Finance Apprentice

Summary

Northern Skills are recruiting on behalf of Tees Esk Wear Valley who are looking for a hardworking, motivated and enthusiastic candidate to join their team. During the course of this apprenticeship, you will be learning the role of a finance apprentice while also gaining a qualification.

Annual wage: £12,480 a year
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Training course: Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
Hours: To be determined.
37 hours a week
Possible start date: Monday 4 November
Duration: 1 Year 2 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

Working full time within the Patients’ Bank at Roseberry Park providing cashiering duties to service users and staff, update patient’s financial transactions on to the computerised system, issue monthly financial statements to patients and liaise with external agencies with regard to patient’s finances (Department for Work and Pensions/Benefits Agency/Financial Protection Team). Working at least one day a week at Flatts Lane Centre assisting the Accounts Payable (AP) and Accounts Receivable (AR) teams.
To work within the Financial Control Department undertaking a range of clerical duties to support the financial systems within the section.
Accurate and timely update of patient personal details and financial transactions on a computerised financial ledger system and communication with all patient areas with regard to new, discharged or deceased patients.
Safekeeping and recording of patient valuables.
Liaising with external agencies with regard to patient’s finances (Department for Work and Pensions/Benefits Agency/Financial Protection Team).
Face to face contact with service users and employees of the Trust, providing a Patients’ Bank cashier service. Ensure that all cashiering duties are fulfilled and floats balanced and maintained in accordance with policies and procedures.
To promote at all times a positive image of people with mental health conditions and learning disabilities.
To promote at all times a positive image of the finance department and the wider Trust.
To act at all times in the best interest of patients and employees of the Trust.To undertake administrative tasks in relation to own workload.

Where you’ll work

Roseberry Park Hospital

Marton Road

Middlesbrough

TS4 3AF

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

MIDDLESBROUGH COLLEGE

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.

Your training plan

Finance Apprentice Level 2 Apprenticeship Standard
Day release at Middlesbrough College once a week

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

Maths and English (grade 4)

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
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Customer care skills
Patience

About this company

Roseberry Park is made up of a number of self-contained ward units, clustered around closed landscaped courtyards. It has 365 inpatient beds and all the single, en-suite bedrooms are on the ground floor. The facilities are complemented by various activity and recreational areas with ready access to safe and secure courtyards and gardens.

http://www.tewv.nhs.uk (opens in new tab)

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

Depending on the circumstances of the business upon completion of the apprenticeship programme there could be a potential position of employment available

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