# Payroll Services Advisor > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/payroll-services-advisor/36a9ecf5-43df-4b06-a942-5970b4afd703 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/payroll-services-advisor/36a9ecf5-43df-4b06-a942-5970b4afd703.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust - **Town:** Wolverhampton - **Region:** Midlands - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Manager and corporate - **Grade:** Band 3 - **Salary:** £25,760 - £27,476 pro rata per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week (Full-time or part-time) - **Closing date:** 2026-07-02T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-18T10:12:34.322Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Birmingham_Black_Country/Wolverhampton/The_Royal_Wolverhampton_NHS_Trust/Payroll/Payroll-v7850033 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7850033?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.royalwolverhampton.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated Payroll Officer/Payroll Services Advisor to join the Payroll Services team to support our payroll shared services for clients across the Black Country and beyond, processing circa. 50,000 employees. Based in Wolverhampton,  you will be responsible for a section of payroll for day to day processing, inputting and calculation associated with providing an excellent payroll service. ### Main duties of the job Payroll processing, accurately calculating and administering a designated payroll portfolio including all variations to pay and details affecting pay for staff concerned. Dealing with employees queries through various communication methods. The payroll system uses a dedicated NHS system; Electronic Staff Record (ESR) this is an Oracle based system. Experience of Oracle or ESR is highly desirable. An excellent understanding of statutory legislation together with a sound knowledge of IT is essential. You should be able to use Word, Excel and Outlook confidently. Knowledge of EASY would be helpful but not essential. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities To accurately calculate and administer a designated payroll portfolio including all variations to pay and details affecting pay for staff concerned. To complete all administration for a designated payroll portfolio inclusive of 'P' forms (P45/P46/P60/P6) and send standard letters to employees and external bodies. To ensure the provision of a 'gold standard' pensions service to employees. Assistance with the ongoing development of internal Payroll procedures and controls To assist Team Leaders, with HMRC on taxation issues ## Job Details An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated Payroll Officer/Payroll Services Advisor to join the Payroll Services team to support our payroll shared services for clients across the Black Country and beyond, processing circa. 50,000 employees. Based in Wolverhampton, you will be responsible for a section of payroll for day to day processing, inputting and calculation associated with providing an excellent payroll service. ## Job Description Payroll processing, accurately calculating and administering a designated payroll portfolio including all variations to pay and details affecting pay for staff concerned. Dealing with employees queries through various communication methods. The payroll system uses a dedicated NHS system; Electronic Staff Record (ESR) this is an Oracle based system. Experience of Oracle or ESR is highly desirable. An excellent understanding of statutory legislation together with a sound knowledge of IT is essential. You should be able to use Word, Excel and Outlook confidently. Knowledge of EASY would be helpful but not essential. ## Responsibilities To accurately calculate and administer a designated payroll portfolio including all variations to pay and details affecting pay for staff concerned. To complete all administration for a designated payroll portfolio inclusive of 'P' forms (P45/P46/P60/P6) and send standard letters to employees and external bodies. To ensure the provision of a 'gold standard' pensions service to employees. Assistance with the ongoing development of internal Payroll procedures and controls To assist Team Leaders, with HMRC on taxation issues ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Previous Payroll Experience in NHS Payroll/Expenses - Experience of complex payroll calculations - Experience of Microsoft Applications, including Excel and Word - Ability to plan own workload to ensure weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual deadlines are met. **Desirable** - Use of Payroll Software, ideally Oracle - Advance IT skills- high accuracy required ### Qualifications **Essential** - Good standard of Education 4 GCSEs grade C or above including English and Maths **Desirable** - Qualification within Payroll (NPC, CIPP) or NVQIII or equivalent gained through training and experience ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 856.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10121461) - [wolverhampton map (pdf, 600.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2032) - [flexible working commitment (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2380) - [rwt professional standards (pdf, 95.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3048) - [employee rewards booklet v.14 (pdf, 1.6mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2083) - [rwt health & wellbeing offer (pdf, 945.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3027) - [using ai when completing application forms (pdf, 320.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2969) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.