorities as identified nationally and locally.
• Identify and assess innovations suitable for adoption; this includes NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) projects and activities.
• Where appropriate consider combinatorial innovation solutions for therapeutic areas and their pathways.
• Manage the process for successful adoption through service pathway redesign.
• Manage a pipeline of high impact innovations across the HIOTV region.
• Ensure evidence to support the change in clinical practice is sourced and clear.
• Agree implementation plans for uptake nationally and locally of sourced innovative technology (including NICE TAs) where there is a demonstrable clinical need.
• Work closely with the HIOTV’s Strategic and Industry Partnerships (commercial team) to support commercialisation of innovations as appropriate.
• Ensure provider budgets are in place to enable technology adoption – providing supporting papers for directors of finance in NHS trusts.
• Work with the CIA PMO to determine resource requirements to ensure that the team skills are engaged for delivery.
• Work closely with the regional medicines management team to implement and report on uptake of NICE TAs linked to national, regional and local programmes.
• Agree clear evaluation criteria and health economics with the commissioning organisations to enable decisions to scale or reject the innovation and service transformation.
• Agree monitoring arrangements for uptake and provide monthly reports against implementation plans. These reports will go to the Clinical Innovation Adoption Oversight Group, programme boards and NHSE.
• Identify risks and issues that are preventing rollout and escalate these (and plans for mitigation) to the CIA Oversight Group.
• Set up and manage innovation pipeline documentation for ease of access for HIOTV programmes and regional partners.
• Use the suite of high quality project templates for technology adoption to manage the process of market analysis, implementation and measuring/monitoring for projects.
• Work with the project and programme leads to ensure documentation is of a high quality and proportionate to the size and risk of the projects and programmes.
• Lead on set up and delivery of study design, real world evaluation and service evaluation.
• Attend and contribute to the relevant programme boards.
• Develop and implement data collection systems that will provide accurate and timely data.
• Participate in relevant internal and external working groups/projects, services and initiatives to provide information and analytical advice and expertise.
• Support production of tenders/business cases as required for the projects.
• Present information and issues to a range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Liaise with other managers to share best practice.
• Lead on post-project evaluation, document and present lessons learned.


Key Working Relationships

The post holder will be required to build and maintain constructive relationships with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders. The post holder will need to be able to work with board members, executive directors and senior clinicians and managers across the NHS.

Key external working relationships will include programme/project leads from:

• Local clinical networks
• Other Health Innovation Network organisations
• NHSE and AAC
• Strategic Clinical Networks
• Industry and industry organisations, e.g. HIOTV strategic partners, Office for Life Sciences (OLS)
• Procurement networks
• Providers of evidence
• Academic staff and research groups (such as the universities, NIHR ARC etc.)
• Commissioning organisations (Providers, Commissioners, ICS/ICBs and NHSE/I national and regional teams)

• Key internal working relationships will include:
• Chief Operating Officer
• CIA Associate Directors
• HIOTV programme directors and project managers

Please note that as the HIOTV’s activities increase, the capacity for project/programme support will be reviewed.

The job description and person specification may be reviewed on an ongoing basis in accordance with the changing needs of the HIOTV.


This advert closes on Friday 15 Nov 2024

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The post holder will: Manage the commissioning cycle, function and team for the Trust to ensure that effective management arrangements are in place for the Trusts patient care activity. Co-ordinate the development, negotiation and management of our NHS patient care contracts. Serve as the Trust's lead in relation to specific identified commissioners and support the commissioning team in their own lead roles with commissioners. Have a key role in the development and management of the Trust's response to current NHS contracting and payment framework, providing appropriate support and advice to the Trusts departments. Act as a key link between Commissioning, Finance and Operations (including divisions). Provide line management for the Clinical Coding function and senior team.

As part of the Income Generation Directorate, the Trusts and Foundations Manager is responsible for generating income from grant making trusts and foundations. The post holder will take the lead on seeking out new prospects and nurturing existing relationships to maintain and grow income. Responsibilities include researching sources of funding, devising individually tailored applications, maintaining excellent communications with existing and potential donor trusts and foundations, delivering an agreed income target as well as growing funding from these sources. It is based at our Oxford office with travel required across the Thames Valley. We are at a very exciting moment in Helen & Douglas Houses history with a new CEO and Director of Income Generation on board and a new three-year strategy in development. This new strategy will provide the organisation with a strong outward-facing ambition and the opportunity to engage more high value donors in our plans. The area of major gifts has been identified as a key growth area and therefore is an organisational priority.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is looking to recruit a Head of Commissioning to lead the Trust's Commissioning Team. This team play a key role in building and maintaining relationships with our commissioners of NHS patient services.

As one of the country's largest acute teaching hospitals we have c£1.3bn (annually) of services and activity under contract. The range of services we offered combined with our geographic reach mean we must build and maintain effective relationships with a large number of NHS and LA commissioners. This team and its members form the key interface between Trust services and staff and those commissioners, leading on relationship and contract management, negotiation, the provision of commissioning information and supporting service development.

We are looking for a talented and dedicated individual to provide leadership and sound management in this exiting and challenging field.

The commissioning function within the Trust exists to manage the commissioner/provider interface to the benefit of the organisation. It performs the following key functions:

• Commissioner relationship management
• NHS patient care procurement response
• Contract negotiation
• Contract management

The Head of Commissioning will provide a key role within the Trust as the lead manager of this function.

The post holder will:
• Manage the commissioning cycle, function and team for the Trust to ensure that effective management arrangements are in place for the Trust’s patient care activity.
• Co-ordinate the development, negotiation and management of our NHS patient care contracts.
• Serve as the Trust's lead in relation to specific identified commissioners and support the commissioning team in their own lead roles with commissioners.
• Have a key role in the development and management of the Trust's response to current NHS contracting and payment framework, providing appropriate support and advice to the Trust’s departments.
• Act as a key link between Commissioning, Finance and Operations (including divisions).
• Provide line management for the Clinical Coding function and senior team.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trustis one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. For more information on OUH please viewOUH At a Glance by OUHospitals - Issuu

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.

We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.

The post holder will:
• Manage the commissioning cycle, function and team for the Trust to ensure that effective management arrangements are in place for the Trust’s patient care activity.
• Co-ordinate the development, negotiation and management of our NHS patient care contracts.
• Serve as the Trust's lead in relation to specific identified commissioners and support the commissioning team in their own lead roles with commissioners.
• Have a key role in the development and management of the Trust's response to current NHS contracting and payment framework, providing appropriate support and advice to the Trust’s departments.
• Act as a key link between Commissioning, Finance and Operations (including divisions).
• Provide line management for the Clinical Coding function and senior team.


This advert closes on Tuesday 5 Nov 2024

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Daniel Owen are currently looking for an experienced Site Manager for new build housing site in Acklam

This role will be Ongoing

The successful candidate will have experience working on a new build housing site

Roles & Responsibilities

Qualifications:

• SMSTS
• Asbestos awareness, manual handling, Working at heights
• Face Fit
• experience doing CMLS
• FINISHING PLOTS

If interested in the position please apply or contact 07752790754 for more information

Grounds Maintenance Supervisor - Oxford Business Park - OX4

A Garden Maintenance Supervisor is required by one of the UK's leading Horticulture and Grounds maintenance specialists

The duties will be being a charge hand leading small team and include Grass / Lawn Cutting, Edging, Strimming, Hedge cutting, Litter Picking and Weed control and all gardening/grounds maintenance duties, using mowers and powered tools.

Team leader experience and a driver's license is essential

Permanent roles are available after a successful probation period

While working with us candidates can choose to be paid £16.25 per hour with no paid holiday or £14.50 per hour with paid holidays

You will be leading a mobile team of two or three workers

The working hours are 7am to 3:30pm Monday to Friday

Immediate starts available

Send a CV or call 01214508950 to apply

Please refer to the job description and guidance notes attached for further information on this role

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE POST To manage the Treasury, Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable Sections, working to maximise efficiency and timeliness of processing transactions. Reporting and managing the Trusts cash balances, presenting clear information to senior colleagues in a timely manner to allow key decisions to be made. Present cases considering a range of possibilities for areas for improvement either to save money, or to enhance services, or become more efficient. This will include analysing options and evaluating complex scenarios to be able to advise decision makers. End-to-end project management of any cases gaining approval, seeing through to conclusion and successful implementation. Working with colleagues in Finance and other departments to develop systems and procedures, increasing efficiency and quality and timeliness of information. To ensure appropriate training and development of Finance staff. Be a key member of the team involved in the preparation of the Trusts statutory accounts including planning and managing the exercise to agree NHS balances. RESPONSIBILITIES 1. Team Management Manage Treasury, Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable Sections, developing and agreeing work plans for the teams Responsible for recruitment to teams and setting objectives for team managers and teams as a whole Setting and monitoring targets for teams Responsible for development of teams and any system improvements Review of monthly performance figures working with team managers to investigate and explain significant trends and to develop action plans 2. Accounts Payable Section and Procurement Develop links with suppliers to address issues in supply chain processes, including procurement and payment of invoices. As part of this process, work to develop and automate systems and procedures involving Procurement Department where appropriate Administration of Purchasing Cards for the Trust, dealing with card applications, ensuring payment and posting of monthly balances and transactions Dealing with queries and requests for information on suppliers, either for suppliers themselves or for management and other departments in the Trust Dealing with VAT queries raised by finance colleagues and other Trust departments 3. Income and Debtors Working with colleagues in Finance and Commissioning, develop process for the efficient invoicing of NHS organisations and subsequent follow up/debt escalation arrangements. Develop efficient processes for all other invoicing within the Trust Working with the Accounts Receivable Manager and debtors team to develop efficient and effective arrangements for debtor follow up and internal monitoring arrangements Review recommended write-offs of bad debts and provision for doubtful debts and decide on the write-offs and provision adjustments to be made in the Trust accounts each month Review recommended list of debtors to pass to collection agency and decide on items to refer, consulting with Income team where appropriate Work with Accounts Receivable Manager to monitor debt collection agency performance, and where appropriate to change debt collection arrangements Dealing with queries and requests for information on income and debtors, e.g. for Trust management or other departments in the Trust Receiving, interpreting and planning local implementation of national and regional guidance and policies Where appropriate contacting issuers of guidance for clarification or to raise issues Administration of Purchasing Cards for the Trust, dealing with card applications, ensuring payment and posting of monthly balances and transactions 4. Systems and procedures - general Develop systems and procedures for income/debtor, treasury and accounts payable teams, both internal procedures and procedures which affect other departments and other organisations Responsible for contributing on development of major finance system changes across the Finance Department, including involvement in - deciding on systems to be brought in- planning implementation- planning and carrying out system testing- training of staff This includes the main finance ledger, and also database systems maintained in the Finance Department, and systems in other departments which have an impact on Finance Responsible for ensuring month-end processes are complete and reports are produced accurately and in a timely manner liaising with Trusts VAT consultants ensuring they are consulted on key matters with potential VAT implications such as major contracts and capital projects and attending VAT Review Meetings liaising with Internal and External auditors, dealing with queries and responding to and implementing recommendations be a key member of the team preparing the Trusts statutory accounts including planning and managing the exercise to agree NHS balances Board Reporting complete appropriate reports related to cash management, accounts receivable and accounts payable, present to senior finance colleagues and be able to explain sensitive and potentially contentious information Receiving, interpreting and planning local implementation of national and regional guidance and policies impacting on Financial Services/Accounting issues. Where appropriate contacting issuers of guidance for clarification or to raise issues Assisting in developing, implementing and maintaining financial processes and procedures Developing reports to assist in the provision of information to Trust Management, Finance colleagues and other key contacts 5. Staff Training and Development Responsible for planning and organising Financial Services staff training and development including any trainees/apprentices or placement students Contributing to the development and delivery of Finance training to other departments in the Trust 6. Cash Management Develop cash reporting and monitoring processes that meet the needs of the Trust including internal and external requirements Identify areas for improving the Trusts cash balances

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUH) is looking for a Head of Financial Services. The role provides leadership to the finance transaction processing teams being Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Treasury and Cashiers.



The role is critical to overseeing and managing the Trust's cash position. The Trust has high volumes of transactions and managing these requires an exceptional candidate.

The successful candidate will lead the transaction processing teams, identifying and implementing improvements, ensuring robust procedures and providing reports on areas within their remit.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trustis one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. For more information on OUH please viewOUH At a Glance by OUHospitals - Issuu

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.

We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via theOUH YouTube channel.

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE POST

To manage the Treasury, Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable Sections, working to maximise efficiency and timeliness of processing transactions.

Reporting and managing the Trust’s cash balances, presenting clear information to senior colleagues in a timely manner to allow key decisions to be made.

Present cases considering a range of possibilities for areas for improvement either to save money, or to enhance services, or become more efficient. This will include analysing options and evaluating complex scenarios to be able to advise decision makers. End-to-end project management of any cases gaining approval, seeing through to conclusion and successful implementation.

Working with colleagues in Finance and other departments to develop systems and procedures, increasing efficiency and quality and timeliness of information.

To ensure appropriate training and development of Finance staff.

Be a key member of the team involved in the preparation of the Trust’s statutory accounts including planning and managing the exercise to agree NHS balances.

RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Team Management

• Manage Treasury, Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable Sections, developing and agreeing work plans for the teams

• Responsible for recruitment to teams and setting objectives for team managers and teams as a whole

• Setting and monitoring targets for teams

• Responsible for development of teams and any system improvements

• Review of monthly performance figures working with team managers to investigate and explain significant trends and to develop action plans

2. Accounts Payable Section and Procurement

• Develop links with suppliers to address issues in supply chain processes, including procurement and payment of invoices. As part of this process, work to develop and automate systems and procedures involving Procurement Department where appropriate

• Administration of Purchasing Cards for the Trust, dealing with card applications, ensuring payment and posting of monthly balances and transactions

• Dealing with queries and requests for information on suppliers, either for suppliers themselves or for management and other departments in the Trust

• Dealing with VAT queries raised by finance colleagues and other Trust departments

3. Income and Debtors

• Working with colleagues in Finance and Commissioning, develop process for the efficient invoicing of NHS organisations and subsequent follow up/debt escalation arrangements.

• Develop efficient processes for all other invoicing within the Trust

• Working with the Accounts Receivable Manager and debtors team to develop efficient and effective arrangements for debtor follow up and internal monitoring arrangements

• Review recommended write-offs of bad debts and provision for doubtful debts and decide on the write-offs and provision adjustments to be made in the Trust accounts each month

• Review recommended list of debtors to pass to collection agency and decide on items to refer, consulting with Income team where appropriate

• Work with Accounts Receivable Manager to monitor debt collection agency performance, and where appropriate to change debt collection arrangements

• Dealing with queries and requests for information on income and debtors, e.g. for Trust management or other departments in the Trust

• Receiving, interpreting and planning local implementation of national and regional guidance and policies

• Where appropriate contacting issuers of guidance for clarification or to raise issues

• Administration of Purchasing Cards for the Trust, dealing with card applications, ensuring payment and posting of monthly balances and transactions

4. Systems and procedures - general

• Develop systems and procedures for income/debtor, treasury and accounts payable teams, both internal procedures and procedures which affect other departments and other organisations

• Responsible for contributing on development of major finance system changes across the Finance Department, including involvement in

- deciding on systems to be brought in
- planning implementation
- planning and carrying out system testing
- training of staff

This includes the main finance ledger, and also database systems maintained in the Finance Department, and systems in other departments which have an impact on Finance

• Responsible for ensuring month-end processes are complete and reports are produced accurately and in a timely manner

• liaising with Trusts VAT consultants ensuring they are consulted on key matters with potential VAT implications such as major contracts and capital projects and attending VAT Review Meetings

• liaising with Internal and External auditors, dealing with queries and responding to and implementing recommendations

• be a key member of the team preparing the Trust’s statutory accounts including planning and managing the exercise to agree NHS balances

• Board Reporting – complete appropriate reports related to cash management, accounts receivable and accounts payable, present to senior finance colleagues and be able to explain sensitive and potentially contentious information

• Receiving, interpreting and planning local implementation of national and regional guidance and policies impacting on Financial Services/Accounting issues. Where appropriate contacting issuers of guidance for clarification or to raise issues

• Assisting in developing, implementing and maintaining financial processes and procedures

• Developing reports to assist in the provision of information to Trust Management, Finance colleagues and other key contacts

5. Staff Training and Development

• Responsible for planning and organising Financial Services staff training and development including any trainees/apprentices or placement students


• Contributing to the development and delivery of Finance training to other departments in the Trust

6. Cash Management

• Develop cash reporting and monitoring processes that meet the needs of the Trust including internal and external requirements

• Identify areas for improving the Trust’s cash balances


This advert closes on Tuesday 22 Oct 2024

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Exciting Opportunity Alert!

Our award-winning Estate Agency client are looking for a highly successful and experienced Property Manager to join their East Oxford office.

If you thrive on recognition and aspire to excel in everything you do, this is the perfect opportunity! Join a department offering a fantastic opportunity for proactive and outgoing administrators to progress their career in a client focussed role. Rewarding excellent customer service, attention to detail and upselling skills.

As a property Manager your responsibilities will include:
* Provide a designated group of client's with property management services encompassing renewals, repairs, deposits and lettings account.
* Deal with enquiries and ensure they are dealt with efficiently and in line with agreed service standards.
* Follow the procedures/process maps ensuring key time scales are met
* Investigate/ resolve queries and problems. Advise/recommend course of action on property issues
* Liaise with third party supplier to arrange works to be undertaken
* Develop and build strong relationships with key Clients and treat them as individuals
* Liaise/negotiate between Landlords and Tenants
* Ensure that all relevant people are kept informed and up to date with progress particularly in relation to client issues / complaints. Manages expectation and ensure you follow up all queries.
* Takes appropriate action to pre-empt complaints. Takes appropriate action to investigate and resolve complaints.
* Promotes additional services and meet third party referral targets
* Develop and apply an understanding of legal requirements

Ideal Candidate Qualities:

• Previous Estate Agency and customer services experience
• Target driven and tenacious, with demonstrable evidence of achievements
• Motivated and enthusiastic
• Display high standards of service and presentation
• Good organisational skills
• Hold a full driving license, have your own car and be insured for Business Use

What our client can offer:

- Comprehensive Training: Learn the ins and outs of the company and market share generation methods.

- Unlimited Earning Potential: Enjoy uncapped commission opportunities and bonus incentives.

- Continuous Growth: Thrive with ongoing career and personal development opportunities.

- ✈️ Rewarding Success: Qualify for annual award trips and exciting prizes.

- Celebrating You: Enjoy a paid day off for your birthday after successfully passing probation.

- Increased Perks: Watch your holiday entitlement grow with each year of service.

- Healthcare Benefits: Access personal private healthcare upon successfully passing probation.

To support the Postgraduate Dean, Heads of Schools work across the spectrum of health and where relevant, social care, within the context of a team, so that the provision of education reflects changing service models. This will deliver an integrated workforce comprising individuals from a spectrum of professional and other backgrounds. The Head of School will be expected to meet the challenges of leading the School and Education Providers to deliver the changing curricular in an evolving service landscape. Although the main role is to lead and develop the Postgraduate School of Medicine all senior clinicians within NHSE may have wider roles and projects as agreed with the Postgraduate Dean. Secondments Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only, agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application.