Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Postgraduate Administrator

The closing date is 29 December 2025

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has a risen for a motivated and dynamic individual to join our administrative team working in Postgraduate Medical Education within the Trust.

We are looking for candidates with excellent interpersonal skills. An understanding of the NHS is essential together with advanced IT skills, administration experience in working with databases and excel and the ability to adapt to change while managing and prioritising a heavy workload in a fast-developing professional environment - are all essential.

Full Time Position 37.5 Hours Per Week , position located at NSECH with travel to other sites

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for an organised and flexible person who enjoys working in a very busy, challenging environment who can retain accuracy and respond well in a customer-focused setting when working under pressure to meet the requirements of the role. Good communication and interpersonal skills are essential.

Key responsibilities for this post will be to provide an excellent administrative service to the Postgraduate Education team consisting of faculty, clinician and managers. You will work closely with the Postgraduate Education Manager and other members of staff within the department.

Applicants should be self-motivated with an ability to work both independently and as part of a team. The post-holder will be based at NSECH but may be required to work on other sites within the Trust.

About us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.

Details

Date posted

09 December 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,937 to £26,598 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

319-7624939KD

Job locations

Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital

Northumbria Way

Cramlington

NE23 6NZ


Job description

Job responsibilities

To act as a key point of contact for all Postgraduate Training Grade Doctors within the Trust

To support the delivery of postgraduate medical education for junior doctors

To support the delivery of faculty development programmes for Consultant and SAS doctors

To provide administrative support to the Postgraduate Manager and Chair of the Medical Education Board

To administer Foundation ARCP panels, including recruitment of ARCP assessors.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To act as a key point of contact for all Postgraduate Training Grade Doctors within the Trust

To support the delivery of postgraduate medical education for junior doctors

To support the delivery of faculty development programmes for Consultant and SAS doctors

To provide administrative support to the Postgraduate Manager and Chair of the Medical Education Board

To administer Foundation ARCP panels, including recruitment of ARCP assessors.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • NVQ level 3, RSA 3, City and Guilds certification, Diploma or equivalent experience

Desirable

  • ECDL

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

  • Excellent understanding of a wide range of office practices.
  • Experience of Minute taking and the preparation of minutes

Desirable

  • Experience of working in an education or training environment.
  • Experienced in the creation, implementation and delivery of teaching or training timetables
  • Experience of working in the NHS.
  • Experience of working with budgets.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • NVQ level 3, RSA 3, City and Guilds certification, Diploma or equivalent experience

Desirable

  • ECDL

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

  • Excellent understanding of a wide range of office practices.
  • Experience of Minute taking and the preparation of minutes

Desirable

  • Experience of working in an education or training environment.
  • Experienced in the creation, implementation and delivery of teaching or training timetables
  • Experience of working in the NHS.
  • Experience of working with budgets.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital

Northumbria Way

Cramlington

NE23 6NZ


Employer's website

https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital

Northumbria Way

Cramlington

NE23 6NZ


Employer's website

https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Postgraduate Coordinator

Gemma Emmonds

gemma.emmonds@northumbria-healthcare.nhs.uk

01916072199

Details

Date posted

09 December 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,937 to £26,598 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

319-7624939KD

Job locations

Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital

Northumbria Way

Cramlington

NE23 6NZ


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