Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Payroll Officer (Finance Officer - Higher Level)

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Job summary

NHS Payroll Services is responsible for the pensions administration of over 110,000 NHS employees each period. Applications are invited to join a team of pension professionals based in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Main duties of the job

  • The calculation and supply of estimates of retirement benefits to current NHS Pension scheme members and Clients including costs to the Client where applicable. Participation in the manual calculation and checking of benefit estimates, for the purposes of organisational decision making, when required.
  • Provision of accurate financial information to NHS Pensions by calculation of "final pensionable pay" from which pension benefit values are derived for retirements, pension sharing on divorce and transfers out of the scheme.
  • Assist with the provision of calculations to all Clients for inclusion in the final accounts in accordance with the Greenbury requirements.
  • Notification to the appropriate Payroll Officer of any action necessary to correct errors or prevent further anomalies arising.
  • Assisting with the provision of concise and accurate information and/or clarification of Pension Regulations and procedures on enquiry.
  • Manage their electronic mailbox with enquiries from NHS Pension, Alternative Pension schemes, Employees and Clients and ensure these are responded to in a timely manner.

About us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.

Details

Date posted

12 July 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£25,147 to £27,596 a year per annum / pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

319-5440880PM

Job locations

Northumbria House

Cobalt Business Park

Newcastle upon Tyne

NE27 0QJ


Job description

Job responsibilities

  • Responsible for the administration of all aspects of work relating to a section of staff employed by one or more of the NHS organisations paid by the service in respect of the NHS Pension scheme and Local Pension schemes throughout the client base. Provide information requested by clients, employees and scheme providers optimizing the use of the NHS national computer-based payroll system (Electronic Staff Record ESR), Pensions On-Line (POL) and reporting tools.
  • Maintaining all documentation and records pertaining to the section.
  • Investigating and answering queries both verbal and written.

Job description

Job responsibilities

  • Responsible for the administration of all aspects of work relating to a section of staff employed by one or more of the NHS organisations paid by the service in respect of the NHS Pension scheme and Local Pension schemes throughout the client base. Provide information requested by clients, employees and scheme providers optimizing the use of the NHS national computer-based payroll system (Electronic Staff Record ESR), Pensions On-Line (POL) and reporting tools.
  • Maintaining all documentation and records pertaining to the section.
  • Investigating and answering queries both verbal and written.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • 5 GCE O Levels, including English & Mathematics or NVQ level 2 equivalent experience
  • NVQ Level 4 / AAT / Foundation Qualification in Payroll & Pension or equivalent experience
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • 5 GCE O Levels, including English & Mathematics or NVQ level 2 equivalent experience
  • NVQ Level 4 / AAT / Foundation Qualification in Payroll & Pension or equivalent experience

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Northumbria House

Cobalt Business Park

Newcastle upon Tyne

NE27 0QJ


Employer's website

https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Northumbria House

Cobalt Business Park

Newcastle upon Tyne

NE27 0QJ


Employer's website

https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Pensions Team Manager

Chloe Smith

chloe.smith@nhct.nhs.uk

01916073415

Details

Date posted

12 July 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£25,147 to £27,596 a year per annum / pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

319-5440880PM

Job locations

Northumbria House

Cobalt Business Park

Newcastle upon Tyne

NE27 0QJ


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