Clerical Officer | The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 20 May 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £25,272 pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 19 June 2026 |
| Location: | 317 02 Royal Victoria Infirmary, NE1 4LP |
| Company: | The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 8025667/317-2026-17-13-DR-A |
Summary
This is an exciting opportunity to work for the Emergency Department based at the Royal Victoria Infirmary.
We are looking for enthusiastic, motivated and reliable staff to join our very busy team. You will be requiredto provide administrative support within the main Emergency Department, and Urgent Treatmnet centre. Excellent inter-personal and organisational skills are essential as you will be first point of contact for patients, staff and visitors.
• Interview Date: 4 June 2026
• 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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Duties include patient registration via the units electronic systems, admission of patients via hospital system filing, photocopying, telephone enquiries, making of clinic appointments, processing of daily documentation, as well as face to face enquires from the general public, patients, visitors and staff.
Applicants must be able to demonstrate excellent communication, organisational and processing skills. You will be required to work within a large multi-disciplinary team and be capable of undertaking a demanding workload. You should be familiar and confident with Microsoft office packages, and experience of working within the NHS would be advantageous. Knowledge of e-Record and System o ne would be desirable. Full training will be given.
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
• To support the provision of an efficient reception / patient records / admin and clerical service within the operational services department.
• To ensure patient documents are prepared, updated and delivered to the ward in a timely manner.
• Provide information to patients, relatives and staff.
• Deal with telephone enquires promptly.
• To provide assistance and guidance to the patients/visitors on arrival to the Hospital.
• To contribute to a consistently high standard of patient care as a member of a multi-disciplinary team.
• To ensure that data input is amended as necessary to comply with departmental target requirements.
This advert closes on Wednesday 27 May 2026
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