Postgraduate Administrator

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Cramlington; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS trust in the UK is seeking an organized individual for an administrative role in Postgraduate Medical Education. Key responsibilities include providing administrative support to faculty and managing various training programs for junior doctors. The ideal candidate must possess excellent interpersonal and IT skills, have experience with databases and Excel, and be able to work in a fast-paced environment. This full-time position may require travel within multiple sites.

Qualifications

• Experience in administration, particularly with databases and Excel.
• Ability to prioritize a heavy workload in a fast-developing environment.
• Self-motivated and able to work both independently and as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Act as a key point of contact for Postgraduate Training Grade Doctors.
• Support delivery of postgraduate medical education for junior doctors.
• Provide administrative support to the Postgraduate Manager.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Advanced IT skills

Adaptability

Communication skills

Job description

A Vacancy at Northumbria Healthcare - NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

An exciting opportunity has arisen 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 – 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.

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.

Key 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

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.

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.

This advert closes on Monday 22 Dec 2025