Customer Services Operator | Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 05 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £22,816 Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time) |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 05 May 2024 |
| Location: | Southend, SS0 0RY |
| Company: | Southend University Hospital NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6207224/390-EFM-SO-0717-A |
Summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic team player to join our friendly, professional and extremely fast-paced Customer Services Department.
This is an outstanding opportunity to join our fast-growing, forward-thinking Customer Services Switchboard Operators/Reception team who provide a high quality of service dealing with a very varied queries and urgent/emergency calls.
As a Customer Services Operator/Receptionist, you would be expected to ensure that our patient/visitors’ experience follows the Trust values, supporting and respecting our patients/visitors/staff at all times. Applicants will be expected to be excellent communicators, responsive, effective, calm and provide a courteous service in all circumstances during their shift.
Working in autonomy and supported by the MSE Head of Customer Services and and the Supervisor, the Customer Services Operator will provide an excellent level of service within a 7 week 365/24/7 staff rota across a varied shift pattern which includes all weekends, unsocial hours and public holidays including Christmas.
The ideal candidate should be able to demonstrate high standards of customer care to build caller confidence whilst ensuring an efficient call handling service, balancing performance, assist the department to cover sickness but also with excellent customer service delivery. There may be shifts that require lone working once the postholder is fully competent following extensive training and experience.
You will need to possess excellent literacy and good numeric skills, be confident and able to work under pressure whilst remaining polite and courteous at all times, as these are essential requirements for the role. Punctuality and adherence to the department code of conduct are essential. Knowledge of Information Technology (Microsoft Packages) keyboard skills and Patient Administration System, would be beneficial too.
This vacancy will be for the Southend Site, however there may be exceptional circumstances that you may have to cover another site.
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest in the country, with a workforce of approximately 17,000 who serve a population of 1.2 million people.
We work together, and in conjunction with MSE Health and Care Partnership, to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients in a compassionate way, and provide a respectful, but vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
From facilities through to consultant specialists we want to be the best, to achieve this we need to recruit not just those who are the finest in their field but also those who have the potential to be. Yes, experience is important but so is outlook – if you are dynamic, forward-thinking and enthusiastic we want you to join us.
We not only offer you a good working environment with flexible working opportunities, but also the opportunity to develop your career with access to appropriate training for your job and the support to succeed and progress.
Please see attached a full job description setting out the details of the role and responsibilities.
We look forward to your application.
This advert closes on Thursday 18 Apr 2024