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Job summary

Main area
Internal Audit
Grade
Band 6 (Annex 21) - Indicative banding pending formal job evaluation
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
  • Flexible working
  • Home or remote working
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
419-6213219-TA-F
Employer
York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Park House
Town
York
Salary
£35,392 - £42,618 per annum / pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
02/05/2024 23:59
Interview date
15/05/2024

Employer heading

York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Trainee Senior Internal Auditor

Band 6 (Annex 21) - Indicative banding pending formal job evaluation

Please note that contact with applicants will usually be by email, and so please check all of your mail folders regularly (unfortunately some providers filter our messages into junk mail folders).

Our Values

  •  We are KIND
  •  We are OPEN
  •  We pursue EXCELLENCE

We are looking for applications from people who share our values to help make us a valued and trusted partner within our care system, that delivers safe effective care to our local population.

Did you know that we offer a generous relocation package (if you accept a minimum 12 month contract) – please read the attached document for more details. If you would like to discuss a potential relocation package, please speak to the recruiting department/manager.

 

People for Patients. Our People, our Patients, our Priority

Job overview

Salary: £27,701 – £31,963 whilst training

We are excited to offer an excellent opportunity for a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual to join us as a Trainee Senior Internal Auditor.  In this challenging and varied role, you will have the opportunity to contribute to the success of an organisation that values its team members, is committed to sustainable and ethical business practices and provides an award-winning service to NHS clients.

We are looking for talented individuals with strong communication skills, the ability to deliver quality services to our clients and who are comfortable working on their own initiative but also as part of a wider team. 

You will be joining an award winning, innovative, and inclusive team that encourages listening, understanding and respect and are passionate about providing quality services to the NHS.

We offer:

  • Remote working (with visits to client sites as required) NB. Your base will either be York or Wakefield
  • Excellent, flexible working conditions
  • Additional benefits (e.g. generous annual leave; pension scheme; and NHS discounts)
  • Complex, varied, and meaningful assignments
  • Continuous professional development
  • Long-term career opportunity
  • A friendly and supportive working environment

Audit Yorkshire is an NHS shared services consortium with a reputation for providing high quality and innovative assurance, advisory and continuous improvement services to primarily NHS clients (www.audityorkshire.nhs.uk)

Main duties of the job

As a Trainee Senior Internal Auditor you will take responsibility, with support from managers, for planning, managing, and undertaking a range of audits reviews. 

Your success in this role will be determined by your ability to:

•    Build and maintain effective relationships with the client stakeholders to enhance Audit Yorkshire’s brand and the quality of the service we provide.
•    Prioritise and manage your own workload to deliver high quality audits to budget and by demonstrating flexibility in project completion.
•    Supervise the completion of work by other members of the team, including undertaking audit reviews to ensure quality standards are achieved.
•    Supervise, train, and proactively develop junior team members

Working for our organisation

We value independence with integrity, customer satisfaction and excellence. These values support our mission to enhance and protect the organisational value of our clients, by providing risk-based and objective assurance, advice and insight.

Corporate social responsibility is important to Audit Yorkshire and we are committed to ensuring we have both ethical and sustainable business practises. We encourage our team members to be actively involved in CSR projects and offer dedicated time for this. Our Corporate Social Responsibility statement and further information can be found here: www.audityorkshire.nhs.uk

As we are hosted by York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, we can offer a range of benefits, including:

  • Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
  • 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
  • A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
  • Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
  • NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
  • An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
  • Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers

For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.

Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.

Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities.  We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds.  If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact: [email protected].

As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment.  It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can.  We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.

Armed Forces Friendly Employer

We are holders of the Gold Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britains Reservists and Employers.  This means that we have made a statement of intent to support all Defence personnel, including with applications for employment.

COVID-19

Our Trust continues to strongly encourage our staff to be vaccinated against COVID19, this remains our best defence to protect our patients, ourselves and everyone else.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Educated to degree level or equivalent.
  • Certified IIA (Certified means successful completion of three exams plus experience requirement) or PQ CCAB: • ACCA (Foundation and successful completion of three exams from Skills level). • CIPFA (CIPFA Certificate in Management and Financial Accounting and CIPFA Diploma in Financial Management and Audit).
  • Other qualification e.g., IT, governance, risk management, clinical) AND significant relevant experience.

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Theoretical and practical experience in a relevant area.

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Good understanding of the NHS and the current risk and issues it is facing

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Good Business CharterVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyMenopause Friendly EmployerArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality Mark

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Sandra Glaister
Job title
Internal Audit Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Additional information

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