Job summary
- Main area
- 317 Cardiothoracic Reception
- Grade
- Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday)
- Job ref
- 317-2025-48-13-DR
- Employer
- The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Freeman Hospital
- Town
- 317 01 Freeman Hospital
- Salary
- £24,465 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 14/12/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 08/01/2026
Employer heading
Clerk Receptionist
Band 2
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS hospital trusts in the country. We have around 16,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.7 billion.
With strong history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation regionally, nationally and internationally, we’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country.
As well as providing a wide range of hospital and community services, we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
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
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, motivated and organised individual to join our Reception team within the Cardiothoracic Services.
This role is crucial to providing an efficient and effective service to our patients in our Echo, ECG, Pacing and Lung Function Departments across both the Freeman Hospital and Royal Victoria Infirmary.
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate quality customer care, flexibility, reliability and be a strong team player.
- Interview Date: 08 January 2026
- 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 candidate will work as part of a team to provide a friendly and efficient reception service to patients coming into the hospital, putting the patient at the heart of everything you do. You will be required to demonstrate a high level of customer service skills when dealing with potentially distressing situations. You will use the Patient Administration System for booking, cancelling and rescheduling appointments either face to face or telephone, assisting with patient queries which can sometimes be of a complex nature, participating in departmental audits and reports and prioritising their own workload under the supervision of the Reception Team Lead. Good organisational and time management skills are a must.
The successful candidate will also be responsible for general admin tasks including processing referrals, filing, posting, attending meetings and completing mandatory training
Working for our organisation
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 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
- To provide an effective and efficient reception and administrative service across the Cardiology Tests Service ensuring that a high quality of customer care is delivered
- To continue to develop and maintain competencies in all areas of work
Person specification
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- NVQ Level 2 in appropriate subject (or on pathway) or equivalent qualification / experience
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of hospital patient administration systems (eRecord)
Experience
Desirable criteria
- Previous reception/clerical experience in a similar environment
- Experience in a customer care role
Skill
Essential criteria
- Good literacy and numeracy skills
- Keyboard skills
- IT skills in windows based applications
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Katie Treglown
- Job title
- Team Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0191 9177407
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