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Job summary

Main area
Corporate
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 2
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday)
Job ref
374-LVB2609
Employer
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
St Annes House
Town
St Leonards on Sea
Salary
£24,465 per annum, pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
07/10/2025 23:59

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East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust logo

Ledger Clerk

NHS AfC: Band 2

We are proud to provide ‘Outstanding’ care and be a great place to work.

East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust provides safe, compassionate and high quality hospital and community care to the half a million people living in East Sussex and those who visit our local area. 


We are one of the largest organisations in East Sussex with an annual income of £568 million and we are the only integrated provider of acute and community care in Sussex. 


Our extensive health services are provided by over 8,000+ dedicated members of staff working from two acute hospitals in Hastings and Eastbourne, three community hospitals in Bexhill, Rye and Uckfield, over 100 community sites across East Sussex, and in people’s own homes. 


The Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated us as ‘Good’ overall, and ‘Outstanding’ for being Caring and Effective. The Conquest Hospital in Hastings and our Community Services were rated ‘Outstanding’ and Eastbourne DGH was rated ‘Good’ Our two acute hospitals have Emergency Departments and provide 24 hour a day care, offering a comprehensive range of surgical, medical, outpatient and maternity services, supported by a full range of diagnostic and therapy services. 

 

Job overview

East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust is looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic full time Ledger Clerk to join our dedicated team of Finance professionals.  

You will be a self-motivated, pro-active individual with a positive attitude and good communication skills. You will be able to flexibly manage your workload and provide a full service in purchase ledger, ensuring the ledger is accurate and backlog is kept to a minimum.

Main duties of the job

This is a fast paced and challenging role in a complex and dynamic environment, and you will have the opportunity to support a key function within the Financial Services team from daily input, managing a portfolio of suppliers to dealing with ad hoc queries and supporting your management colleagues with day-to-day tasks.

This role would be suited to an AAT student looking to gain knowledge and experience of working within a Financial Services environment within the NHS.

Working for our organisation

A wide range of staff benefits are available to our staff including staff development, enrolment in the NHS pension scheme, auto-enrolment to our Temporary Workforce Service, access to nurseries at Conquest Hospital and Eastbourne District General Hospital, staff restaurants and on-site staff accommodation.

In addition to an internal Occupational Health department, all staff also have access to free psychological support through our confidential Employee Assistance Programme which is available to staff 24 hours a day 7 days a week.  Onsite parking is available for a small administration fee. 

There has never been a better time to join East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, submit your application today.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the job description attached.

 

If you have any questions about this position please do not hesitate to contact us.

 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • • Good general education including GCSE in English and Maths
Desirable criteria
  • • AAT Qualified

Experience

Essential criteria
  • • Minimum 6 months experience of working in either sales or purchase ledger sections within a large complex organisation
Desirable criteria
  • • 1 year’s previous experience of working in both sales and purchase ledger

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyDisability confident leaderImproving working livesCare quality commission - GoodArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality MarkSilver Award 2024 - Wellbeing at Work - East Sussex

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Perry Swift
Job title
Accounts Payable Supervisor
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07815997765
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