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Job summary

Main area
Payroll
Grade
Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
37.5 hours per week (Full-time or part-time)
Job ref
225-CORP-6109704-A
Employer
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Parklands Office
Town
Stoke
Salary
£22,816 - £24,336 per annum pro rata for part time hours
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
28/07/2024 23:59

Employer heading

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust logo

Payroll Services Advisor

Band 3

 

 

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated Payroll Officer/Payroll Services Advisor to join the Payroll Services team to support our payroll shared services for clients across the Black Country and beyond, processing circa. 45,000 employees.

Based in our Parklands Office in Stoke,  you will be responsible for a section of payroll for day to day processing, inputting and calculation associated with providing an excellent payroll service.

Main duties of the job

Payroll processing, accurately calculating and administering a designated payroll portfolio including all variations to pay and details affecting pay for staff concerned.

Dealing with employees queries through various communication methods.

The payroll system uses a dedicated NHS system; Electronic Staff Record (ESR) this is an Oracle based system. Experience of Oracle or ESR is highly desirable. An excellent understanding of statutory legislation together with a sound knowledge of IT is essential. You should be able to use Word, Excel and Outlook confidently. Knowledge of EASY would be helpful but not essential.

Working for our organisation

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve.  We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We’re passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as “Good” by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To accurately calculate and administer a designated payroll portfolio including all variations to pay and details affecting pay for staff concerned.

To complete all administration for a designated payroll portfolio inclusive of 'P' forms (P45/P46/P60/P6) and send standard letters to employees and external bodies.

To ensure the provision of a 'gold standard' pensions service to employees.

Assistance with the ongoing development of internal Payroll procedures and controls

To assist Team Leaders, with HMRC on taxation issues

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Previous Payroll Experience in NHS Payroll/Expenses
  • Experience of complex payroll calculations
  • Experience of Microsoft Applications, including Excel and Word
  • Ability to plan own workload to ensure weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual deadlines are met.
Desirable criteria
  • Use of Payroll Software, ideally Oracle
  • Advance IT skills- high accuracy required

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Good standard of Education 4 GCSEs grade C or above including English and Maths
Desirable criteria
  • Qualification within Payroll (NPC, CIPP) or NVQIII or equivalent gained through training and experience

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyAge positiveCare quality commission - GoodArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardDisability confident employerNursing Times Workforce Summit & Awards WinnerStep into health

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Deborah Parry-Jones
Job title
Deputy Employee Services Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01782 459349
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