Assistant Accountant - Band 3

The Finance Team has received significant investment in order to ensure it is resourced appropriately to deliver a fit for purpose service to support the Trust on its improvement journey. The Directorate provides a wide range of business support to the Trust including:

• Contracting and Income
• Planning, Capital and Costing
• Financial Services
• Financial Management
Staff engagement is a key part of our daily operations. We are proud to have achieved FFF Level 1 and are committed to working together as a team to ensure we achieve FFF Level 2 in the coming year. In addition, we have just submitted our first nominations to the annual HFMA awards - securing three nominations and an award for "Clinician of the Year". You will receive access to full training and development opportunities and be part of our friendly and dynamic team. Provide support to the control and accounts manager Prepare payments Reconcile cash book Undertake control account reconciliaitonsMain duties of the job To maintain the integrity of the general ledgers with particular reference to balance sheet items. To be responsible for the validation of financial information stored on the General Ledger through analysis and reconciliation to ensure accurate reporting Administration of Trusts Petty cash floats Maintaining / reconciling the Trust cashbook and those of shared service partners on a daily basis; analysing and investigating transactions as necessary and ensuring that income / expenditure is appropriately allocated. The processing of CHAPs, Faster Payments and BACS payments

Pilgrim Hospital is situated beautiful countryside and serves the communities in the South Lincolnshire area. It provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service. Grantham and District Hospital serves the communities of Grantham and the local area. It provides ambulatory paediatric and accident and emergency services. Lincoln Hospital is a thriving university city and with the opening of the medical school, it provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been granted teaching hospital status, after demonstrating evidence to significant teaching commitment. From now on it will be known as United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county. This will not constitute a formal merger of the two organisations, but will bring the Trusts together under a single Board and Executive Leadership Team, with the goal of improving the care that is provided to patients both in the community and in hospitals across Lincolnshire. Both Trusts will retain their separate statutory names and legal obligations. The Group will be known as Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG).