Apprentice Financial Accounts Assistant - Cashier

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Slough (SL2 4HL)

Closes in 14 days (Wednesday 10 September 2025)

Posted on 27 August 2025

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Summary

Want to earn while you learn in a rewarding NHS role? Join our friendly Finance Team as an Apprentice Financial Accounts Assistant. You will work towards the Accounts or Finance Assistant Level 2 apprenticeship whilst gaining valuable experience in finance at Wexham Park Hospital in Slough.

Wage

£26,240 a year

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Inc. HCAS Band 3 (NHS) whilst working towards the apprenticeship. Upon competition of the apprenticeship salary will increase to Band 4 (NHS)

Training course
Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
Hours
Monday to Friday.

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Saturday 1 November 2025

Duration

11 months

Positions available

1

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you'll do at work

  • Responsible for secure handling, recording and banking of the Trust’s income from a variety of sources to ensure all financial timetables are met.
  • Responsible for accurately receiving income directly into the Trust's bank accounts.
  • Bookkeeping entries: ensuring that the integrity of the ledger is maintained.
  • Responsible for a few control accounts and alerting the Financial and Business Support Accountants to any problems and recommending appropriate remedial action.
  • Ensure daily cash sheets are checked and signed in line with financial instructions.
  • Provide reimbursement for patients’ travel expenses under the Hospital Travel Costs Scheme as required.
  • Handling queries and disputes in a sensitive manner.
  • Analyse and interpret financial reports to identify errors and discrepancies stemming from the receipting of cash.
  • Ensure petty cash reimbursements are authorised in line with financial procedures and with evidence of receipts in accordance with Standing Financial Instructions
  • Responsible for managing petty cash floats including year-end reconciliation and agreements.
  • Provide advice to managers and staff in the hospital on the control and handling of patients’ valuables. Responsible for safekeeping of patients’ cash & valuables
  • Liaison with visitors, patients and other departments of the trust to investigate and resolve cash office queries in person, by telephone and in writing.

Where you'll work

Wexham Park Hospital
Wexham Street
Slough
SL2 4HL

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider

MBKB LTD

Training course

Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)

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What you'll learn

Course contents
  • Record transactional data.
  • Use the organisation’s standard tools and processes to examine data to identify transactional issues such as, reconciliations and inconsistencies between invoices.
  • Recognise and rectify routine errors, escalating as necessary.
  • Plan and review accounting and finance tasks.
  • Communicate with stakeholders to deliver accurate and timely results, avoiding jargon, using language tailored to the audience and different media methods with an appreciation of the risks and benefits to the business of social media and other digital applications.
  • Use finance and accounting software packages to accurately input and manage data to contribute to routine accounting tasks.
  • Handle data and digital technology in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.
  • Record transactional data.
  • Use the organisation’s standard tools and processes to examine data to identify transactional issues such as, reconciliations and inconsistencies between invoices.
  • Recognise and rectify routine errors, escalating as necessary.
  • Plan and review accounting and finance tasks.
  • Communicate with stakeholders to deliver accurate and timely results, avoiding jargon, using language tailored to the audience and different media methods with an appreciation of the risks and benefits to the business of social media and other digital applications.
  • Use finance and accounting software packages to accurately input and manage data to contribute to routine accounting tasks.
  • Handle data and digital technology in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.

Training schedule

  • You will work towards and complete the Accounts or Finance Assistant Level 2 apprenticeship.
  • You will be provided a mentor who will support you, including setting tasks to complete, visits and assessments.
  • Training will take place remotely at the apprentices usual workplace with some willingness to travel if required.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 3)
  • Mathematics (grade 4)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • IT skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Number skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Non judgemental

About this employer

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and South Buckinghamshire. We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough. We run outpatient clinics and diagnostic services from Aldershot, Farnham, Fleet, Windsor, Maidenhead, Bracknell and Chalfont St Peter. We hold 3 core values, Committed to Excellence, Working Together, and Facing the Future

Disability Confident

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

  • Upon qualification, you will progress to a Band 4 position within the finance team.
  • Further apprenticeship opportunities may be available.

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

MBKB LTD

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000339032.

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Closes in 14 days (Wednesday 10 September 2025)

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