Developing our people

As part of its Developing our people workstream the South West Finance Academy plans to:

• Understand current recruitment methods in the South West and where improvements can be made
• Promote NHS finance careers in the South West
• Present at local South West schools to promote NHS finance as a career
• Attend open days, career fairs and in-reach days at South West universities and colleges to promote NHS finance as a career and provide information on the schemes and opportunities students can access through the South West Finance Academy
• Support organisations within the region to host work placement opportunities for sixth form and college students
• Create an oversight of apprenticeship schemes being run by individual organisations or systems and agree a best practice standard for the region
• Provide South West finance staff with the opportunity to establish career priorities, overcome barriers, develop skills and improve performance by accessing the HFMA executive coaching service
• Enhance the mentoring offering in the South West
• Create opportunities for staff to access support and raise awareness of health and wellbeing issues
• Support the region to identify and co-ordinate secondment opportunities
• Engage with clinicians across the South West in the demystifying of NHS finance and the importance of clinical and finance collaboration to drive better value patient care
• Support students, trainees, finance staff new into post and non-finance staff looking to understand the fundamental aspects of healthcare finance by providing access to the HFMA bitesize short course Introductory award in healthcare finance
• Deliver training and development based on local needs analysis and aligned to the National Finance Curriculum
• Provide staff in the South West with the opportunity to further their knowledge, enhance career opportunities and gain an MBA by enrolling in the HFMA qualification in healthcare business and finance
• Discover existing and emerging innovations and share best practice in the region through the Finance Innovation Forum