Job overview

Are you passionate about Costing? Are you excited about its potential to transform services? To enthuse clinicians to unlock the power of numbers?

We are seeking an experienced costing professional to kickstart our Trust-wide Costing Transformation programme, working with all Operational directorates and service areas, enabling service line and patient level costing data to facilitate a comprehensive plan to deliver improved outcomes and financially resilient services.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will:

• Lead the re-vitalisation of costing within the Trust, enthusing and working with operational professional and clinical leads to support understanding and use of costing and Service Line Reporting (SLR) information to support decision making.
• Lead the Trust through the national Deconstructing the Block exercise with a view to understanding and where possible, mitigating, the impact on the Trust’s Patient Income and hence overall ongoing financial sustainability. 
• Upskill the Finance team and support the CFO in embedding a culture where the focus is on understanding the ongoing financial viability and relative cost efficiency of services rather than simply tracking variances to budget plan.

Working for our organisation

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put ‘people at our heart’; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

• generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
•  excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• staff networks and support group

We’re always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.