Main area South Yorkshire & Bassetlaw Pathology Grade NHS AfC: Band 3
Contract: Fixed term: 12 months (Available as a secondment opportunity for internal candidates)
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 190-0018-DIR
Employer: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Northern General Hospital
Town: Sheffield
Salary: £24,071 - £25,674 Per annum pro rata for part time staff
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 24/03/2025 23:59
Interview date: 07/04/2025
Business Support Officer
NHS AfC: Band 3
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes, health and wellbeing packages, and financial support systems.
Job overview
Are you looking for an exciting new challenge in a place to take your career to the next level? Would you like to join a friendly, progressive, innovative team and play a part in the transformation of pathology services across South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw? Do you want to work in a fully UKAS-accredited, modern laboratory environment where you can make a difference?
Main duties of the job
1. To support the SYBP Business Team by providing an effective & efficient data handling and invoicing service to maintain directorate income streams from invoicing & service level agreements.
2. Respond to routine business, invoicing, and pricing related enquiries from staff and service users, investigating and reporting on queries as required.
3. Participate in the administrative, secretarial and routine duties within the Department.
4. Provide secretarial support to the SYBP Business Manager and SYBP Deputy Business Manager for the monthly Business Planning Meeting including preparation of agendas, meeting notes, and scheduling of the meetings. Pro-actively support attendance and review of action points from the meetings.
Working for our organisation
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff, including commitments to professional development and policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
The South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Pathology Partnership are invested in training, developing, and supporting staff in all aspects including academic courses from certificates of achievement, registration, specialist and higher specialist IBMS portfolios, apprenticeships and leadership and management qualifications.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description & Person Specification for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
This vacancy is advertised on a fixed term contract basis for the maximum period of 12 months.
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
* GCSE (or equivalent) in English and Maths at grade C/4 or above or equivalent experience/qualifications
* NVQ level 2 in Business administration or equivalent qualification or experience
* ECDL or evidence of short courses in all core Microsoft Office Applications (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
Experience
* Experience of working in an administrative or finance role in an office environment
* Experience of working with Microsoft Office including Word, Access, and Excel
* Experience of working in a team
* Experience of customer service
* Experience of data handling and collation using Excel
* Experience of working in a healthcare environment
* Experience of writing and reviewing standard operating procedures
* Experience of SQL
* An awareness of NHS financial systems
Skills and Knowledge
* Excellent organisation skills with the ability to meet deadlines
* Ability to work to standard procedures
* Ability to examine financial data and identify fluctuations
* Able to enter data into a spreadsheet or database with accuracy
* Good oral and written communication skills, able to communicate with a range of people at different levels
* Excellent telephone manner
* Able to understand the importance of and demonstrate confidentiality
* Ability to work as part of a team as well as independently with minimum supervision
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The Trust is committed to its obligations in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community.
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