Payroll Officer

Applications are invited for this training role, where successful applicants will undergo a bespoke training programme in NHS payroll and associated terms and conditions.

Working with a team of busy payroll professionals to calculate and input accurate payments to NHS colleagues.

Main duties of the job

• Interpret and action payments of staff additional hours promptly and efficiently in line with current national, local and Statutory guidelines.
• Other calculations and data entry commensurate with skills and experience
• Operating the Computer based payrolling system.
• Checking authorization and accuracy of data
• Assisting with controls to ensure payments have been paid correctly
• Dealing promptly with any discrepancies to ensure the payment deadlines are met
• Maintaining documentation and records pertaining to the pensions and expenses section.
• Investigating and answering queries both verbal and written.

About us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.

Details

Date posted

12 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£25,760 to £27,476 a year

per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time,

Flexible working

Reference number

319-8314730VD

Job locations

Cobalt

Unit 7/8 Silver Fox Way

Newcastle upon Tyne

NE27 9NZ

United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

• Interpret and action payments with accuracy and efficiency. Makes decisions around own workload and understands when to highlight problems.
• Understand and complete routine transactions using practical experience.
• Knowledge and awareness of Statutory Requirements
• Experience of computerized payment system
• Experience of dealing with routine enquiries in a confident and sensitive manner.
• Provision of information to managers and colleagues in a confident and sensitive manner.
• Organises allocated workload to meet strict deadlines
• Keyboard skills to achieve input of high quality data with accuracy
• Responsible for the calculation and generation of payments as required.
• Provides support to other members of staff
• Input of financial data into computerized payment system
• Requires long periods of keyboard input of data
• Uses keyboard for a substantial part of the day
• Works within clearly defined policies and procedures with supervision
• Requires periods of concentration to input, check and calculate data and works to strict deadlines.

Job responsibilities

• Interpret and action payments with accuracy and efficiency. Makes decisions around own workload and understands when to highlight problems.
• Understand and complete routine transactions using practical experience.
• Knowledge and awareness of Statutory Requirements
• Experience of computerized payment system
• Experience of dealing with routine enquiries in a confident and sensitive manner.
• Provision of information to managers and colleagues in a confident and sensitive manner.
• Organises allocated workload to meet strict deadlines
• Keyboard skills to achieve input of high quality data with accuracy
• Responsible for the calculation and generation of payments as required.
• Provides support to other members of staff
• Input of financial data into computerized payment system
• Requires long periods of keyboard input of data
• Uses keyboard for a substantial part of the day
• Works within clearly defined policies and procedures with supervision
• Requires periods of concentration to input, check and calculate data and works to strict deadlines.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• 5 GCSE/ O Levels, including English & Mathematics or NVQ level 2 or equivalent experience.
• NVQ Level 3/ AAT/ Foundation Qualification in Payroll & Pensions or equivalent experience.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of work in a payroll environment
• Experience using excel spreadsheets

Desirable

• Experience of working in an NHS Payroll Office

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• 5 GCSE/ O Levels, including English & Mathematics or NVQ level 2 or equivalent experience.
• NVQ Level 3/ AAT/ Foundation Qualification in Payroll & Pensions or equivalent experience.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of work in a payroll environment
• Experience using excel spreadsheets

Desirable

• Experience of working in an NHS Payroll Office

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Cobalt

Unit 7/8 Silver Fox Way

Newcastle upon Tyne

NE27 9NZ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Cobalt

Unit 7/8 Silver Fox Way

Newcastle upon Tyne

NE27 9NZ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job responsibilities

• Interpret and action payments with accuracy and efficiency. Makes decisions around own workload and understands when to highlight problems.
• Understand and complete routine transactions using practical experience.
• Knowledge and awareness of Statutory Requirements
• Experience of computerized payment system
• Experience of dealing with routine enquiries in a confident and sensitive manner.
• Provision of information to managers and colleagues in a confident and sensitive manner.
• Organises allocated workload to meet strict deadlines
• Keyboard skills to achieve input of high quality data with accuracy
• Responsible for the calculation and generation of payments as required.
• Provides support to other members of staff
• Input of financial data into computerized payment system
• Requires long periods of keyboard input of data
• Uses keyboard for a substantial part of the day
• Works within clearly defined policies and procedures with supervision
• Requires periods of concentration to input, check and calculate data and works to strict deadlines.

Qualifications

Essential

• 5 GCSE/ O Levels, including English & Mathematics or NVQ level 2 or equivalent experience.
• NVQ Level 3/ AAT/ Foundation Qualification in Payroll & Pensions or equivalent experience.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of work in a payroll environment
• Experience using excel spreadsheets

Desirable

• Experience of working in an NHS Payroll Office