Job overview

This job is currently only open to people who already work for the NHS in Cornwall or the Isles of Scilly.

We are committed to supporting our dedicated staff, so only current employees of the following organisations can apply:

NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board

Cornwall Foundation Trust

Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust

If you do not currently work for one of these NHS organisations, your application will not be considered at this time.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Personal Health Budget (PHB) Finance officer to join our friendly and dedicated Finance team working for Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Continuing healthcare (CHC). This is a permanent position. The post holder will play a key role in ensuring the financial validation of individuals PHBs and supporting the CHC service by providing an effective and competent level of accounts payable knowledge in a client-focused service.

CHC is full of activity where caring colleagues achieve together to meet the needs of the service. You will be required to work in partnership with your colleagues, work on your own initiative and manage sensitive situations.

We can offer hybrid working which allows you to work flexibly from one of our offices and from home in line with organisational requirements. We can provide the appropriate IT equipment, however there is an expectation that you will have a suitable home environment in which to work from.

Main duties of the job

Support the ICB in delivery of Personal health budget activity and financial targets by liaising with CHC co-ordinators and management team to ensure that all supporting documentation is completed and all systems are updated to manage and deliver PHBs effectively.

Undertake regular audits of spend to ensure individual PHBs are being utilised in line with support plans.

Produce exception reports to show where actual costs vary significantly from the planned costs for any period and investigate/highlight the cause of these variances within the financial review individual report.

Provide analysed cost and activity information to senior managers to support the investigation of variances.

Maintain annual timetabling of monthly PHB direct payments schedule and execute payment to individual accounts via approval process for payment run.

 Support the wider team in the delivery of financial procedures such as accounts payable, invoicing, care home schedule payments, financial queries and restitution of reclaims process.

 Supervision of finance staff, allocating work, co-ordinating activities, appraisals, return to work interviews, authorisation annual leave requests, management of formal performance cases and training of new staff.

Working for our organisation

NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board is a statutory NHS organisation responsible for developing a plan for meeting the health needs of our communities, managing the NHS budget, and arranging for the provision of joined up health services which improve the lives of people who live and work in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

By collaborating as an integrated care system (ICS) our health and care organisations can tackle complex challenges, including:

Improving the health of children & young people

Supporting people to stay well & independent

Acting sooner to help those with preventable conditions

Supporting those with long-term conditions or mental health issues

Caring for those with multiple needs as populations age

Getting the best from collective resources so people get care as quickly as possible.

We are keen to hear from people who would like to work with us, and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community regardless of sex, sexual orientation, racial origin or disability.

You can look forward to excellent benefits including discounts in store and online, optional pension and life assurance, flexible working options, salary sacrifice vehicles and cycles and much more.

We are looking for people whose personal values and behaviours align with the NHS values outlined in the NHS Constitution and our own values and behaviours. Find out more about NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly ICB in the ‘about us’ section of our website.