East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Payroll Team Leader

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Job summary

Are you an experienced NHS Payroll and Pensions professional?

The ESNEFT payroll team are looking for a experienced, enthusiastic payroll professional to step into the Payroll Team Leader role.

Spanning ESNEFTs two acute sites, community sites and community services, this role will play a vital role in ensuring accurate and timely remuneration and pensions advice for our dedicated staff.

Our commitment to excellence extends beyond patient care and encompasses all of our valued employees.

Main duties of the job

  • You will manage, on a day-to-day basis the Trusts Payroll Team providing spe-cialist Payroll support to them in addition to the wider team and organisation.
  • Planning and organising the efficient distribution of total workload between team members to ensure all areas of payroll are completed in line with strict deadlines.
  • Make daily adjustments to plans and schedule in order to deal with organisation requirements and to ensure targets are met, including re-allocating work to the team to meet the organisational deadlines.
  • Forward plan the workload in order to meet the department's objectives and deadlines, not only on a day-to-day basis but taking a longer-term view into account for future changes in the Trust or department which could impact on the team.
  • Be an active participant in the departments bitesize training sessions provided to managers across the Trust.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are the largest NHS organisation in East Anglia, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

Find out about living and working here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A

Details

Date posted

24 May 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

432-HR396-24

Job locations

Colchester Hospital/Hybrid

Colchester / Ipswich

CO4 5JL


Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Relevant degree or equivalent experience plus further training and experience to post graduate diploma equivalent.

Desirable

  • Post graduate diploma
  • Payroll qualification

Experience

Essential

  • Previous senior payroll role.
  • Working collaboratively as part of a team.
  • Advanced IT Systems including - Microsoft Office.
  • Experience of communicating with a range of people both. within and external to the organisation.
  • Experience of dealing with complex payroll cases.
  • Line management.

Desirable

  • NHS Payroll experience
  • ESR experience
  • Project management
  • Working autonomously

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

  • Advanced keyboard skills.
  • Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) to deal with complex or sensitive information.
  • Ability to manage and work well in a team.
  • Good attention to detail and accuracy.
  • Able to plan and prioritise a range of complex activities within defined deadlines.
  • Ability to work flexibly to meet the demands of the service.
  • Ability to deal appropriately with sensitive and confidential information.
  • Able to demonstrate a commitment to Trust Values.
  • Able to analyse and interpret solve complex problems.

Desirable

  • NHS IT systems
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Relevant degree or equivalent experience plus further training and experience to post graduate diploma equivalent.

Desirable

  • Post graduate diploma
  • Payroll qualification

Experience

Essential

  • Previous senior payroll role.
  • Working collaboratively as part of a team.
  • Advanced IT Systems including - Microsoft Office.
  • Experience of communicating with a range of people both. within and external to the organisation.
  • Experience of dealing with complex payroll cases.
  • Line management.

Desirable

  • NHS Payroll experience
  • ESR experience
  • Project management
  • Working autonomously

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

  • Advanced keyboard skills.
  • Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) to deal with complex or sensitive information.
  • Ability to manage and work well in a team.
  • Good attention to detail and accuracy.
  • Able to plan and prioritise a range of complex activities within defined deadlines.
  • Ability to work flexibly to meet the demands of the service.
  • Ability to deal appropriately with sensitive and confidential information.
  • Able to demonstrate a commitment to Trust Values.
  • Able to analyse and interpret solve complex problems.

Desirable

  • NHS IT systems

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.

Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Colchester Hospital/Hybrid

Colchester / Ipswich

CO4 5JL


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Colchester Hospital/Hybrid

Colchester / Ipswich

CO4 5JL


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Payroll Manager

Holly Warner

holly.warner@esneft.nhs.uk

07546310856

Details

Date posted

24 May 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

432-HR396-24

Job locations

Colchester Hospital/Hybrid

Colchester / Ipswich

CO4 5JL


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