Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust

Central Booking Service Call Agent

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Job summary

The Central Booking Service are looking for admin staff to join our team in Coventry. Our opening hours are Monday to Sunday from 8am till 8pm all year round.

You will be working within an inbound Contact Centre using an electronic booking system, to facilitate referrals into a range of CWPT services including the iSPA and Urgent Community Response Service.

Working 5 out of 7 days on a 5 weeks rotational rota . Weekday shifts patterns are:

8:00am - 4:00pm, 9:00am - 5:00pm and 12pm-8:00pm

Shift patterns over the weekend are:

8:00am - 4:00pm*, 10:00am - 6:00pm* and 12:00pm- 8:00pm*

*all shifts over the weekend are eligible for weekend working pay enhancements

Main duties of the job

To provide a professional patient referral and appointment booking service via telephone, email and other electronic systems. Communicating related information and advice in accordance with Trust guideline, policies and procedures.

Be responsible for checking the service email account on a rota basis for new mail.To maintain and update high standard manual and electronic filing system updating information according to Trust policies and proceduresTo input all necessary data to the Trust's data collection systems, both manual and electronic.

You will adhere to procedures and processes within service timescales, whilst operating within a busy and demanding environment.

For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.

About us

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

These include:

generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with usexcellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much moresalary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and morediscounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemeswell-being support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and morestaff networks and support groupsWe're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and well-being of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.

Details

Date posted

30 January 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£22,383 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

444-6013249-BL

Job locations

Wayside House

Wilsons Lane

Coventry

CV6 6NY


Job description

Job responsibilities

Job responsibilities -

Be responsible for dealing with inbound and outbound calls from patients, carers and health care professionals in a proficient manner.

Act as first point of contact for complaints within the team, dealing with them accordingly, and in line with Trust policy, escalating as necessary.

To ensure the confidentiality of all client/patient records is maintained at all times.

The essential requirements include a good telephone manner, high level communication skills and attention to detail. You will have good organisational skills and the ability to work both independently and as part of a team. The successful candidate will be educated to GCSE level, keyboard and IT skills are essential, with experience of Word processing, excel data entry & email.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job responsibilities -

Be responsible for dealing with inbound and outbound calls from patients, carers and health care professionals in a proficient manner.

Act as first point of contact for complaints within the team, dealing with them accordingly, and in line with Trust policy, escalating as necessary.

To ensure the confidentiality of all client/patient records is maintained at all times.

The essential requirements include a good telephone manner, high level communication skills and attention to detail. You will have good organisational skills and the ability to work both independently and as part of a team. The successful candidate will be educated to GCSE level, keyboard and IT skills are essential, with experience of Word processing, excel data entry & email.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • GCSE Pass C or above in English & Maths (or equivalent)
  • NVQ Level 2/3 in Customer service willing to work towards or equivalent level of experience

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

  • Effective communicator written and verbal
  • Ability to prioritise and time manage own workload
  • Ability to work on own initiative and also as an effective team member
  • Understands the importance of confidentiality

Experience

Essential

  • Dealing with inbound / outbound telephone calls
  • IT literate with Word, Excel and Microsoft outlook
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • GCSE Pass C or above in English & Maths (or equivalent)
  • NVQ Level 2/3 in Customer service willing to work towards or equivalent level of experience

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

  • Effective communicator written and verbal
  • Ability to prioritise and time manage own workload
  • Ability to work on own initiative and also as an effective team member
  • Understands the importance of confidentiality

Experience

Essential

  • Dealing with inbound / outbound telephone calls
  • IT literate with Word, Excel and Microsoft outlook

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust

Address

Wayside House

Wilsons Lane

Coventry

CV6 6NY


Employer's website

https://www.covwarkpt.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust

Address

Wayside House

Wilsons Lane

Coventry

CV6 6NY


Employer's website

https://www.covwarkpt.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Contact Centre Lead

Sharanjit Kaur

Sharanjit.Kaur@covwarkpt.nhs.uk

02476961469

Details

Date posted

30 January 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£22,383 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

444-6013249-BL

Job locations

Wayside House

Wilsons Lane

Coventry

CV6 6NY


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