251535 Cost Accountant

About the role

NHS Dumfries & Galloway is recruiting a PLICS Cost Accountant. This role is ideal for an individual passionate about finance, with strong analytical skills and a desire to contribute to the effective financial management of NHS services.

What We’re Looking For

• Essential: HND, AAT Technician level, or equivalent experience; minimum two years’ relevant accounting experience; strong numerical and analytical skills; advanced Excel skills and confidence working with financial systems; good communication and interpersonal skills; ability to work independently and meet deadlines.
• Desirable: Experience using NHS finance systems (e.g., CEDAR, Business Objects); understanding of NHS finance structures and reporting hierarchies.

Why Join Us?

We offer a collaborative working environment where finance professionals are valued and supported. You'll play a vital role in enabling high-quality patient care through sound financial management. We are committed to developing our staff and offer opportunities for training, progression, and involvement in meaningful projects across the organization.

Information for All Candidates

• To find out more about working with NHS Dumfries and Galloway and for an insight into our friendly, beautiful corner of Scotland, please visit our Work With Us web pages.
• The application process is here.
• Please ensure you enter your email address accurately and check your email regularly (including junk folders) and your Jobtrain account for updates.
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• Artificial Intelligence (AI) - Tools like ChatGPT or Copilot can be helpful when planning or preparing your application—but your responses must be written by you.
• Be authentic: Your application should genuinely reflect your own skills, experience, and motivations.
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• Tip: Think of AI as a support tool, not a replacement. We want to understand you, not an AI-generated version of you.
• CVs - DO NOT upload a CV as this will not be used for shortlisting purposes.
• Assessment Form - Within the application you are required to answer three questions giving you the opportunity to fully evidence why you are the ideal person for the job. Please ensure these statements are written by yourself and are unique to you. This section times out after 30 minutes. A tip is to build your reply on a Word document and copy and paste into Jobtrain. If you exceed the maximum amount of characters it will cut your text at this point, please check your information once copied and pasted.
• Once you have submitted your application form you will be unable to make any amendments.
• Posts close at midnight on the indicated date however please be aware that a vacancy may close early due to volume of applications, therefore you should not delay in submitting your application.
• If you are a member of staff please ensure you update your Jobtrain profile to reflect that you are employed by NHS Dumfries and Galloway.
• Staff and patients across Dumfries and Galloway enjoy free, unlimited parking at all our hospital sites.

Disclosure Scotland

Some of our posts may require you to undergo a criminal records check. Changes as of the 1 April 2025 to the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme membership now sees more roles requiring PVG that may not have needed this check in the past. If you are successful in this role you will be notified which level of check is required by the recruitment team. If you would like to read more information please visit: Disclosure levels - mygov.scot.

EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY

NHS Dumfries and Galloway is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Dumfries and Galloway welcomes applicants from all sections of the community.

PUBLIC PROTECTION

Public protection practice encompasses the recognition and management of risk in order to prevent or reduce harm to children, (including unborn babies), young people and adults. All public protection legislation, and NHS Dumfries and Galloway (NHSDG) policies and guidance are founded on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and the European Convention on Human Rights, and the principles of these Conventions underpin all NHSDG core business.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR INTERNATIONAL CANDIDATES

• RIGHT TO WORK IN THE UNITED KINGDOM - NHS Dumfries and Galloway has a legal obligation to ensure that it does not employ any worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK. This permission is without exception granted by the UK Border Agency. We are required to check the entitlement to work in the UK of all prospective employees, regardless of nationality or job category.
• WORK VISA - If you require a Work Visa, please check to see if you and the vacancy you are applying for are eligible by visiting the Home Office website: https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa. It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or if you require a work visa that the post would be eligible to be sponsored BEFORE submitting your application form. We are unable to provide sponsorship for bank contracts.
• UNITED KINGDOM REGISTRATION - NHS Dumfries & Galloway are unable to support OSCE Training for international nurses for vacancies.