Administration Assistant

Administration Assistant

The closing date is 09 July 2026

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join the Secretarial Team within Renal Services as a Band 2 Administration Assistant. The post holder will provide an efficient administrative service to the clinicians and their teams.

The successful candidate will work within a team of secretarial staff but also have the ability to work independently, following Policies and Procedures. Excellent communication skills, flexibility, reliability and an organised approach to work are required.

NO AGENCIES PLEASE

• Keeping VR dictation and typing up to date for the clinical team
• Opening and distributing post
• Making ad-hoc appointments
• Ad-hoc admin duties as requested by the clinical team
• Talking to patients over the telephone and ensuring their queries are dealt with efficiently

• To support the provision of an efficient admin and clerical service within the operational services department.
• To ensure patient documents are prepared, updated and available in a timely manner.
• Provide information to patients, relatives and staff.
• Deal with telephone enquiries promptly.
• To ensure that data input is amended as necessary.

• Good standard of English, grammar, punctuation and spelling at GCSE or equivalent level

• Previous experience working within the NHS
• Knowledge of the eRecord System

• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Effective organisation and time management skills

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust