Chief Financial Officer

Health Jobs UK; Kendal; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS provider is seeking a dynamic Chief Financial Officer to join their Board. This role offers a unique opportunity to shape the future of healthcare in the region during a period of significant transformation. The CFO will be instrumental in driving clinical and financial sustainability across the integrated care system, ensuring high-quality patient care while leading a diverse team. If you are a strategic thinker with a passion for healthcare, this is your chance to make a meaningful impact.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Commitment to Equal Opportunities

Qualifications

• Must demonstrate how they meet the person specification.
• Commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Responsibilities

• Determine and implement clinical, corporate, and improvement strategies.
• Ensure safety and quality of care provided to patients.
• Play a significant role in corporate affairs as an Executive Director.

Skills

Leadership

Team Player

Strategic Thinking

Job description

''Creating a great place to be cared for and a great place to work''

University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay has a firm commitment to strengthening the diversity of our workforce, and therefore welcome and encourage applications from likeminded people who can support our ambition to become effortlessly inclusive. We are particularly keen to hear from protected groups - including BAME, LGBT+ and people with a disability.

Job overview

We are seeking a dynamic, values-driven Chief Financial Officer to join the Board of UHMB, a forward-thinking NHS provider dedicated to delivering outstanding care to our communities. This is a rare opportunity to shape the future at a time of significant transformation across the NHS.

It's an exciting time to join our team, as we re-imagine services with a focus on shifting treatment to prevention, hospital to community, and analogue to digital, with a focus on sustainability. A new clinical service blueprint across Lancashire and South Cumbria has been developed that we now need to make a reality. We are working with place partners to implement innovative neighbourhood programmes to address health inequalities and are now implementing a new operating model across the Trust.

There is significant investment and development across our geography, including the Eden Project North coming to Morecambe and the Government's committed investment to the nation's submarine building programme. Barrow Rising brings together industry, education, health, transport, housing, and community regeneration to unlock potential and create a once-in-a-generation opportunity for change.

We need you to be a team player, be willing to push the boundaries on traditional thinking, provide inspirational leadership, and be committed to our journey of change and transformation.

Main duties of the job

The Chief Financial Officer will play an active role in the determination and implementation of clinical, corporate, and improvement strategies and plans to achieve clinical transformation and financial sustainability across the Bay and the Lancashire and South Cumbria integrated care system.

The Chief Financial Officer is a full voting member of the Board of Directors and is expected to play a significant role in the corporate affairs of the organisation as an Executive Director and member of the Unitary Board.

The Chief Financial Officer will take responsibility, with other executive directors, for the safety and quality of care provided to patients, leadership of the workforce, the strategic direction of the Trust, the delivery of performance and financial sustainability, and relationships with external partners.

The first stage of the selection process will take place on Friday 20th June 2025, this will be an in-person event at Westmorland General Hospital.

Working for our organisation

We operate from three main hospitals: Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community healthcare premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.

FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units, and various Consultant-led services.

WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.

All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case, and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities, please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our website https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/

Person specification

Essential

• Essential requirements of person specification

Desirable criteria

• Match to person specification

Visit our Inclusion and Diversity page : https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/about-us/inclusion-and-diversity-matter-uhmb/

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PLEASE NOTE THAT SHORTLISTED APPLICANTS WILL BE CONTACTED BY EMAIL.

The Trust promotes flexible working opportunities wherever possible to enable staff to balance their work and home life. We are committed to Equal Opportunities and aim to be Effortlessly Inclusive.

The trust operates a No Smoking Policy.

Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our Person Specification will be shortlisted for Interview.

We reserve the right to close a job advert early where sufficient applications have been received.

The Trust does not offer interview expenses to shortlisted candidates unless indicated in the advert.

If the post is subject to Disclosure & Barring Service checking, a charge of £49.50 for Enhanced and £21.50 for Standard clearance and an additional £4.90 administration fee will be made to the successful candidate(s). This currently only applies to roles Band 6 and above and Medical & Dental posts.

Anyone newly appointed to the trust under the Agenda For Change contract will be subject to the completion of a satisfactory 6-month probationary period. This will give the new staff member an opportunity to become familiar with the role and working environment.

We have introduced a new system called Pre-Onboarding, specifically to support you right through to your first few months in your new role with us at UHMB. This bespoke site has lots of useful information to help you settle in, including what to expect from the recruitment clearances process, where to get a uniform, when you'll get paid, etc. To access, click on this link: https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/uhmbt-pre-onboarding.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020, and as such, it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Documents to download

• Role Brief - CFO ( PDF , 320.4 KB )
• Role Specification - CFO ( PDF , 144.6 KB )
• Furness General Hospital Accessibility Plan ( PDF , 174.8 KB )
• Royal Lancaster Infirmary Accessibility Plan 2017 ( PDF , 170.6 KB )
• Westmorland General Hospital Accessibility Plan ( DOCX , 112.6 KB )
• LGBT Network Leaflet ( PDF , 226.6 KB )
• Access to Work information sheet ( PDF , 172.0 KB )
• People Strategy ( PDF , 109.1 KB )