Job summary
- Main area
- 317 Cellular Pathology 112014
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 317-2025-11-018
- Employer
- The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Victoria Infirmary
- Town
- 317 02 Royal Victoria Infirmary
- Salary
- £24,625 - £25,674 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/05/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 03/06/2025
Employer heading
Clinical Administrator
Band 3
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 15,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.6 billion.
We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country, supporting people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts each day, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.
Job overview
The Cellular Pathology Laboratory, part of the Integrated Laboratory Medicine (ILM) Directorate, seek two full time enthusiastic and suitably qualified Clinical Administrators to join the Administration Team.
This role involves working closely within our administration team, supporting clinicians, laboratory staff and service users. The successful candidate will be required to provide an efficient administrative service. The ability to work independently, following policies and procedures for the department is essential. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills, flexibility, reliability and must have an organised approach to work.
This role is varied, with ad-hoc demands therefore post holders must possess excellent time management and planning skills. These positions provide the opportunity to work within a very supportive and welcoming team and to further develop existing knowledge and skills.
Previous administration/secretarial experience working within an administrative team in the NHS or Cellular Pathology is desirable.
- Interview Date Tuesday 03 June 2025
- 37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week
- You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.
NO AGENCIES PLEASE
Main duties of the job
The successful applicants will be part of a busy administration team carrying out a variety of duties which will include: typing clinical macros, handling and preparing laboratory blocks and slides, supporting the senior medical secretaries within the department and preparing multi-disciplinary team meetings for the histopathologists.
You must be educated to GCSE standard to include English Language and possess at least NVQ III Certificate in Business and Administration or equivalent experience. Previous experience with software packages would be an advantage and knowledge of medical terminology is desirable but not essential. You must possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Working for our organisation
Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:
- Freeman Hospital
- Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
- Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
- Newcastle Dental Hospital
- Newcastle Fertility Centre
- Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
- Northern Genetics Service
- Cramlington Manor Walks
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
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Working within a team of administrative staff to provide a comprehensive support service to Consultants, Medical Staff and other clinical members of their team e.g. Specialist Nurses and Therapists
- Communicates with patients regarding appointments and admissions at the request of the medical team
- Provide cover for Team Leader within your administration team as required
- Cover Clinical Administrator 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.
Person specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential criteria
- • 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 criteria
- • Experience of secretarial/administrative procedures
Desirable criteria
- • NHS Administration/Secretarial experience
- • Working Knowledge of NHS Systems e.g. eRecord, System One
- • Knowledge of medical terminology
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- • 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
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Emma Jones
- Job title
- Administration Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0191 2824329
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