Finance Assistant

Are you an articulate and numerate Financial Assistant with experience in dealing with cash and performing reconciliations? Join The Spinney as the Finance Assistant and utilise your skill set within a healthcare environment to deal with all finance-related admin.

As the Finance Assistant, within a healthcare environment, you will provide administration assistance to ensure a comprehensive and efficient Finance service meet the needs of the unit.

Working 25 hours a week you will turn your hand to everything finance admin-related, including assisting with Patient monies, the management of petty cash, assisting in purchase order processing, assisting in maintaining the Head Office purchase ledger spreadsheet and ensuring compliance with all financial polices and procedures.

At Elysium, we want the best for you. That’s why you will have continuous access to a range of training courses to enable you to reach your career goals. After all, a better you, means better care. That’s what delivering great healthcare should feel like.

As a Finance Assistant, you will be:

• Assisting in the management of Patient Monies system, including any DWP benefit claims as appropriate.
• Assisting in the management of Petty Cash within the Finance Office and also throughout the hospital
• Assisting in Purchase Order Processing - WAP/Ordering of Goods and Services
• Assisting in maintaining Head Office Purchase Ledger Spreadsheet including dealing with any adhoc queries.
• Ensuring compliance with all Finance Policies & Procedures.
• Liaising with all disciplines and Head Office staff on a regular basis.
• Undertaking any other tasks requested that are commensurate with the post.

To be successful in this role, you will need:

• GCSE in Maths or equivalent
• Articulate and numerate
• Experience of dealing with cash and performing reconciliation
• Computer literate (Microsoft Office preferred)
• Good verbal and written communication
• Plan and prioritise workload
• Excellent organisational skills
• Knowledge of healthcare business
• Appreciation of Data Protection Act
• Able to handle information of a highly sensitive and confidential manner

Where you will be working:

Location: Everest Road, Atherton, Manchester, M46 9NT

You will be working at The Spinney, a service which offer a range of care settings for male patients with personality disorder and/or mental illness. The purpose-built medium, low secure and rehabilitation wards, as well as a psychiatric intensive care unit (PICU) are all set within an 11 acre site with extensive woodland and landscaped areas.

You will be working alongside a multidisciplinary team at The Spinney who have previously been recognised by the Association of Psychological Therapies (APT) for their ability to reinforce positive behaviour, prevention of challenging behaviour and successful interventions in a secure care setting.

What you will get:

• Annual salary of £24,766 (pro-rata)
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (inc Bank Holidays) – plus your birthday off!
• Free meals and parking
• Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance.
• Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals.
• Pension contribution to secure your future.
• Life Assurance for added peace of mind.
• Enhanced Maternity Package so you can truly enjoy this special time.

There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts, special offers and much more.

About your next employer:

You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move. 

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally. 

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.