Apprentice Accounts Assistant
FAIRFIELD INDEPENDENT HOSPITAL
Merseyside, WA11 7RS
Closes in 17 days (Monday 18 November at 11:59pm)
Posted on 30 October 2024
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Summary
Fairfield Hospital is looking to help a new apprentice develop a career in accounting, This is a great opportunity for keen minds to learn with a young team of enthusiastic colleagues who can help a new apprentice by guiding them into this new role and offering rich and in depth learning.
- Annual wage
- £12,480 a year
- Training course
- Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday, 9.00am - 5.00pm.
37 hours a week
- Possible start date
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Monday 25 November
- Duration
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1 year
- Positions available
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3
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
Daily tasks include but are not limited to:
- Assisting the Hospital’s Financial Accountant with the daily bank reconciliation
- Produce regular reports of Excel data (activity, finance, etc.)
- Reconciling the Hospital’s credit card on a monthly basis
- Supporting the Hospital’s Business Manager with the monthly consultants payment
- To be professional, polite and accurate in all communication from Business Office including but not limited to letters, emails and telephone calls.
- Posting daily journals
- Liaise with and form working relationships with staff, both clinical and clerical, within the organisation and with other members of Business Office
- Produce consistent, accurate, timely, permanent, economical and effective minutes of any meetings requested
- File and log minutes in a structured fashion to allow audit trail and ease of searching and retrieval
- Scanning of all relevant documents on to the Hospital’s shared drive
- Document new or revised policies and procedures within own work area
The applicant may also carry out any other reasonable duties commensurate with the role and delegated or requested by the manager, as the needs of the service require.
Where you’ll work
Fairfield Hospital Crank
St.Helens
Merseyside
WA11 7RS
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
ST HELENS COLLEGE
Your training course
Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
Equal to GCSE
Course contents
Your training plan
- You will be working towards an AAT Foundation Certificate in Accounting (level 2)
- Training will be at St Helens College Town Centre Campus, one day a week (term time only)
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE or equivalent 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
- Attention to detail
- Team working
- Initiative
- Good interpersonal skills
- Willingness to learn
- Motivated
Other requirements
Please check any travel to work details are sustainable before applying as the hospital is in a rural location.
About this company
Fairfield Independent Hospital provides both NHS and private out-patient and in-patient treatment for a range of surgical specialities. The hospital is in a beautiful location set out in the countryside.
After this apprenticeship
- On successful completion of the apprenticeship, Fairfield Hospital will review suitable placements within the organisation for the apprentice.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
ST HELENS COLLEGE
Connie
appenquiry@sthelens.ac.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000284841.
Apply now
Closes in 17 days (Monday 18 November at 11:59pm)
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