At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead financial sustainability initiatives to enhance healthcare services and patient care.
- Company: Join North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust, a leader in sustainable healthcare.
- Benefits: Enjoy 27 days holiday, flexible working, NHS discounts, and excellent development opportunities.
- Other info: Be part of a diverse team committed to delivering high-quality care.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on healthcare while shaping the financial future of our community.
- Qualifications: Proven leadership in finance with a focus on sustainability and strategic planning.
The predicted salary is between 112782 - 129783 £ per year.
Are you a strategic finance leader with a passion for delivering sustainable healthcare and driving meaningful organisational change? North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust (NCIC) is seeking an exceptional Director of Financial Sustainability to help shape the Trust's long-term financial future while supporting the delivery of high-quality, safe patient care.
Reporting to the Director of Finance, Planning and Information and as a member of the Senior Leadership Team, you will lead programmes that improve productivity, enhance value for money and support sustainable healthcare services across the organisation. Working closely with clinical, operational and corporate leaders, you will champion a clinically led approach to financial sustainability, supporting the development and delivery of Cost Improvement Programmes (CIP), efficiency initiatives and transformational change programmes.
You will work collaboratively with management accountants, clinical and operational leaders, and Executive Directors to develop innovative solutions to complex financial challenges, while maintaining a strong focus on quality, patient outcomes and service excellence. Join us and play a leading role in shaping a financially sustainable future for North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust, enabling us to deliver outstanding care for the communities we serve.
Main duties of the job
As Director of Financial Sustainability, you will provide strategic leadership for the Trust's financial sustainability, productivity and transformation agenda. Working closely with the Trust Board, Executive Team, Senior Leadership Team, clinicians and operational leaders, you will support the delivery of Cost Improvement Programmes (CIPs), efficiency initiatives and financial recovery plans that support long-term organisational sustainability while maintaining the highest standards of patient care, quality and safety.
The role requires exceptional leadership, influencing and communication skills, with responsibility for engaging stakeholders at all levels, presenting complex information, managing challenging conversations and driving consensus on significant organisational change. You will provide expert analysis, strategic insight and advice to support Board-level decision-making, oversee the development of productivity metrics and business cases, and ensure robust financial governance, performance monitoring and reporting arrangements are in place.
The postholder will hold accountability for the co-ordination of financial performance (Trust wide) associated with the development and implementation of the Trust's cost efficiency programme ensuring initiatives deliver measurable benefits, value for money and improved outcomes for patients and communities across North Cumbria.
About us
At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.
Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time':
- Being a clinically led organisation
- Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
- A positive patient experience every time
- A great place to work
- Managing our money well
As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work. Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.
Details
Date posted: 14 August 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 9
Salary: £112,782 to £129,783 a year
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 262-A-26-8226310
Job locations: Cumberland Infirmary, Newtown Road, Carlisle, CA2 7HY, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
JOB DESCRIPTION: Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.
Important Information
Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information. If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered. Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.
Person Specification
Skills
- Proven skills in strategic planning (within and across organisations), management and delivery with a key focus on financial sustainability
- Effective and proven leadership skills
- Demonstrable negotiating and influencing skills
- The highest level of interpersonal communication skills with demonstrable ability to engage staff and stakeholders at all levels
- The ability to engage and involve senior clinical staff in core business and clinical processes, planning and decision making
- The ability to motivate others in a rapidly changing environment
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Knowledge
- Significant experience at senior management level in a large complex organisation
- Specialist knowledge of financial management, performance management, continuous improvement, people management, information systems
- Working understanding of NHS policy, financial infrastructure and CRP frameworks
- Experience of working effectively across organisational boundaries
- Demonstrable evidence of leading meaningful change across complex environments
- Experience of leading and delivering service improvement in clinical services
- Experience of collaborating with senior leaders at or just below Board level
- Proven experience of leading departments in complex budgetary and financial management
- Significant and proven experience of managing people effectively
- Considerable experience in developing and implementing service strategies to meet agreed financial envelopes, coordinating effective operational efficiency and effectiveness programmes to ensure financial sustainability
- Extensive experience in coordinating CIP and effectiveness / efficiency schemes to ensure that clinical quality and safety are maintained
Qualifications
- Educated to Masters Level or equivalent work-based experience
- Additional Management qualification/training
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