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Purchase to Pay Assistant
Permanent
Band 2
The Role
Based at Waverley Gate in the centre of Edinburgh, the Accounts Payable Team provide a comprehensive, integrated and professional service to NHS Lothian, for the payment of invoices to suppliers for all goods and services procured by NHS Lothian.
You will support the operational process of an extremely busy Accounts Payable team, with duties including opening mail and scanning high volumes of invoices.
NHS Lothian
How would you like to join one of the largest healthcare providers in the UK? Offering a range of health services to almost 1m people in Edinburgh and The Lothians our aim is to help people live healthier, longer lives – no matter who they are or where in the region they live. Help us shape the future of healthcare in Scotland and apply to join our Finance team today.
Join Us
You’ll work closely with dynamic and enthusiastic professionals who are committed to making a difference. See how a complex health organisation works. Add value to key health services. Build a range of transferrable skills. Take on a range of responsibilities.
Our Commitment
Based in the centre of Edinburgh you’ll be part of an inclusive and innovative finance team. Work in an ever changing and successful healthcare organisation, which offers fantastic learning opportunities. Build a skill set and gain experiences which are a foundation for an exciting and prosperous career. Have access to Scotland’s public finance network and the mentoring, training and shadowing prospects that it offers.
Be Different
Our success begins with you. This is an excellent opportunity to join the Accounts Payable team. We have over 30,000 staff providing and supporting first class acute, specialist and community services both locally and to patients from throughout Scotland. NHS Lothian is on an exciting journey towards helping people live longer healthier lives and at a challenging time for public services the finance team will be at the heart of reshaping how we provide healthcare across the region and for the country.
For further information on what is included in the role and what skills/experience are being looked for, click on the links at the bottom of the screen to the job description and person specification. If after reading this information you have any questions please contact John Aitken, Account Payable Team Leader on john.aitken@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk