Payroll Officer / Senior Payroll Officer
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Job summary
Our Payroll team is growing following additional investment, and we are now looking for Payroll Officers to join us! This is a fantastic opportunity for enthusiastic and motivated payroll professionals with previous experience, ideally within an NHS setting.
You will be responsible for a section of payroll for day-to-day processing, inputting and calculations associated with providing an excellent payroll service. You will be organised, self-motivated and able to work to tight deadlines with minimal supervision.
We are recruiting both Band 4 Payroll Officers and Band 5 Senior Payroll Officers, so please indicate which role you feel you meet the requirements for (please refer to the attached job descriptions and person specifications). As a Senior Payroll Officer, you will also support the day-to-day management and allocation of work across the payroll team, and will require previous experience in supervising others.
Main duties of the job
You will ensure allocated monthly payrolls are completed accurately, efficiently, and in a timely manner according to defined deadlines, adhering to statutory requirements and NHS terms and conditions, requiring extensive knowledge and interpretation of these areas and use of the Trust's computerised payroll system.
You will manage complex calculations and enquiries, and to provide specialist information and advice to staff and managers as required, as well as assisting colleagues within the team with more complex queries.
You will manage yourown workload in an effective and timely manner.
You will maintain accurate employee records in accordance with statutory and Trust requirements.
You will undertake and provide regular training, keeping updated with all new statutory regulations and NHS directives affecting pay.
Preferably, you will have previous experience of working within an NHS payroll team, and using the Electronic Staff Record (ESR) system.
In addition, as a Senior Payroll Officer you will manage a team of payroll officers and payroll support officers ensuring an accurate payroll is produced according to defined deadlines, adhering to statutory and NHS terms and conditions, requiring extensive knowledge and interpretation in all these areas along with the Trust's computer system.
About us
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital servicesforaround 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.
We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.
Our threecore values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other,Committed to Excellence,WorkingTogether and Facing the Future.
We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnelworkingalongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties.
Details
Date posted
16 February 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 4
Salary
£26,405 to £36,311 a year per annum inc High Cost Area Supplement
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working
Reference number
151-SR0018
Job locations
Greenwood Offices, Heatherwood Hospital
Brook Avenue
Ascot
SL5 7GB
Employer details
Employer name
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Greenwood Offices, Heatherwood Hospital
Brook Avenue
Ascot
SL5 7GB
Employer's website
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Employer contact details
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