Deputy Chief Finance Officer, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare institution in the UK seeks a Deputy Chief Financial Officer to provide strategic leadership in financial operations. The successful candidate will oversee financial management and business partnering while engaging with clinical teams to drive efficiency. Key responsibilities include shaping the financial strategy and contributing to the Trust’s financial sustainability. The role requires a leader with significant experience in financial governance and the ability to foster team engagement. This is a unique opportunity to impact a dynamic healthcare setting.

Qualifications

• Experience leading financial operations in a large healthcare environment.
• Strong understanding of financial governance and statutory reporting.
• Ability to interpret national policy and assess its financial implications.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership and operational oversight of financial management.
• Shape and drive financial strategy, ensuring alignment with organizational priorities.
• Engage with clinical and non-clinical colleagues to inform decision making.

Skills

Financial management

Business partnering

Financial analysis

Stakeholder engagement

Leadership

Education

Relevant finance qualification

Job description

Deputy Chief Finance Officer, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Deputy Chief Financial Officer, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

United Kingdom

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the biggest and busiest NHS Trusts in the country.

Our 15,000 staff provide services across five hospitals, namely King’s College Hospital, Princess Royal University Hospital, Orpington Hospital, Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup, and Beckenham Beacon.

Together, these hospitals serve a population of more than one million people across Lambeth, Southwark and Bromley, with thousands of patients from further afield also accessing the highly specialist services we provide.

Our hospitals in numbers – at a glance

In total, we provide the following across our hospitals:

46 operating theatres

1,213 hospital beds

130 operations a day

800 births every month

750,000 images and scans carried out every year.

Our services

We provide district general hospital services for the communities we serve, including Accident and Emergency and maternity services at our King’s College Hospital and Princess Royal University Hospital sites. Our teams also provide world renowned specialist services such as liver transplantation, neurosciences, cardiology, haematology and fetal medicine.

Our hospitals also host a set of highly specialised diagnostic and emergency care services, including a heart attack centre, and two hyper-acute stroke units. King’s is also one of London’s designated trauma centres.

Teaching and research

Over 500 resident doctors undergo rotations at our King’s College Hospital site every year, with a further 250 based at the Princess Royal University Hospital.

Our teams are also very active in research, with 35,000 patients supported to take part in research studies during 2023/24.

Epic, our new electronic patient record

Epic is the name of our electronic patient record system.

Launched in October 2023, Epic replaced a number of historic IT systems, as well as paper records, that were previously in use at the Trust. The system allows everyone involved in a patient’s care to have access to their records, whether in hospital, in a community clinic, or at home.

Our app for patients, MyChart, is linked to the Epic system so patients can securely and easily access their patient records, giving them more control over their care. Over 500,000 patients across King’s and Guy’s and St Thomas’ have signed up to MyChart to date.

Strategy, Values and partnerships

Our current Strong Roots, Global Reach strategy runs until 2026, and sets out our BOLD vision; to have brilliant people; to provide outstanding care for patients; to be leaders in research, innovation and education; and to have diversity, equality and inclusion at the heart of everything we do.

Our Values are as important. Our Values - Kind Respectful Team - drive what we do, were developed with input from staff at the Trust.

Dear Candidate

Thank you for your interest in the role of Deputy Chief Financial Officer – Financial Operations at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. I am really pleased that you’re interested in joining our team at such a pivotal time for King’s.

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts, with a turnover of approximately £1.8 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts per year, and around 15,000 staff across five main sites in South East London. Our Strong Roots, Global Reach strategy is built on our commitment to being BOLD: Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in research, innovation, and education, and Diversity, equality, and inclusion at the heart of everything we do. Finance plays an integral role in supporting these ambitions, ensuring we deliver outstanding care while maintaining long-term financial sustainability.

As Deputy Chief Financial Officer for Financial Operations, you will provide strategic leadership and operational oversight of financial management, business partnering, and financial analysis. Reporting directly to me, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and driving our financial strategy, ensuring our financial operations are robust, efficient, and aligned to our wider organisational priorities. You will work closely with clinical and non-clinical colleagues across the Trust, ensuring financial insight informs decision making at every level and that our financial plans enable us to continue delivering the highest standards of care to our patients.

This is a fantastic opportunity to make a real impact in a large, dynamic healthcare setting. You will be a key member of the finance leadership team and act as my nominated deputy, playing a crucial role in trust-wide financial transformation and performance improvement. Whether you are already an established board director looking to move into a London or Teaching Hospital environment, or a highly talented deputy on a path towards your first executive role, we are looking for a dynamic and accomplished leader with a strong track record of success in financial operations. You will bring a deep understanding of financial governance, statutory reporting, and financial control, alongside the ability to interpret national policy and assess its financial implications for the Trust. Beyond your technical expertise, we are seeking someone who can inspire and engage teams, foster a culture of financial stewardship, and build strong relationships with stakeholders at all levels.

If you are excited by the opportunity to contribute to the success of King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and play a key role in ensuring its financial sustainability, I encourage you to apply. We are actively seeking candidates from a range of backgrounds who offer the leadership skills required to succeed in a role of this complexity and I look forward to meeting you through the process to learn more about your experience and approach.

Roy Clarke
Chief Financial Officer
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

• Quoting the relevant role reference number: A040455
• A covering letter highlighting the aspects of the job description and King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust that particularly attract you to the post (Microsoft Word document)
• Contact details for three referees, these will not be contacted without your permission. (References should validate a minimum period of six years employment)
• A completed Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form (which you will be redirected to once you have submitted your application)

Right to work checks

If you are successfully shortlisted, our partner, Yoti, will contact you to complete an online right to work check. This is a quick and secure process, ensuring that all necessary legal requirements are met before proceeding further in the recruitment process.

Monitoring

One of Alumni Global’s and King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust’s objectives is to ensure that its workforce is reflective of the local community and therefore we actively encourage applications from under-represented groups. So that we can successfully achieve these aims, while it is not mandatory we would encourage every applicant to complete the “Equal Opportunities Monitoring form” so that we can measure the effectiveness of our efforts. The Recruiting Manager does not have access to the Monitoring Information Sections of the application form at any stage of the process and the information provided will be kept entirely confidential.

For a confidential discussion on this role please contact:

Thomas Patterson, Managing Director or David Heaton, Principal Researcher, on [phone].

Please ensure you have made a note of the final interview date(s). We recommend that you bookmark this microsite, as any potential updates regarding the role will be posted online.

Please take note of the reference number found under section “How to apply”. This is needed for us to process any application.

Stakeholder Event: TBC

Final Interviews: 9th & 11th April 2025