NHS Banding entry vs top of band - HR bods

[Curlysueunder]

Just posting on behalf of my sister who has started with the NHS as a band 3 administrator. She is at the bottom of the band, so entry level. Her colleagues are at the top of band 3 as have been in the role some time and are clearly experienced. Question is should she be expected to undertake the work they do considering them being at the top of the band because they have 2+ years experience and my sister has less than 2 years.

No idea how it all works. I did suggest she spoke to HR (her manager is not particularly nice by all accounts) but she was reluctant to being a new starter.

If she has previously worked at top of band 3 she should show proof and ask to go back to the top.

In my team we are band 4 and all do the same work it Doesn't differ due to where we are in the banding.

That won’t work sadly - she’s had a break in service so she’ll go back to the bottom of the scale as a matter of course (unless otherwise negotiated at the start)

Does it depend on length of break in service?
I had 6 month break and went back at top thankfully

I work in an admin role within a team
Of band 3's and unfortunately yes you start at the bottom of the band and are expected to do the same tasks as those at the top of the band. I'm top of the band now and have gained so much experience in my role since I started so feel that I'm a lot quicker, efficient and have more department knowledge than the newest members of the team that get paid less. Also there is a period of training which in my role is a good six months so I feel the pay is appropriate when you start and in my team you do take on the more difficult tasks the more experienced you are. Our tasks are a mixture of band 3 and 4 as the role has grown legs and we definitely feel
Sometimes we should be rebanded but it seems to fall on deaf ears.

I returned to the NHS after a break of 5 years, when I was doing medical transcription work at home. I returned as a band 3 typing pool typist and was the most experienced transcriber and medical secretary in the office (previously band 4 for years + some years of experience on the clinical side as a qualified healthcare professional). Despite this I was put on the bottom of the band (3) (when there were about 7 increment points), they would not negotiate a higher starting point. I spent a lot of my time listening to dictation that the others were struggling with and helping them, and I was expected to perform as an experienced medical transcriber, despite being the lowest paid in the office. In my opinion, they put you on the lower starting point to save money and not according to performance and experience. Thankfully the banding has changed now and there are two points only for bands 3 and 4, but with around 3 years in between to reach the higher point!