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Assistant Costing Analyst

Carmarthen

Posted 12/09/2024

£28,834 - £35,099 per annum

Top Reasons to Apply
  1. Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties.
  2. A unique opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated Finance Analyst to join a team supporting the costing agenda within the Health Board.  
  3. As a Assistant Costing Analyst you'll assist in the preparation of the Health Board’s Annual Costing Returns (including Programme Budgeting and Functional Benchmarking Returns) to Welsh Government in accordance with guidelines and specified deadlines.
Job Description

A unique opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated Finance Analyst to join a team supporting the costing agenda within the Health Board.  

The post holder will be required to interpret the costs and analyse patient activity of the services it provides on a secondary and primary care basis. 

The post holder will have the opportunity to develop and enhance their data analysis skills, where they will integrate data from diverse sources, ensuring consistency and completeness with the aim of supporting better decision making within the Health Board through uncovering new insights which will improve healthcare for our local communities.

Main duties of the job

This role supports the Assistant Finance Business Partner (Values)  and main duties include:

Assist in the preparation of the Health Board’s Annual Costing Returns (including Programme Budgeting and Functional Benchmarking Returns) to Welsh Government in accordance with guidelines and specified deadlines.

Assist in the maintenance and development of financial management / costing systems to support the use of Patient Level Costing / Service Level Reporting.

Work with colleagues in finance, informatics and service areas to improve the quality and consistency of data to support these systems and ensure that cost drivers are fully understood.

Analyse and assess Hywel Dda costing results with other NHS Organisations in Wales and highlight opportunities that can improve service delivery.

Investigate, analyse and advise on costing issues to a range of staff both clinical and non-clinical across the Health Board.

Support the Assistant Finance Business Partner in the promotion of costing data to help inform decision making processes by senior clinicians and service managers across Hywel Dda.

Support benchmarking systems, processes, and promotion of benchmarking throughout the organisation.

Attend All Wales Costing Technical Meetings and implement any agreed recommendations internally.

Working for our organisation

Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 12,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services for around 384,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers, through:

Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest;

Seven community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron, Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire;

47 general practices (6 of which are managed practices), 45 dental practices (including 4 orthodontic), 96 community pharmacies, 44 general ophthalmic practices (43 providing Eye Health Examination Wales and 34 low vision services) and 17 domiciliary only providers and 11 health centres;

Numerous locations providing mental health and learning disabilities services;

Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales.

Hywel Dda University Health Board
Company Information

Hywel Dda University Health Board provides all healthcare services for the 375,000 people living in West Wales. The Health Board operate four acute hospitals, a number of community hospitals and resource centres, eleven health centres as well as GPs, Dentists and Pharamacists providing Acute, Primary, Community, Mental health and Learning disabilities for the people of Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire.

The Board has a key role in ensuring that the Health Board has good governance arrangements in place and is open and transparent in the way that it works. The Board meets on a bi-monthly basis at a minimum, in public session. It is supported in the decision-making process by a structure of Committee and Advisory Groups. Dates and venues for the public meetings, and associated agendas, papers and minutes can be accessed below.

 

Key Facts
  • Head Office:

    Ystwyth Building, Hafan Derwen, St Davids Park, Jobswell Road, Carmarthen, SA31 3BB

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