Job summary
Employer heading
Income Assistant
Band 4
Job overview
We are seeking an enthusiastic individual to join our NHS Income Team in a permanent role that offers a chance for development within an evolving financial environment.
This is an exciting role that will involve working together with several team members to ensure the Income Team’s monthly reporting and billing data are as timely and accurate as possible. In addition to developing accounting and financial skills, the role offers opportunities to develop analytical and database related skills.
Applicants should demonstrate a positive can-do attitude, Intermediate or better Excel skills and the ability to work as part of a team.
Main duties of the job
To raise invoices for clinical income including inter trust and devolved administrations.
As appropriate, raise credit notes and raise replacement invoices in order to resolve disputes.
To ensure the ‘Maternity Lead Provider Database’ is maintained and deal with any anomalies in a timely manner through discussion with appropriate colleagues.
Providing support with the processing of wider team monthly billing i.e. locally priced supplementary data analysis.
Develop a process to ensure aged debts are managed and dealt with in a timely fashion.
Provide monthly positions and year end forecasts.
Working for our organisation
Our Trust
Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.
CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
As per Home Office guidelines, please be aware that, unfortunately, the Trust is unable to offer sponsorship for this particular position. Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:
- applied for a Graduate visa
- or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment
- or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start date of employment
This vacancy will close at midnight on the 30th September 2024.
Interviews are due to be held on the 16th October 2024.
Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GCSE or equivalent Mathematics – Grade C or above.
Desirable criteria
- Accounting or Finance qualification.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Organised approach to work.
- Experience of planning & prioritising work.
- Professional, friendly, approachable.
- Experience of working in a busy/fast paced environment.
- Experience of achieving deadlines on time.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of Finance.
- Experience of IT.
- Experience of working within NHS.
- Experience of raising invoices.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of computer systems.
- Team player experience.
- Knowledge of how to present information to a target audience.
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of Oracle finance system.
- Knowledge of NHS trust funding.
- Knowledge of Accounting Standards.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Intermediate or above Excel skills.
- Basic or above Microsoft Office skills.
- Time management skills.
- Ability to communicate effectively.
- Good interpersonal skills.
- Ability to maintain process notes.
Desirable criteria
- Database skills.
- SQL or Access skills.
- Ability to process information in a logical order.
- Ability to encourage best practice.
- Open to the acquisition of new skills.
Additional Requirements
Essential criteria
- The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Stuart Ellis
- Job title
- Deputy Head of Income
- Email address
- [email protected]
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