Job summary
- Main area
- Administration
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 290-PHC-112
- Employer
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Mary's Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £38,488 - £46,852 pa inclusive
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/08/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Business Administrator
Band 5
Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:
Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.
With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.
We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.
We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
Job overview
As a Senior Business Administrator – Accounts Receivable, supporting the efficient management of private patient accounts and credit control processes.
You will play a key role in maintaining accurate financial records, producing reports, monitoring outstanding debt, supporting audits, and responding to queries from patients, insurers, embassies and other stakeholders. Working closely with finance and operational teams, you will help ensure timely payments, effective account management and high standards of customer service
Main duties of the job
- As a Senior Business Administrator – Accounts Receivable, you will support the management of private patient accounts, credit control activities and financial reporting.
- You will act as a key contact for patients, insurers, embassies and internal teams, resolving queries and supporting timely payment collection. The role includes preparing reports, monitoring outstanding debt, maintaining accurate records and audit trails, supporting financial audits, resolving billing issues and contributing to process improvements.
- You will work closely with finance and operational teams to ensure compliance, high-quality customer service and the efficient operation of Imperial Private Healthcare’s accounts receivable function.
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career. Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
Environmental sustainability
Climate change and poor air quality is a health emergency that harms people’s health and wellbeing and widens health inequalities. The Trust is also committed to reducing its impact on the environment by reducing our greenhouse gas emissions to Net Zero by 2045. All our employees have a role to play, and we have an active green network that supports staff to act in ways that ensures that our services are efficient, sustainable and reduce our impact on the environment www.imperial.nhs.uk/about-us/our-strategy/green-plan.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.
For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
Education/ qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree or Equivalent works experienced in a public sector/healthcare setting
Desirable criteria
- Relevant business administration, finance or customer service qualification desirable
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in an administrative, finance, accounts receivable or credit control environment.
- Experience of maintaining accurate records, trackers and routine reports.
Desirable criteria
- Experience in project management or process improvement, including documenting and implementing standard operating procedures (SOPs) in a finance or administrative environment.
- Experience of dealing with routine queries from internal and external stakeholders.
- Experience liaising with multiple stakeholder groups
Skills/knowledge/ abilities
Essential criteria
- Proficient in MS Office and intermediate Excel (pivot tables, VLOOKUP); strong analytical skills for reporting. Knowledge of database/PAS systems (e.g. Compucare)
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of data protection legislation including UK GDPR, Data Protection Act 2018 and Caldicott principles
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Monica Edwards
- Job title
- Head of Business Administration
- Email address
- [email protected]
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