Patient Finance Administrator

Reference

PRI93500

Location

Priory Hospital Cheadle Royal, 100 Wilmslow Road, Manchester, SK8 3DG

Salary

£24,868.00

Hours

37.5

Vacancy Type

Permanent - Full Time

Job Advert Role Description

Supervises the financial administration of the unit’s Client Fund Account, site shops, petty cash float and safety deposit facility through the effective and efficient application of local procedures and processes, which comply with Corporate policy and statutory regulations. 

Responsibilities:

• Liaises with Clinical department to support patients, their families and carers to identify financial needs and entitlements, providing assistance and information to enable patients to claim statutory benefits and to access personal banking facilities.
• Initiates and progresses applications for welfare benefits on behalf of patients, working as the patients advocate and the unit’s appointed representative in all dealings with the DSS, NHS and other official bodies or agencies where financial benefits, payments and exemptions are involved.
• Ensures that all associated documentation is correctly maintained and filed in compliance with the company’s financial procedures and the statutory requirements of the Healthcare Commission and Mental Health Act Commissioners.
• Co-ordinates and supervises the safe and secure storage of patients possessions and/or valuables ensuring items are received, recorded, stored and released in accordance with Healthcare policy.
• Undertakes the financial accounting and reporting processes required for the effective and efficient operation of the sites shop (where present), including reconciliation and banking.
• Managing Petty Cash ensuring all internal and external transactions are processed and recorded in accordance with Healthcare policy, financial procedures and statutory regulations.
• Manages the deposit of cash, cheque and other receipts and the withdrawal of funds required to sustain a substantial petty cash and retail floats.
• You will be expected to provide cover and support to the wider team and site as and when needed

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About us

As one of the UK’s leading providers of behavioural care and specialist support services, Priory promise a challenging and fulfilling career with the support of a world class organisation willing to invest in your development. 

Across our network of hospitals, residential care homes and supported living services, we are making a real and lasting difference to the lives of the people we support.

Priory maintains that vaccination remains our very best line of defence against COVID-19 and believes that our colleagues working with vulnerable individuals have a professional duty to be vaccinated.  As part of our wider infection control efforts, and to meet our commissioner and customer requirements, we continue to record vaccination status for all colleagues and we therefore request that you disclose this information as part of your application. Your vaccination status will not affect any offer of employment and will be held in line with GDPR requirements.  We thank you for your understanding. 

Disclosure

All roles will be subject to a successful disclosure at an appropriate level from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), Access NI or Disclosure Scotland. We are an equal opportunities employer. Priory will cover the cost of a DBS check.