Lead the Way. Lead Finance.

It's vital that our finance professionals lead the way throughout the ongoing NHS transformation and improvement. And that's why we're focused on shaping aspiring financial leaders into highly-influential individuals, capable of managing part of a multi-billion pound budget, running our business innovatively, working alongside colleagues effectively, and supporting the delivery of world-class healthcare in an ever changing organisation. Visit our "Award Winning" page on the website to see how a handful of our graduates have performed in obtaining their CIMA qualifications.

The Scheme

Combining practical experience with complementary elements, the scheme offers opportunities for developing the knowledge, skills and personal qualities essential to successful future Finance Directors, executive directors and chief executives. And while the nature of our organisation continues to evolve, the fundamental role of the Finance Director remains the same, though perhaps with changing focus and emphasis.

With this in mind, we continue to review and update the scheme, taking on board feedback from placement managers, current and ex-trainees, senior finance professionals, the Independent Regulator, Monitor, and the professional accountancy bodies, CIMA, ACCA and CIPFA.

Over two and a half years, you'll cover a range of activities as part of a continual learning process and then be able to demonstrate capacity to assume a senior position. Broad in nature, these activities are designed to be achievable, enabling you to deliver assessments and reports, appropriate to local needs, and opportunities for integrated working.

The Finance Director's role

The Finance Director's contribution extends beyond systems and numbers. The role requires sound decision-making on revenue and capital investments, making best use of scarce clinical and non-clinical resources, proper assessments of benefits and risks; all to deliver better patient care and better value for money.

The three key responsibilities of the Finance Director are:

to provide financial governance and assurance, including a drive for 'best value'
to provide business and commercial advice to the Board
to ensure adherence to corporate responsibilities as an Executive Director of the Board.

For more information on finance roles within the NHS please visit the NHS Careers website.

Working in the East England region we cover areas such as Essex, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Hertford, Norfolk and Suffolk.

Working in the East Midlands you could find yourself working in areas such as Leicester, Northampton and Nottingham.

You could join our London region as these graduates did.

The North East region covers locations such as Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, Teeside and Durham.

Working in the West Midlands our graduates cover areas including Shropshire, Birmingham, Staffordshire and the Black Country.

Our North West region includes Cumbria, Lancashire, Cheshire, Manchester and Merseyside.

The South Central region covers locations such as Hampshire and Isle of White.

Graduates in the South East cover areas including Kent, Surrey, Sussex and Medway.

Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Dorset and Somerset and the South West Peninsular.

The Yorkshire & Humberside region covers locations such as Bradford, Kingston upon Hill, Leeds, Sheffield and York.