Finance Apprentice

AVONDALE MEDICAL LTD

OTLEY, LS21 3JP

Closes in 23 days (Friday 17 January at 11:59pm)

Posted on 17 December 2024

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Summary

Avondale Medical Ltd is a niche business, where we look after Medical Consultants’ Private Practices. The Apprentice will get an overall knowledge of the business, and exposure to basic accounting, to more complex accounting issues. We look to develop the apprentice with skills that both the apprentice and the business require.

Annual wage
£12,480 a year

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Training course
Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
Hours
Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 5.00pm - specific hours to be agreed.

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Possible start date

Monday 27 January

Duration

1 year 4 months

Positions available

1

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

We currently have over 30 consultants, who require their Private Practices run in an efficient, timely manner. This is delivered by a professional polite team.

The type of work is detailed below:

  • Processing clinic lists for Medical Consultants onto bespoke software packages
  • Coding of clinic/theatre lists
  • Posting invoices to Patients
  • Submitting invoices to Insurance companies invoices and using their portals
  • Allocating receipts from Patients and Insurers for Consultants onto bespoke software packages
  • Reconciling bank account
  • Running month end reports
  • Speaking with Patients on the telephone, communicating via text, email and letters
  • Taking payments and recording payment

Where you’ll work

43-44 PEGHOLME

WHARFEBANK MILLS

ILKLEY ROAD

OTLEY

LS21 3JP

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

LUMINATE EDUCATION GROUP

Your training course

Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)

Equal to GCSE

Course contents
  • Record transactional data.
  • Use the organisation’s standard tools and processes to examine data to identify transactional issues such as, reconciliations and inconsistencies between invoices.
  • Recognise and rectify routine errors, escalating as necessary.
  • Plan and review accounting and finance tasks.
  • Communicate with stakeholders to deliver accurate and timely results, avoiding jargon, using language tailored to the audience and different media methods with an appreciation of the risks and benefits to the business of social media and other digital applications.
  • Use finance and accounting software packages to accurately input and manage data to contribute to routine accounting tasks.
  • Handle data and digital technology in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.
  • Record transactional data.
  • Use the organisation’s standard tools and processes to examine data to identify transactional issues such as, reconciliations and inconsistencies between invoices.
  • Recognise and rectify routine errors, escalating as necessary.
  • Plan and review accounting and finance tasks.
  • Communicate with stakeholders to deliver accurate and timely results, avoiding jargon, using language tailored to the audience and different media methods with an appreciation of the risks and benefits to the business of social media and other digital applications.
  • Use finance and accounting software packages to accurately input and manage data to contribute to routine accounting tasks.
  • Handle data and digital technology in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.

Your training plan

This training plan has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.

More training information

  • The Apprentice will be looking to achieve Level 2 AAT
  • The Apprentice will have Day release from Avondale Medical in order to achieve Level 2 AAT qualification
  • Avondale Medical will assist with on the job training.
  • Avondale Medical will assist with the teaching from day release.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4/C)
  • Maths (grade 4/C)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • IT skills
  • Analytical skills

Other requirements

Please apply for the role as soon as possible, we are interviewing suitable candidates as and when we receive applications. Therefore, the role may close before the advertised closing date. 20 days Holiday plus bank holidays. Pension when applicable. Office based. Please review the current Apprenticeship National Minimum Wage guide (ANMW): https://www.gov.uk/national-minimum-wage-rates

About this company

Avondale Medical provide medical consultants and experts with Increased cash flow, optimised billing, improved cash collection and historic debt management.

https://www.avondalemedical.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

  • Possibility of full-time position within the company  
  • Employer is supportive individual growth via the apprenticeship route.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

LUMINATE EDUCATION GROUP

Leeds City College

apprenticeships@leedscitycollege.ac.uk

0113 284 6464

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000292452.

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Closes in 23 days (Friday 17 January at 11:59pm)

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