Module Managing FiNAce and Resources in Health and Social Care Settings

Program Overview

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The aim of this module is to provide you with the opportunity to enhance your knowledge of fiNAce and resource management in relation to your role and the improvement of services.

You will need to complete an induction prior to commencement of your first module. We have a comprehensive online induction package to welcome you to both the University and your programme of study. Alternatively classroom-based induction days take place at our Lancaster and Carlisle campuses and are usually scheduled for the first week of each semester.

Graduate destinations

This module can be taken on a stand-alone basis or as part of the UAD and BSc (Hons) Management and Leadership in Health and Social Care award. It can also be incorporated into an appropriate Practice Development programme.

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Course Details

Program Outline

Course outline

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Course summary

The indicative module content includes links between fiNAcial resources and service users; importance of accurate record keeping in relation to fiNAce/resource management; interpreting costings - fixed, variable, direct, indirect and marginal; budgeting and managing a budget; payment by results/tariffs and links to service user information requirement; cost benefit analysis.

On successful completion you will be able to:

Demonstrate a critical understanding of the principles and practices of budgeting and resource management and how this impacts upon and links to service user activity

Critically reflect upon your role in relation to fiNAce and resources

Critically reflect upon how 'payments by results/tariffs' impacts on your organisation/department and demonstrate a critical understanding of the service user information requirements linked to this

Demonstrate a critical understanding of business planning for quality improvement in relation to your role and service

Demonstrate an understanding of costings and critically apply this to the cost benefits analysis process.

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Indicative Core Bibliography

Chartered Institute of Public FiNAce & Accounting (2011) A brief guide to local Government fiNAce for Councillors CIFPA, London

Drury C (2004) Management and Cost Accounting 6th Ed., Thompson, London

Dwyer J, Stanton P & Thiessen V (2004) Project Management in Health & Community Services: getting good ideas to work. Sage, London

Healthcare FiNAcial Management Association (2011) Introductory Guide to NHS FiNAce in the UK 10th Ed., HFMA, London

NHS Institute for Innovation & Improvement (2005) Improvement Learners' Guides - available at:

http://www.institute.nhs.uk/building_capability/building_improvement_ capability/improvement_leaders%27_guides%3a_introduction.html

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Modules

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Programme Specification

Programme specification (PDF)

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Assessment, Feedback, and Teaching and Learning methods

Full details are available in the

programme specification

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Timetables

The teaching timetable should be available from the end of August. Access to the timetable is through the Student Hub – you will be able to access the Student Hub after you have completed online registration. The teaching day is 9am to 6pm, Monday to Friday; please keep your other commitments open until confirmation of your teaching timetable, and bear in mind that many courses will offer placements or fieldwork which sometimes extends into the evenings and weekends.