Payroll Officer
The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS TrustWakefield, Yorkshire and the Humber
Overview
This is a NHS role (permanent) with The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust based in Wakefield. The advertised salary is £28,392 to £31,157. Applications close on 1 November 2026. GovJobs has indexed this vacancy from its official source — use the apply button to view the full advert and apply directly.
Job description
**Previous applicants need not apply** We are seeking an experienced Payroll Officer to join our Payroll Team and support the accurate and timely deli...
- To provide an accurate payroll and pension service to the Trust, ensuring that data is prepared and input into ESR in a timely and accurate manner and within the timetables set within the payroll processing calendar, ensuring that all employees are paid in a timely manner
- To analyse and interpret complex payments (for example, following pay awards, organisational change, re-gradings, etc). Investigate pay queries and analyse detailed data to identify errors and discrepancies. Inform individuals of overpayments and negotiate how monies are recovered
- Using under-pinning knowledge ensure the processing, correct application and calculation of tax, national insurance, pension, sickness, maternity, paternity and statutory deductions (e.g. court, council tax, child support deductions) etc are accurate and complies with statutory and organisational requirements escalating and liaising with internal & external bodies where necessary
- To maintain accurate sickness absence and entitlement records for each employee. Advise the employee and manager of any half and no-pay situations and maintain a deemed pensionable pay record as necessary
- To ensure that changes to employees details and pay and any payments made, are done so in line with the correct authorisation procedures detailed within the department, by means of the Trusts authorised signature list
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details.
We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield).
We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work.
We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust.
As a member of the team, you will have access to the NHS pension plan, a generous holiday allowance, employee health and wellbeing services and extensive benefits and support. These include onsite nurseries, childcare vouchers, home electronics schemes, working carers support, carer-friendly policies, and more.
If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.
Essential: - Please click 'apply now' to view the full person specification (there is no obligation to submit an application).
How this role compares
We hold 704 NHS vacancies in Yorkshire and the Humber that publish a salary, and their median advertised starting figure is £34,944. This role pays less than about 70% of them.
There are 13,012 NHS roles open across the UK on GovJobs right now, 1,017 of them in Yorkshire and the Humber.
You have 11 days left to apply. NHS adverts we hold typically run for around 46 days, so this is a shorter window than usual.
The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust has 20 other vacancies open on GovJobs, with a breakdown of what they pay and the kinds of roles they recruit for.
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