About the organisation:

Main business: : Health, social and child care (incl. community)

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest providers of healthcare in the country employing over 16,000 staff and caring for over a million patients each year. It is made up of four hospitals and numerous community based services. With a turnover of over £1 billion, it provides its placement students with the opportunity to experience working in a large, diversified, dynamic healthcare organisation.

About the role:

We are seeking enthusiastic students who are undertaking their work placement year from an Accounting degree course to fill 6 posts across the Financial Accounting (Capital; Research) and Financial Management (Management Accounting; Costing) Departments.
The post-holders will support Finance Managers in a number of functions associated with the maintenance of the Trusts Budgeting, Income, Capital, Research and Costing processes.
Finance leadership will ensure that placement students are given dedicated support and supervision to enable them to gain a rich and fulfilling year within healthcare finance Many of our previous placement students have gone on to secure permanent jobs at the Trust after graduation, with significant promotion potential for the best candidates due to the opportunities presented within a Finance team of over 180 staff.

There are six posts at STHFT which are designated for one year fixed term contracts for Finance Degree students in their placement year.

Each placement has the job title “Finance Assistant”. The six posts are based in the following departments:
- 3 x Financial Management (one based in each of the three Management Accounting Teams)
- 3 x Financial Accounting (two based the Capital Finance section and one in the Research Finance section)

The Job Descriptions for each of the three posts are given in the Appendix 1. Some elements are common; others are specific to each role.
The experience that would be obtained with each of the placements is as follows:

Capital Finance (2 placement posts)
The placements are based in Capital Finance which is a team of approximately eight staff. It provides a high quality Financial Management service (planning and monitoring) to the STHFT capital programme as to the Estates and Informatics corporate directorates on both capital and revenue issues. The team also leads the technical capital accounting requirements of the NHS, thereby giving insight into the operational challenges involved in a major healthcare organisation. Therefore the placement will provide experience of both Financial Accounting and Management Accounting, including both month-end and year-end processes.

Research Finance (1 placement post)
This placement is based in Research Finance which is a team of approximately eight staff. This team provides excellent financial management and contracting services to the STHFT Clinical Research and Innovation Strategy. It also provides financial leadership and performance management to the regional Clinical Research Networks hosted by STHFT. The team also provides timely, relevant and accurate financial information in relation to the research project activities to enable STHFT Board and individual Directorates/Investigators to monitor progress against the approved Financial Plan and individual studies. Therefore the placement will provide experience of both Financial Accounting and Management Accounting, including both month-end and year-end processes.

Financial Management (3 placement posts)
The placements are each based in one of the three teams that provide a high quality financial management service to Clinical and Corporate Directorates. Each team comprises of approximately 11-14 staff. The placement will give an insight into the financial and operation challenges involved in delivery of healthcare in a large diverse organisation. The placement will provide experience of management accounting, including both month-end and year-end processes. Two of the FM placements is also likely to provide support to the STHFT Costing Team.

How to apply:

For more information and to apply please visit Career Connect and search Reference ID '3E7LM'.