PCN Business Administrator / Bookkeeper

Integrated Care System; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Milton Keynes seeks an experienced Bookkeeper and Business Administrator to provide financial and administrative support to a management team. The ideal candidate will manage accounts, payroll, and office administration effectively. Experience with Xero and NHS systems is essential. This permanent role offers a collaborative working environment focused on enhancing primary care services.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of UK financial systems and business requirements.
• Experience of working in an office environment.
• Able to use own initiative within agreed protocols.

Responsibilities

• Collate and maintain financial requirements like invoices and receipts.
• Daily invoice processing.
• Monthly payroll, pension, and expense claims processing.

Skills

Financial workflow experience

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Organised administrative skills

High level use in Microsoft Office software

Ability to work as an effective team member

Education

NVQ Level 3 or proven practical experience

Part or fully qualified AAT or qualified by experience

Tools

Xero

SystmOne Clinical Systems

Microsoft Excel

Job description

We are looking for an experienced Bookkeeper and Business Administratorto join our friendly management team. The ideal candidate will have the abilityto work and prioritise tasks independently and contribute to the wideradministration, finance, and Primary Care Network service team. You willalready have the skills, knowledge and work experience to meet the requirementsof this role and be able to communicate effectively with colleagues andexternal stakeholders.

This is a permanent role for the Ascent Primary CareNetwork, a group of three GP surgeries working together for theirneighbourhoods across Milton Keynes and a small part of Bedfordshire. The PCNconstitutes of Asplands Medical Centre (Woburn Sands and Woburn), Walnut TreeHealth Centre and Fishermead Medical Centre, although the role of Business Administratorwill primarily operate out of the Asplands Medical Centre offices in WoburnSands. The role will offer comprehensive confidential financial workflow and administrativesupport to the PCN management team (Business Manager, Transformation Managerand Clinical Director) as well as supporting the functions of the widerclinical team across the PCN. The PCN and Asplands site team are friendly and basedin a newly refurbished building with parking and easy access to local routewaysand village facilities.

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for the provision of an efficient financeand organised administrative service to the Business Manager, Transformation Managerand the PCN Clinical Director.

You will work closely with fellow practice administrators acrossthe Network as well as the clinical teamthat work for the Network, to help ensure the smooth running of the PCNsaccounts, payroll and general administration.

An average day will include receiving, processing andgenerating invoices using accounting software (Xero), tracking income andexpenditure, updating financial statements and company records. There are themonthly payroll procedures to follow and essential business submissions.Routine monitoring of staff rotas and leave calendars as well mandatorytraining compliance. There is an element of Personal Administration to theTransformation and Business Managers; organising diaries and team meetingschedules and ad hoc general administrative duties.

About us

The Ascent Primary Care Network is a limited company workingacross 3 individual GP surgeries to provide additional services across theneighbourhood. We focus on capacity and access delivery and delivering proactive health promotion and disease prevention services. We have a strongteam of clinical and non-clinical specialists providing this additional capacity at the GP practices as well as supportingquality improvement programmes to improve patient outcomes. We provide management and administrative services to enable a seamlessapproach between the PCN and the GP surgery's to achieving our combined goals and aspirations.

The Business Bookkeeper and Administrator role is pivotal inproviding these additional services and joining our PCN will give thesuccessful candidate a sense of achievement, belonging, and feeling that theyare positively contributing to the provision of quality primary care servicesacross a large patch of Milton Keynes. The team are all friendly and supportive, with dynamic leaders keen to embrace and make change for the benefit of our patients and staff.

Job responsibilities

Main duties of the role will include:

• Collate and maintain various financial requirements - receipts, invoices, communications, tax returns, end of year accounts submissions.
• Daily invoice processing
• Monthly payroll, pension and expense claims processing
• Tracking income streams
• Regular budget profile updating on accounting softward and MSExcel
• Data inputting & reconciliation to track company performance, working closely with the Management
• HR data and administration, maintaining the team training logs and leave calendar, coordinating company inductions and rota publications
• Administration of the PCN communications, including the website and patient information
• Administration of PCN Multidisciplinary and Board meetings, including meeting arrangement and set-up, attendee liaison, and attendance at meetings to accurately take and distribute minutes.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Knowledge of a full range of Business and Administration procedures acquired through NVQ Level 3 or proven practical experience
• Part or fully qualified AAT or qualified by experience
• SystmOne Clinical Systems
• Minute taking

Physical Requirements

• Requirement for remaining in a position for a substantial proportion of the working time to use computer screens
• There is an occasional requirement to set up equipment in meeting or training rooms
• Ability to travel between practices or meeting venues
• Requirement to complete NHS Statutory Mandatory Training

Experience

• Scheduling and Diary Management
• Financial workflow experience - payroll, invoices, budget tracking
• High level use in Microsoft Office software
• Experience of working in an office environment
• Able to use own initiative within agreed protocols
• Ability to work as an effective team member
• Use of accounting software Xero
• Experience of working within business administration and financial processes
• Accurate and confident minute taking at meetings involving multi-disciplinary teams
• NHS Primary Care experience
• SystmOne use

Knowledge and Skills

• Knowledge of UK financial systems and business requirements e.g tax, national insurance, pensions
• Excellent written and verbal interpersonal/communication skills
• Organised administrative skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Good numeracy and literacy skills
• NHS administration understanding of organisation, priorities, workflows, training requirements
• Ability to learn new processes and systems, including new IT systems.

Physical Requirements

• Requirement for remaining in a position for a substantial proportion of the working time to use computer screens
• There is an occasional requirement to set up equipment in meeting or training rooms
• Ability to travel between practices or meeting venues
• Requirement to complete NHS Statutory Mandatory Training

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.