Clerical Officer

The closing date is 10 December 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a permanent Part Time Band 2 Clerical Officer to work in the Catering Department Catering Stores based at the RVI Hospital. You will be required to work 25 hours per week, Monday to Friday from 08.00 to 1.00pm.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated and a reliable individual to join our very busy team. You will be required to provide administrative support within the main catering department of the RVI hospital and the Freeman hospital when required.

Excellent inter personal and organisational skills are essential as you will be the first point of contact for patients, staff and visitors.

Applicants must be able to demonstrate excellent communication, organisational and word processing skills. You will need to work within a large multi disciplinary team and be capable of managing a varied workload.

You should be familiar and confident with Microsoft Office packages; experience of working within the NHS would be advantageous.

• Interview Date: 23 December 2025
• 25 Hours/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

Your main duties will include:

• Booking in goods on catering software.
• Ordering goods in the absence of the Head store person.
• Receiving goods and stock rotation.
• Fulfilling requisition sheets for ward and catering staff.
• Informing management of any product changes in the form of allergens.
• General cleaning of the stores.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities.

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.

With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:

• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Freeman Hospital
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service

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

• To also provide efficient and effective clerical and administrative support for the Catering general office.
• To undertake overall daily menu collation and provide uptake reports to kitchen staff.

To ensure all allergens are up to date and checked on a regular basis in line with the Trusts Allergen Policy.

• Basic Food Hygiene Qualification

• Good knowledge of office environment
• Knowledge of catering software

• Able to work within set routines with little direct supervision.

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.

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust