To ask for a raise (moved up the banding?) NHS administrator.

[Dolly1994]

I am a band 2 NHS administrator. Non-clinical area. Obviously all Trusts are different and I know it’s not management that decide on pay and bandings.

I also know the front line medical staff of nurses, HCAs etc should be entitled before any admin staff for pay rises.

I believe I should be at least a band 3. Some may disagree, even if no one replies I feel like I just want to rant.

I have a lot of responsibility within my job:
Accessing and updating staff compliance records.
Doing reports. Using complicated systems to collate figures.
Liaising with internal and external training providers, booking rooms, offices, equipment, ordering materials.
Being the only point of contact for certain external training courses that are offered to our staff.
Reporting maintenance issues of our building - e.g fire safety, heating/plumbing, electrical issues.
Being a key holder to our building and having responsibility to lock up the building at the end of shift - checking every room has lights off, windows closed, electricals turned off, alarms set etc.

Does this sound normal for a band 2 admin role? Or should I just suck it up?

Look at the job description for your role and the next one up and see which criteria you fill .

In our trust they are reducing the Bands for new admin staff. Old Band 3 posts now Band 2; Band 4 becoming Band 3. They need to cut costs and this is one way they seem to be doing it.

The banding relates to the job and not the person. You can ask for your job to be reviewed if you think your job description has been incorrectly banded, but if it comes back at the same band, or they say there's no grounds for review then you need to apply for another job at a higher band.

Contact your union rep. Talk to them and ask if they believe the job should be up-banded. When was it last reviewed?

As others have said, have a careful read of the job description.
if you feel your are regularly expected to do tasks that are additional to the JD then the first step is to ask your line manager for a job evaluation and be prepared to supply a list of the additional tasks you are doing, so they can see this clearly.
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it doesn’t count if you are taking on extra tasks voluntarily for example because you want the experience of them or enjoy them. For example, my manager is a 7 and attends a daily meeting. She may on occasion ask me to deputise and attend on her behalf.

if she asks me to do this daily then this isn’t fair as this is band 7 work, but if I ask to do it more regularly for experience or because I enjoy it then I can’t claim I am working above my band.

if your manager/HR deem that you are doing tasks that are band 3 level they are more likely to take those tasks from you than up grade you, (unless it turns out that you really are doing many tasks that should be band 3).
if you are doing other tasks that are not on the JD but would usually be in the remit of a band 2, they will likely add them to the JD.

I used to sit on the Job Matching panel. You need to ask for your job to be re-evaluated, but your union rep can help you with this. It is quite a lengthy process.

www.nhsemployers.org/publications/nhs-job-evaluation-handbook

My old band 5 was rebanded as a 3. One reason I won’t ever return. Sadly I think you’re probably on the right band. Not saying it’s right, but that’s how they are doing it.