Job summary
- Main area
- Payroll
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 32 hours per week
- Job ref
- 251-CORP0536-PA
- Employer
- Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Basingstoke & North Hampshire Hospital
- Town
- Basingstoke
- Salary
- £32,073 - £39,043 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/03/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Payroll Advisor
NHS AfC: Band 5

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
Job overview
The post holder will provide a comprehensive, quality, Payroll service to employees of Hampshire Hospitals NHS FT. A key requirement of the job is to ensure that payroll is provided efficiently and accurately to staff and that all data is processed in accordance with the Trusts Financial Instructions, internal procedures and statutory obligations. The post holder will organise their own workload, co-ordinating activities with other team members to ensure that an efficient service is provided. It is essential that the post holder is able to exercise initiative suitable to the role, and is fully supportive to other colleagues in the team.
The post holder will carry out complex calculations involving income tax, national insurance, pension contributions, salary sacrifice, salary overpayments and all other related deduction elements working quickly and accurately. Handle highly sensitive and personal information conforming to a high level of integrity and confidentiality at all times. Maintaining a high level of customer service is integral to the role.
Main duties of the job
Provide a comprehensive Payroll Service for employees of Hampshire Hospitals NHS FT, including processing of:
· Allocated monthly/weekly payroll within specified deadlines ensuring all source documentation is input accurately onto ESR payroll system.
· Accurate completion of all permanent changes to employee records.
· Statutory and Non-Statutory deductions as per relevant legislation and Trust policies.
· Termination payments, including redundancy payments.
· Payments due under Sickness, Maternity, Paternity, Adoption, and other Family Leave.
· Recalculations and recovery of overpayments in salary.
· Prepare and make manual payments to staff.
· Ensuring that all information is produced to expected standards of performance, and according to agreed timescales.
Manage Staff Benefits
- Assess eligibility, process/calculate and implement amendments, additions and/or deductions from salary where individuals have applied for additional staff benefits and statutory benefits, such as salary sacrifice scheme(s), statutory maternity, paternity or adoption pay ensuring compliance with Trust Policy, procedure and legislative requirements, provide advice and information to members of staff on eligibility and entitlements throughout.
Administer the Trust’s E-expenses system
- Respond to employee enquiries made through Expenses Inbox and by telephone
- Ensure all data held in Expense system accurate
Working for our organisation
Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
Your Next Career Move Made Easier – Accommodation May Be Offered
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Key duties and responsibilities:
Provide a comprehensive Payroll Service for employees of Hampshire Hospitals NHS FT, including processing of:
· Allocated monthly/weekly payroll within specified deadlines ensuring all source documentation is input accurately onto ESR payroll system.
· Accurate completion of all permanent changes to employee records.
· Statutory and Non-Statutory deductions as per relevant legislation and Trust policies.
· Termination payments, including redundancy payments.
· Payments due under Sickness, Maternity, Paternity, Adoption, and other Family Leave.
· Recalculations and recovery of overpayments in salary.
· Prepare and make manual payments to staff.
· Ensuring that all information is produced to expected standards of performance, and according to agreed timescales.
· Self-learning to keep on top of industry changes to thresholds, family leave policy, future workforce software changes.
Work closely and proactively with Managers, Recruitment Teams, HR Business Partners and Finance to ensure the payroll service provided meets the Trust Standing Financial Instructions and ensure appropriate action is taken if these are not being met.
Manage Staff Benefits
- Assess eligibility, process/calculate and implement amendments, additions and/or deductions from salary where individuals have applied for additional staff benefits and statutory benefits, such as salary sacrifice scheme(s), statutory maternity, paternity or adoption pay ensuring compliance with Trust Policy, procedure and legislative requirements, provide advice and information to members of staff on eligibility and entitlements throughout.
Administer the Trust’s E-expenses system
- Respond to employee enquiries made through Expenses Inbox and by telephone
- Ensure all data held in Expense system accurate
Person specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to degree-level in relevant subject or demonstrable via equivalent previous experience.
Desirable criteria
- Foundation Degree in Payroll Administration and Management
- Professional Certification in Payroll or HR related qualification.
- Working towards CIPD accreditation/equivalent experience
Experience and knowledge
Essential criteria
- Specialist knowledge of statutory regulations relating to Income Tax, National Insurance, Family Leave Pay, Salary Sacrifice Schemes.
- Specialist knowledge of Statutory payments for Sickness Absence , Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Pay
- Demonstrable experience of working in a payroll environment
- Understanding and familiarity of Data Protection regulations.
Desirable criteria
- Expert level of knowledge of NHS terms & conditions of employment, including the NHS Pension Scheme
- Demonstrable experience of working in an NHS payroll department
- Experience in the use of the ESR workforce system
Skill & Ability
Essential criteria
- Advanced IT skills with expertise in Microsoft Office programs. The individual should be comfortable and experienced handling spreadsheets and extracting data.
- Ability to work effectively alone and as part of a team
- Flexible approach to work to ensure deadlines are achieved
- Ability to collate and analyse information and make judgements that will achieve job objectives
- High degree of accuracy and attention to detail with a methodical approach
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
- Luke Henderson
- Job title
- Payroll Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07747244505
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