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Single Point of Access Call Handler Team Administrator

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Seaton Delaval, NE25 0QJView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Salary

£25,760 to £27,476

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Not specified

Closing date

13 September 2026

7 days left

Job description

Team members for the Single Point of Access service support the District Nursing and unplanned community response team, providing a mixture of call ha...

To act as a first point of contact for service users, health professionals and other organisations wishing to access the service.

To support the team in the day to day running and maintenance of the Urgent Care Response Team by providing a high quality comprehensive secretarial and administrative support.

  • Call handling and admin support.
  • Regularly have contact with visitors and the wider general public and be able to communicate in the most appropriate format the remit of the service.
  • The post holder will demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills to facilitate cross boundary working and relationships ensuring consistent information is provided across the client pathway.

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres.

We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.

Qualifications

Essential: - Good typing skills to RSA III/ECDL standard or equivalent experience.; - Good standard of general education

Desirable: - Other secretarial/administrative qualifications

Experience & Knowledge

Essential

  • Previous NHS experience
  • Experience of working with service user of health/social care services with direct client contact
  • Experience of providing secretarial support using Microsoft Word, Publisher, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint to create service documentation and any other system or equipment as appropriate
  • Relevant experience as an administrator or secretary
  • Experience of Minute taking and general administration of meetings

Desirable

  • Experience of working in health/social care environment.
  • Experience of managing own workload.
  • Experience in handling sensitive and emotional issues.
  • Experience of working for a range of services.

How to apply

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Provenance

Source

NHS Jobs

First seen

2 September 2026

Last checked

4 September 2026

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About the employer

NHN
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

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