Accounts Receivable Clerk

To work as a member of the Accounts Receivable Team providing a professional cashiering service, raising invoices for income due to the Trust, and allocating receipts.

The post holder will be responsible to the Accounts Receivable Team Leader, and requires good communication skills.

Main duties of the job

To receive and accurately record bulk cash, cheques and electronic receipts on behalf of the Trust and to be responsible for their safeguarding to the point of deposit in a Trust bank account or with a Trust approved carrier.

To provide a professional cashiering enquiry service.

To ensure that debtor invoices are raised in accordance with the Trust's procedures and are sent promptly to customers to ensure an accurate record of income due is maintained in the Trust's General Ledger.

To carry out disbursements and reimbursements of petty cash imprests in accordance with Trust procedures.

To administer patients' cash and valuables in accordance with procedures, To receive and accurately record bulk cash, cheques and electronic receipts on behalf of the Trust and to be responsible for their safeguarding to the point of deposit in a Trust bank account or with a Trust approved carrier.

To provide a professional cashiering enquiry service.

To ensure that debtor invoices are raised in accordance with the Trust's procedures and are sent promptly to customers to ensure an accurate record of income due is maintained in the Trust's General Ledger.

To resolve discrepancies with debtor accounts, or to refer to the appropriate officer for action, to ensure that the credit terms of the Trust are enforced to protect against bad debts and to maximise the Trust's cash flow.

To carry out disbursements and reimbursements of petty cash imprests in accordance with Trust procedures.

To administer patients' cash and valuables in accordance with procedures.

Any other duties, appropriate to the grade, as determined by the Departmental Manager., The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.

The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24.

Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £18+£5 (standard disclosure) or £38+£5 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment.

From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years.

Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.

This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults' policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures.

Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation.

All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action.

As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence.

• AAT or equivalent (Intermediate Level), Previous Finance Experience including knowledge of vat, petty cash, reconciling control


• Possess a high degree of numeracy and accuracy and the ability to work with


• Ability to work with Microsoft Office particularly Excel, Access and Word., Numerate


• Ability to organize their own work and use initiative to ensure that all tasks are completed.


• Good communication in order to work effectively, confidently liaising with staff within the department, Trust and other Trusts.


• Demonstrates high level of commitment to personal and professional development., Adaptable and flexible


• Good communicator
  
  Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.


The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.

The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.