Job summary
- Main area
- Debtors - Finance
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed term / secondment to cover maternity leave until 30th June 2026)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Per annum)
- Job ref
- 110-AC137-0625
- Employer
- Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Dewi Sant Health Park
- Town
- Pontypridd
- Salary
- £24,433 - £26,060 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Debtor Assistant
Band 3
We provide healthcare services to people living in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough areas, serving a population of around 450,000. We are ideally situated between Wales’s capital city, Porthcawl to the west, and the stunning scenery in the Brecon Beacons.
Our vision is to care for our communities and patients by preventing ill-health, promoting better health, providing excellent services and reducing the need for inpatient care wherever possible through the provision of strengthened home, primary and community care.
We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.
Cwm Taf Morgannwg is a Living Wage Employer.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh or English, and no preference will be given to applications submitted in either language.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.
This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed
Job overview
Now is a great time to join the Finance Department in Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board.
We currently have an opportunity for an enthusiastic and highly motivated individual to join the team as a Debtor Assistant in the Financial Accounting team.
This post is fixed term/secondment until 30th June 2026 due to maternity leave. If you are interested in applying for the secondment position, you must obtain permission from your current line manager prior to applying for this post.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will ensure all requests for invoices to be raised are processed on a timely basis and this income is accurately recorded in the financial ledger.
The post holder will assist in follow up action of debts which remain outstanding beyond payment terms.
The post holder will ensure all potential income identified on the Compensation Recovery Unit database is followed up and income due is accurately recorded in the financial ledger.
The post holder will ensure income relating to staff accommodation is identified and the correct amounts are charged and recovered either through salary deductions or by invoicing.
The post holder will maintain records of monies held on behalf of patients.
Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable at Level 3 Speaking/Listening (or ‘B1’ Level if you’ve learnt Welsh as an adult). This doesn’t mean you have to be fluent or able to write long reports in Welsh; it just means being able to hold simple conversations with patients. Have a look at the ‘Croeso Candidate!’ guide attached below for more information.
Working for our organisation
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We live by our core values:
- We listen, learn and improve
- We treat everyone with respect
- We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.
Person specification
Education/Qualifications / Training
Essential criteria
- Good standard of education with a minimum of five GCSEs
Desirable criteria
- Working towards Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT)
Experience
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working within on office environment, preferably finance.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to work accurately and quickly.
- Effective communication skills both written and oral.
- Good time management and organisational skills
- Capacity to concentrate for prolonged periods
Desirable criteria
- Welsh Language Skills (Level 3 and above/B1) are Desirable for this Role.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Proficient in the use of Excel, Word, MS Outlook.
Desirable criteria
- Use of Oracle or other general ledger systems
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- High level of personal integrity
- Ability to work with minimum supervision
- Good team player
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
Welsh language skills are not necessary
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jessica Miles-Thomas
- Job title
- Treasury Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Adele Lewis - Senior Finance Manager
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