Job summary
- Main area
- Finance
- Grade
- Apprenticeships: Apprenticeship
- Contract
- Apprenticeship: 12 months
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 381-CO-6249158
- Employer
- Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- SWB NHS Trust
- Town
- West Bromwich
- Salary
- £6.40 per hour
- Salary period
- Hourly
- Closing
- 23/06/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Finance Administrative Apprentice
Apprenticeships: Apprenticeship
Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust is a friendly, integrated healthcare provider focused on improving the life chances and health outcomes of our diverse population.
We have three strategic objectives:
People: To cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff;
Patients: To be good or outstanding at everything we do;
Population: To work seamlessly with partners to improve lives;
We run services from Sandwell, City and Rowley Regis Hospitals, Birmingham & Midland Eye Centre, Birmingham Treatment Centre, the Lyng and Leasowes Intermediate Care Centre. Our GP practices and community teams provide care in schools, healthcare centres and at home.
Our next milestone is opening the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), a once in a career opportunity to shape care transformation within and beyond the hospital walls.
Developing and caring for our People is fundamental. We were one of the first Trusts to provide the Real Living Wage, as well as a Live and Work scheme to support people at risk of homelessness into paid work and training. We offer a range of staff benefits, health & wellbeing support and will help you to bring your ambition to life through our bespoke training and development programmes. As “People” is one of our three strategic objectives, we make a continued commitment to prioritise support for all our colleagues.
Healthcare services have a significant impact on the environment. We are committed to embedding sustainable practices. We expect all colleagues to support the delivery of our Green Strategic Plan and to drive positive changes in their department.
Job overview
A Finance Administrative Apprentice is a training post that will be supported on a phased work based learning programme to learn all elements of the competency framework from a dedicated Apprentice line manager. You will be part of an integral Management Accounts Team, you will assist in the provision of comprehensive high-quality financial support across the Trust to the Group Management teams, individual budget holders and other relevant stakeholders both internal and external to the Trust.
The role will also support the completion of an AAT qualification which is an internationally recognised accounting and finance qualification. Depending on experience, the entry level for AAT is Level 2, which is equivalent to GCSE, with AAT Level 3 equivalent to two A-Levels and AAT Level 4 equivalent to QCF Level 4 qualification. The knowledge gained from AAT will support and compliment your skills needed to development as a Finance Apprentice within the NHS.
Main duties of the job
Within Financial management there will be a requirement to undertake general duties including maintaining spreadsheets, assisting in the month-end reporting process, raising invoices/credit notes, and responding to general finance queries from colleagues, both within and outside of the Trust.
The Apprentice will be required to commence (or continue) study of AAT, with an external study provider.
A good knowledge and use of Excel and Word, with focus on shortcuts, formulas and Pivot tables will be desired.
Working for our organisation
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated care organisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.
Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opens in 2024 and will provide care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises. As a result, the base of this role may change to MMUH from 2024 (or beyond). If this is applicable to your role, you will be informed during the recruitment process and continuing your application with this understanding. The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities.
We have three newly emerging strategic objectives:
- Our People – to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff
- Our Patients – to be good or outstanding in everything we do
- Our Population – to work seamlessly with our partners to improve live
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Finance Apprenticeship framework will consist of phased tasks and expectations that the Apprentice will need to demonstrate and complete before moving onto the next stage of the training program. Each stage will result in a progression up the Banding salary structure that we have in the NHS, with the end goal being an experienced Band 4 Assistant Management Accountant.
For further details please see the job description and person specification.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Good standard of general education, including qualification in Maths and English (GCSE or equivalent)
Desirable criteria
- GCSE I.T and/or Business and Economics.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate ability to work with accuracy and with attention to detail.
- Have experience working in a team environment.
Desirable criteria
- Customer Service role, Volunteer role.
- Previous experience of working in a busy finance office environment.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Emily Cook
- Job title
- Senior Management Accountant
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0121 507 5070
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