An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Personal Assistant within Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust. The successful postholder will provide an efficient secretarial and administrative support service to the Operational Service Managers, Matrons, and Ward/Department Manager, contributing to the smooth and effective running of the service.
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.
• ·To play a key role in communication between the Director / Deputy Director, General Managers and Operational Service Managers.
• To provide and maintain an efficient secretarial administrative service to the Director / Deputy Director, General Managers, Operational Services Managers and Matrons within the Medicine and Emergency Care Business Unit.
• To manage the administration of all personnel within Medicine and Emergency Care Business Unit.
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.
• To provide an efficient secretarial support service to the Operational Services Managers, Matrons & Ward/Department Managers.
• To provide a PA service in the organisation of the Medicine Management Team (e.g. Operational Services Managers) to ensure the smooth running of diary commitments on a daily basis.
• To provide secretarial support and develop systems which will enable the Managers to work effectively and efficiently.
• To work closely with the Executive Personal Assistant to support the smooth running of the administration service across the Medicine and Emergency Care Business Unit.
• To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.
This advert closes on Monday 23 Feb 2026