Accounts Payable Clerk

Accounts Payable Clerk | Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Company: Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Salary: £25,760 - £27,476 per annum

Hours: Full-time

Location: Liverpool, L9 7AL

Job type: Permanent

Posting date: 29 Jul 2026

Closing date: 28 Aug 2026

Apply for this job

---

Summary

The postholder will work as a member of a team responsible for ensuring that suppliers' invoices and credit notes are paid promptly and accurately and are duly authorised in accordance with the Trust's Standing Financial Instructions.

The post holder will ensure at all times that the Trust's internal procedures, designed to provide compliance with the Better Payment Practice Policy and avoidance of interest charges as a result of the Late Payment of Commercial Debts Act (1998), are strictly observed.

While responsible to the Accounts Payable Team Leader, this post requires a high level of initiative in dealing with queries from Managers, Doctors, and other staff within the Trust. Decisions on day-to-day operational issues can be made; however, the Head of Accounts Payable would make decisions in respect of the more complex/strategic issues. It would be expected that a member of staff in this post would to a large extent manage and prioritize their own workload, to ensure predetermined deadlines are met in a timely manner. This post requires excellent communication and working relationships within the Finance Department, the Trust, and externally. In particular, the post has to deal with a high volume of queries from the Directorates, and from within the Finance Department. It is expected that the post holder would communicate complex financial matters to non-financial staff such as Clinicians, Clinical Managers, and administrators.

About Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.

The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.

The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital, and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.

To hear more about our achievements see the detailed report here.

#s1-Gen

Thepostholderwillworkasamemberofateamresponsibleforensuringthatsuppliers'invoicesandcreditnotesarepaidpromptlyandaccuratelyandaredulyauthorisedinaccordancewiththeTrust'sStandingFinancial Instructions.

Thepost holderwillensureatalltimesthattheTrust'sinternalprocedures,designedtoprovidecompliancewiththeBetterPayment PracticePolicyandavoidanceofinterest chargesasaresultoftheLatePaymentofCommercial DebtsAct (1998),arestrictlyobserved

WhileresponsibletotheAccountsPayable Team Leader, thispost requiresahighlevelofinitiativeindealingwithqueriesfrom Managers,DoctorsandotherstaffwithintheTrust. Decisionsondayto dayoperational issuescan bemade,howevertheHead of Accounts Payablewouldmakedecisionsinrespectofthemorecomplex/strategicissues. Itwouldbeexpectedamemberofstaffinthispostwouldto alargeextentmanageandprioritisetheirownworkload,toensurepredetermineddeadlinesaremetinatimelymanner.Thispost requiresexcellentcommunicationandworking relationshipswithintheFinance Department, theTrustandexternally.Inparticular thepost hastodealwitha highvolumeofqueriesfrom theDirectorates, andfromwithinthe FinanceDepartment. Itisexpected that the post holderwouldcommunicatecomplexfinancialmatters to nonfinancial staffsuch asClinicians,ClinicalManagers andadministrators

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.

The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.

The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.