Band 4 Finance Officer

Band 4 Financial Assessments Officer required for a large public sector organisation based through the Belfast Trust.

Location: Knockbracken Healthcare Park

Pay Per Hour: £12.86

Full Time / Part Time: Full Time

JOB SUMMARY/MAIN PURPOSE:

The postholder is responsible for liaising with clients / relatives who are placed in residential & nursing accommodation to gather the relevant financial information to ascertain their contribution towards their care in accordance with procedures. This includes financial assessment of client, collecting client contributions and payment of personal allowance in accordance with legislation.

MAIN DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assessing clients for their contribution towards their residential & nursing accommodation.
• Paying the residential & nursing accommodation providers for client's referred by the Trust.
• Paying external organisations for providing domiciliary care in the community on behalf of the Trust.
• Paying Direct Payment recipients.
• Monitoring the financial performance of the package provided to direct payment recipients.
• Managing the patient / clients monies retained by the Trust.
• Monitoring clinical areas that retain property on behalf of patients that this is being managed in accordance with Trust guidelines.

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA

Candidates must have one of the following qualifications;

• BTEC Higher National Diploma (Business),
• A finance / business related degree,
• Institute of Accounting Technicians,
• Part-qualified up to intermediate stage with one of the CCAB bodies i.e. ACA Professional 2, ACCA Certificate Stage, CIMA Stage 2 or CIPFA Professional 1.

and one year's Finance Experience

OR

• Five GCSE's Grade A-C (or equivalent) to include Maths/Accounts and English and two years Finance experience,

If you are interested and available for this position, please upload your CV to the link or contact [email protected]

To be shortlisted for this role all applicants MUST meet the essential criteria. Please note that these roles may be filled quickly but your CV will be kept on file for future similar roles. As there are so many applications, unsuccessful candidates may not be contacted.

Successful candidates may need to apply for an Access NI Certificate with Staffline regardless if you already have a valid certificate. It will be a cost of between £16 - £32 depending on clearance level.