NHS

Peripatetic Administrator


PayCompetitive
LocationBedlington/England
Employment typeFull-Time

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  • Job Description

      Req#: E0177-25-3009?language=en&page=1098&sort=publicationDateDesc

      Job summary

      The Peripatetic Administrator role at Barchester Healthcare is a challenging and rewarding position that provides vital support to the management team in multiple care homes. This role requires strong financial acumen, HR expertise, and excellent administrative skills to ensure the smooth running of high-quality, commercially successful care homes. Barchester is a leading healthcare provider with a strong focus on quality of care and employee well-being, offering a range of attractive benefits to its staff.

      Main duties of the job

      As a Peripatetic Administrator, you will work closely with the Regional Director to understand where additional administrative support is needed across a region. Your responsibilities will include checking management accounts, collecting aged debt, promoting a warm and welcoming environment, ensuring rotas are complete, and managing payroll and employment checks for home-based staff. You will also supervise and support the administration team at each care home. This role requires a good level of numeracy skills, strong commercial acumen, and experience in areas such as credit control, invoicing, and management accounts.

      About us

      Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of high-quality healthcare services in the UK, operating 224 care homes and hospitals across the country. The company is committed to delivering exceptional care and has been recognized for its outstanding employee benefits and work environment, earning a two-star rating from Best Companies and ranking among the top 25 best companies to work for in the UK.

      Date posted

      22 March 2025

      Pay scheme

      Other

      Salary

      £26,325 a year

      Contract

      Permanent

      Working pattern

      Full-time, Part-time

      Reference number

      1265572998

      Job locations

      Barchester Healthcare

      Bedlington

      NE22 6LA


      Job description

      Job responsibilities

      Are you an experienced Administrator with a strong financial background looking to excel in a challenging and more rewarding position where you can truly make a difference?Administrators at Barchester are a vital part of each home's management team, providing the General Manager with the support they require to ensure the running of a high quality and commercially successful home. In this unique position, you will support a number of homes across a region, either in the absence of an administrator or to provide additional support.Our Administrators are relied upon to ensure income and outgoings are timely, effective, and accurately recorded, so strong commercial acumen is key to this position. You will provide HR advice to your General Manager as well as home-based staff, and supervise junior members of the administration teamHere at Barchester, we work with an open, honest, supportive approach, where quality of care is at the heart of everything we do. As sector leading healthcare experts, we are proud to have the highest quality ratings across our 224 homes and hospitals across the UK. Barchester have proudly been awarded a two-star outstanding rating by Best Companies, ranked 11th in the top 20 Best Health & Social Care Companies to work for and 14th in the Top 25 Best Big Companies to Work For in the UK.

      NEED TO HAVE Good level of numeracy skills Strong commercial acumen Experience within credit control, invoice chasing, purchase/sales ledgers, payroll, management accounts Full UK driving licence Proficient user of Microsoft- specifically Word, Excel and Outlook AAT/NVQ Level 2 in Administration would be beneficialNEED TO DO Work with the Regional Director to understand where support is needed Check Management Accounts are correct, understand implications Ensure aged debt is collected and managed appropriately, encouraging timely payment of client accounts Promote a warm and welcoming environment for residents, families, and Barchester staff Ensure rota's are complete Complete employment checks and payroll for home-based staff Demonstrate a positive and professional attitude both over the telephone and in person Supervise and support the home's administration team Manage safe contentsREWARDS AND BENEFITS Unlimited access to our generous refer a friend scheme, earning up to £500* per referral Access to a wide range of retail and leisure discounts at big brands and supermarkets Free access to medical specialists, who are available for a second opinion if you need it to make a decision with confidence Confidential and free access to counselling and legal services Tax code review service, where we will check that you are on the right code and paying the right level of tax Option to join our monthly staff lottery alongside thousands of colleagues across the UK*Terms & conditions apply

      If you would like to use your finance and administrative skills in an organisation that truly values your contribution whilst providing exceptional quality care, Barchester is the place to be.

      5432

      7766

      #TJ

      Job description

      Job responsibilities

      Are you an experienced Administrator with a strong financial background looking to excel in a challenging and more rewarding position where you can truly make a difference?Administrators at Barchester are a vital part of each home's management team, providing the General Manager with the support they require to ensure the running of a high quality and commercially successful home. In this unique position, you will support a number of homes across a region, either in the absence of an administrator or to provide additional support.Our Administrators are relied upon to ensure income and outgoings are timely, effective, and accurately recorded, so strong commercial acumen is key to this position. You will provide HR advice to your General Manager as well as home-based staff, and supervise junior members of the administration teamHere at Barchester, we work with an open, honest, supportive approach, where quality of care is at the heart of everything we do. As sector leading healthcare experts, we are proud to have the highest quality ratings across our 224 homes and hospitals across the UK. Barchester have proudly been awarded a two-star outstanding rating by Best Companies, ranked 11th in the top 20 Best Health & Social Care Companies to work for and 14th in the Top 25 Best Big Companies to Work For in the UK.

      NEED TO HAVE Good level of numeracy skills Strong commercial acumen Experience within credit control, invoice chasing, purchase/sales ledgers, payroll, management accounts Full UK driving licence Proficient user of Microsoft- specifically Word, Excel and Outlook AAT/NVQ Level 2 in Administration would be beneficialNEED TO DO Work with the Regional Director to understand where support is needed Check Management Accounts are correct, understand implications Ensure aged debt is collected and managed appropriately, encouraging timely payment of client accounts Promote a warm and welcoming environment for residents, families, and Barchester staff Ensure rota's are complete Complete employment checks and payroll for home-based staff Demonstrate a positive and professional attitude both over the telephone and in person Supervise and support the home's administration team Manage safe contentsREWARDS AND BENEFITS Unlimited access to our generous refer a friend scheme, earning up to £500* per referral Access to a wide range of retail and leisure discounts at big brands and supermarkets Free access to medical specialists, who are available for a second opinion if you need it to make a decision with confidence Confidential and free access to counselling and legal services Tax code review service, where we will check that you are on the right code and paying the right level of tax Option to join our monthly staff lottery alongside thousands of colleagues across the UK*Terms & conditions apply

      If you would like to use your finance and administrative skills in an organisation that truly values your contribution whilst providing exceptional quality care, Barchester is the place to be.

      5432

      7766

      #TJ

      Person Specification

      Qualifications

      Essential

      • A good level of numeracy skills, strong commercial acumen, experience in credit control, invoicing, purchase/sales ledgers, payroll, and management accounts. An AAT/NVQ Level 2 in Administration would be beneficial.
      Person Specification

      Qualifications

      Essential

      • A good level of numeracy skills, strong commercial acumen, experience in credit control, invoicing, purchase/sales ledgers, payroll, and management accounts. An AAT/NVQ Level 2 in Administration would be beneficial.

      Disclosure and Barring Service Check

      This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

      Employer details

      Employer name

      Barchester Healthcare

      Address

      Barchester Healthcare

      Bedlington

      NE22 6LA


      Employer's website

      https://www.barchester.com/ (Opens in a new tab)

      Employer details

      Employer name

      Barchester Healthcare

      Address

      Barchester Healthcare

      Bedlington

      NE22 6LA


      Employer's website

      https://www.barchester.com/ (Opens in a new tab)

  • About the company

      National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.