Patient Contact Centre Advisors - Admissions Team

Spire Healthcare are looking to recruit Patient Contact Centre Advisors within their Admissions Team in Seaham

Please note - Induction training will be held for 2 weeks (9am to 5pm) following this, shifts will vary between the hours of 8am to 6pm Monday to Friday with occasional Saturday shifts.

As a Patient Contact Centre Advisor, you will be responsible to ensure the provision and maintenance of an efficient patient customer service experience within the centre.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide and maintain an efficient bookings system for all outpatients using a computerised system (SAP)
• Manage the telephone lines in an effective and timely manner
• Provide and maintain an efficient diary for all outpatient clinics including both consultant and nurse led clinics (making and changing appointments, clinic changes and cancellations)
• Manage and process patient referral letters and any associated documentation, confirming details with patients/consultants and secretaries as appropriate
• Process patient appointment letters and any associated documentation, confirming details with patients/consultants and secretaries as appropriate
• Respond to enquiries from patients, members of the public and consultants in a timely, courteous, and efficient manner either by telephone or letter

Who are we looking for:

• Demonstrable literacy and numeracy skills
• Track record of successful delivery in a similar role, in an office and / or customer service environment
• Experience of handling high call volumes in a fast paced environment
• High level of PC literacy and experience of using multiple systems and programmes
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• The ability to work effectively as part of a team
• Able to work under pressure and to tight deadlines, with good organisational skills

Benefits

We offer employed colleagues a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:

• 35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays - pro rata
• Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options
• 'Spire for you' reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers
• Free Car park
• Free DBS
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance

Our Values

We are extremely proud of our heritage in private healthcare and of our values as an organisation:

• Driving clinical excellence
• Doing the right thing
• Caring is our passion
• Keeping it simple
• Delivering on our promises
• Succeeding and celebrating together

We commit to our employees well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.

Spire Healthcare is a leading independent hospital group in the United Kingdom and the largest in terms of revenue. From 39 hospitals and 8 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland, Spire Healthcare provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care.

For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people.

Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.