Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Payroll Officer (Finance Officer - Higher Level)

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Job summary

NHS Payroll Services pays over 110,000 NHS employees each period. Applications are invited to join a team of payroll professionals based in Newcastle with flexible hybrid working.

Main duties of the job

Applicants must be numerate and literate with a minimum of 5 GCSE passes including English and Mathematics and hold the IPP Foundation in Payroll & Pensions qualification or have equivalent experience.

Applicants must have experience of working in a Payroll Environment. Experience in a NHS payroll office is desirable but not essential.

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, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.

Date posted

25 July 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£25,147 to £27,596 a year £3,000 p.a. recruitment & retention allowance

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

319-5325039PM-A

Job locations

Northumbria House

Silver Fox Way

Cobalt Business Park

NE27 0QJ

Job description

Job responsibilities

Responsible for all salaries, wages, personal expenses and pension administration for a small number of Sage clients. Operating the Computer based payroll system.
Maintaining all documentation and records pertaining to overpayment recoveries.
Investigating and answering queries both verbal and written.
To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Responsible for all salaries, wages, personal expenses and pension administration for a small number of Sage clients. Operating the Computer based payroll system.
Maintaining all documentation and records pertaining to overpayment recoveries.
Investigating and answering queries both verbal and written.
To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.

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

Certificate of Sponsorship

Employer details

Employer name

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Northumbria House

Silver Fox Way

Cobalt Business Park

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

Silver Fox Way

Cobalt Business Park

NE27 0QJ

Employer's website

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