EMED Group
Call Handler
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Call Handler Opportunity in Shrewsbury
We have a fantastic opportunity for a Call Handler to join our team based in Shrewsbury.
We are looking for enthusiastic, care-focused individuals, who are organized and have a passion for excellent customer service.
This role is based in-person from our office in Shrewsbury working 37.5 hours per week across 5 shifts. We are operational between Monday-Saturday, 08.00-20.00. Please only apply if you can commit to this shift pattern.
Main Duties:
- Booking discharges and transfers from hospital, often under time-critical circumstances.
- Booking regular journeys for renal and oncology patients.
- Contacting service users 24-48 hrs prior to travel to confirm the journey.
- Communicating with road staff, ambulance care assistance, paramedics, patient transport liaison officers (PTLO), controllers, and dispatchers as part of a multi-disciplinary team to ensure a successful journey for all service users.
- Being aware of safeguarding practices and having the knowledge of when to use these skills to assist and support all service users and work colleagues.
- Being the first point of contact for service users for questions or enquiries about patient transport.
- Being able to transfer or refer callers to an alternative appropriate option, if you’re not able to answer or help directly.
- Keeping up to date with changes in policies and procedures.
- Undertaking all necessary training.
- Supporting, assisting, and supervising less experienced staff when necessary.
- Undertaking any other duties and responsibilities related to this role.
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Successful candidates will have:
- Good standard of literacy, numeracy, and IT skills.
- Customer service experience preferably obtained in a call centre/phone-based role.
- Willingness to develop existing skills.
- Ability to work to deadlines.
- Good verbal and written communication skills.
- Organized and logical.
- Ability to prioritize workload.
- Able to work as part of a team as well as independently.
- Flexible approach to working hours.
- Respect for confidentiality and the ability to handle sensitive issues appropriately.
- Enthusiastic and motivated.
- Punctual and reliable.
- Ability to display a positive attitude.
- Diplomatic and professional.
Our Values
- Collaborative – we work as one team with a shared purpose to meet the needs of our patients, passengers, colleagues, customers, communities, and the planet.
- Agile – We listen, learn and adapt to improve the business, each other, and ourselves.
- Reliable – We do what we say we will do, we take responsibility, and we behave with integrity.
- Empowered – We are confident and committed to taking responsibility to deliver the highest quality service.
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About Us
EMED Group is an established healthcare logistics provider that enables access to health and social care through our four specialist divisions. We are one of the largest health and care partners to the NHS with 4,000 colleagues across over 60 bases UK-wide.
EMED Group is committed to pro-actively improving the wellbeing of our communities by providing access to vital health and social care services across the UK.
EMED Group are committed to providing services for our patients, service users, clients, and community and is supported by employees with an increasing variety of backgrounds. To do this effectively it is essential that we promote equality and embrace diversity and inclusion and treat all of our employees, patients, service users, and clients with dignity and respect.
EMED Group is committed to encouraging equality, diversity, and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination, with our aim being to be truly representative of all sections of society and our clients, and for each employee to feel respected, valued, and able to give their best.
EMED Group are committed to providing equal opportunities and we endeavour to provide an inclusive and safe working culture for all.
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