Charity Finance Administrator

Job summary

Derby & Burton Hospitals Charity exists to support our hospitals by helping to improve the experience of both patients and colleagues. Thanks to generous donations, fundraising and legacies, the Charity can provide the extra items, projects and enhancements that cannot be funded through standard NHS budgets but make a real difference across our sites. This role forms an important part of the Team that helps deliver this work.

The role includes supporting the monitoring and processing of finance applications submitted by Fund Managers for the use of Charitable Funds, ensuring requests are handled accurately and in a timely manner.

The Charity is entering an exciting stage as it transitions from Corporate Trustee status to an independent organisation. As part of this growth, we are looking for someone who is motivated, organised and keen to support the Charity's future.

The post holder will work as part of the Derby & Burton Hospitals Charity Finance Team, reporting to and supported by the Charity Financial Services Manager. Duties will include processing income and expenditure, handling applications to use charitable funds, assisting with bank reconciliations, and supporting general budgeting tasks as required.

These responsibilities will be carried out using the Charity's financial ledger and customer relationship management systems. The role will involve helping to guide junior members with routine processes and procedures, contributing to a supportive working environment.

Main duties of the job

You will liaise with Fund Managers and staff, both clinical and non clinical, to help resolve queries about charitable fund applications and ensure information is clear and complete.

The post holder will assist with uploading purchase orders to the general ledger system and make sure that charitable fund orders raised through Procurement are correctly coded and recorded.

You will also support the processing of payments from the charity bank accounts, help with reconciling the cash books and monitoring cash flow.

Further duties include processing income and expenditure transactions, uploading journals and helping with budgets as directed by the Charity Financial Services Manager.

The role involves contributing to the review of existing Charitable Funds processes and procedures, suggesting improvements where appropriate to ensure tasks are completed efficiently and in line with best practice and relevant guidance.

Good communication and interpersonal skills are essential, as you will be required to deal with enquiries both over the telephone and face-to-face.

You will provide general support to the Charity Financial Services Manager, assisting with the collection of financial information needed for the year-end audit process.PREVIOUS APPLICANTS NEED NOT APPLY

Closing date of applications: 19/03/26

Interview date: 09/04/26

This job may close early due to a cap on applications.

About us

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Florence Nightingale Hospital

London Road

Derby

DE1 2QY

Employer's website

https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Florence Nightingale Hospital

London Road

Derby

DE1 2QY

Employer's website

https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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