We are looking for an efficient and motivated individual to join our Team as a Business Unit Support Secretary within the Child Health Directorate. Applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced candidates to join our busy administrative team to provide secretarial support to the the Management and wider teams.

This post is part time 22.5 hours per week. Hours and days to be confirmed at interview., The primary purpose of this role is to Support the Business Unit and Senior Management team within the Child Health Directorate with all administrative and clerical duties.

o Act up in absence of a Business Unit Secretary for periods of annual leave/short-term sickness absence. This may include additional days cover to support the needs of the service.

o Manage diaries, arrange/minute meetings, communication with GPs

o Typing & transcription of meetings, clinical & non-clinical documents.

o Ensure all Outsourcing tracking, documentation, administration and appointment processing is kept up to date and follow ups are completed appropriately.

o Resource management - ordering of supplies & equipment

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, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres.

We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.