Trosolwg o'r swydd

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, organised and motivated individual to join the Paediatric Intensive Care Team as a Clinical Administrator.

The role involves working closely with medical and nursing staff. The post holder will be required to provide an efficient administrative service to the clinicians, nurses and their teams. The ability to work independently and follow the policies and procedures for the department is essential. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills, flexibility, reliability, must have an organised approach to work and attention to detail are all essential to help support patient flow through the service. Though the job can be challenging at times it is also rewarding.

Our PICU is a busy dynamic unit providing care for children with a variety of health care needs. Specialties include neurosurgery, neurology, trauma, oncology, BMT and plastic surgery, as well as paediatric surgery, paediatric infectious diseases and paediatric medicine. It is also a tertiary referral centre accepting admissions from throughout the North East and further afield to support the increasing demand for Paediatric Critical Care

• Interview date: 17th September 2025

• 37 hours 30 minutes/week - Part time/ flexible working will be considered

• 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

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Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd

• Organising meetings with stakeholders and preparing agenda items Minute taking for departmental meetings and stakeholders
• Prepare relevant paperwork for HR meetings and follow up correspondence
• Diary management for Matron & Consultant Teams.
• Accepting statement requests and preparing necessary paperwork for court.
• Updating spreadsheets/ data collection and supporting departmental audit activity.
• Invoicing for statements
• Managing consultant out of hour’s rota.
• Archiving notes.
• Typing of consultant letters and reports, filing, processing of daily documentation.
• Dealing with enquiries from patients, relatives and staff.
• Opening and distributing post for the clinical team.
• Working with other departments to ensure the smooth day-to-day running of the Dept.
• Ad hoc duties as requested by the clinical team.

The post holder will be required to have excellent communication skills, be able to prioritise workload effectively with excellent attention to detail and will act as a point of contact for the Senior Medical and Nursing Teams.

This is a crucial role to support our professional teams, so we are looking for someone confident and assertive, with the ability to multi-task and remain calm under pressure.  In return, you will be part of an organisation that is committed to the development and training of all staff; and you will be supported to develop and broaden your knowledge and skills.

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

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.

Our staff oversee around 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