Details:
- Salary: £13.50 - Hour
- Job Type: Contract
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Hour
- Location: Sittingbourne Kent
- Date: 2 months ago
Description:
Customer support opportunity - Sittingbourne - Hospital to Home service - High volume call experience required
Peopleforce Recruitment are actively searching for an experienced customer support agent to join our long-standing healthcare client based in Sittingbourne. The role as customer support agent involves supporting patients by easing their transition out of hospital back into their homes. You will be handling a high volume of calls daily and will need to be prepared to have difficult conversations, given the nature of the role.
We are looking for a friendly people person, who can be empathetic, patient and understanding with patients. Additionally, we will need someone who is confident on the phone and can take a high volume of calls daily. You will be supported with a 3 month training programme and will not be thrown in at the deep end.
* This role is full time, Mon-Fri and 7.5 hours per day. You will mix between 08:00-20:00 shifts and these are to be completed in a week block once every 2 months. This can include completing shifts from 08:00 - 16:30, 09:00-17:30, 10:00-6:30 and 11:30-20:00.
* £13.50 per hour
* 1 Saturday per month 09:00 am - 13:00 pm (paid as additional, overtime rate x1.75
On call duties
* Two overnight segments per month (Monday–Friday):
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* 8:00 PM – 8:00 AM
* Weekend overnight segments:
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* Saturday: 5:00 PM – 9:00 AM (Sunday morning)
* Sunday: 5:00 PM – 8:00 AM (Monday morning)
* One weekend daytime segment:
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* Saturday: 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM or
* Sunday: 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM or 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Benefits
Option to work 1 day from home every week
Opportunity for overtime paid at an enhanced rate
Free on-site parking
Onsite canteen including a Starbucks station
Onsite gym including a peloton bike
Responsibilities
* Arrange patient deliveries via telephone and email
* Answer enquiries from patients and stakeholders
* Use of database to log all patient and healthcare professional communication
* Team leader will advise daily workload to complete
* Communicate via email and phone with stakeholders
* Meet internal targets
* Updating of patient records, processing chemist orders, prescription collection, pump troubleshooting & uplifts