Clinical Administrator
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
317 02 Royal Victoria Infirmary, NE1 4LP
Salary
£25,760 to £27,476
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
13 September 2026
10 days left
Job description
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated, organised and enthusiastic individual to join the Respiratory Department within the Medicine and E...
Working within a friendly and supportive team, the role also offers an interesting opportunity to support the Respiratory Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) Co-ordinator. This will include helping to collate clinical information, prepare documentation, and contribute to the smooth running of MDT processes thus enabling the successful candidate to further develop their current knowledge, skills and ability. The successful candidate will also be expected to cover the MDT Meetings on occasions when the MDT Co-ordinator is on annual leave or sickness absence.
Previous administration or secretarial experience within an NHS setting is desirable but not essential, as full training will be provided. Strong keyboard skills and a proactive approach to learning are required.
If you are looking for a varied role in a welcoming and supportive team, with opportunities to develop your administrative and organisational skills, we would be delighted to receive your application.
- The postholder will be required to provide an efficient administrative service to the clinicians and their teams.
- Daily tasks will include audio typing and proof reading (VR dictation), finalising correspondence, processing incoming/outgoing correspondence and referrals.
- Talking to patients over the telephone and ensuring their queries are dealt with efficiently and fielding queries as required.
- Opening and distributing post for clinical team.
- Making ad hoc appointment and requesting clinic builds.
- Chasing results and/or checking appointments as requested.
- Working as a team to ensure smooth day to day running of the department.
- Ad hoc duties requested by clinical team.
- Diary management as required.
- Provide cover for the Senior Medical Secretary/Team Leader as required.
- Provide cover for the Respiratory MDT Co-ordinator as required.
- Cover Clinical Administrator/Support Secretary posts Trust wide as required.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:
- Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
- Freeman Hospital
- Newcastle Dental Hospital
- Cramlington Manor Walks
- Urgent treatment centres
- Newcastle Fertility Centre
- Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
- Northern Genetics Service
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under 'Documents to download' or 'Supporting documents'.
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Qualifications & Education
Essential
- Level 3 qualification in administration or equivalent/relevant experience in administrative role(s)
- English qualification at Level 2 (GCSE Grades 9-4 or A*-C, or Functional or Key Skills at Level 2)
- Maths qualification at Level 1 (GCSE Grades 3-2 or D-F, or Functional or Key Skills at Level 1
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Experience of secretarial/administrative procedures
Desirable
- NHS Administration/Secretarial experience
- Working Knowledge of NHS Systems e.g. eRecord, System One
- Knowledge of medical terminology
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- IT Skills to include MS Office software packages e.g. Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint
- Advanced keyboard skills including a high standard of word processing skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to work without direct supervision
- Ability to manage time effectively and work on own initiative
- Ability to accurately input, collate and present information
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
3 September 2026
Last checked
3 September 2026
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