{"interviewQueryText":"What are some good interview questions in British English for the job description below?\n\n-------------------------------------------\n\nOutpatient Booking Officer with Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust in Slough, England, United Kingdom\n\n Job Overview The post holder will be responsible for booking outpatient appointments over the Trust sites. They will have an active role in the implementation, as well as ongoing monitoring of both new and existing appointments systems. The post holder will assist with meeting Trust targets. The post holder will be required to offer very high customer service skills for patients and both internal and external staff. Previous applicants need not apply Main duties of the job To ensure all phone calls are dealt with in a professional and timely manner adhering to the local targets set by the department and Trust To ensure all patients and visitors are treated with dignity, respect and empathy at all times To deal with patients in a polite and respectful manner complying with their requests where possible To respond in a timely fashion to all administrative duties within the team Assist and be pro-active in all modernisation projects that concern the team and improve patient pathways To be multi-skilled in your working role and able to assist in all areas of the department as and when required To ensure strict confidentiality is maintained at all times in respect of correspondence received in the department and in accordance with Trust policy To adhere to the Trust Access Policy when patients do not keep appointments or wish to delay appointments or treatment. To liaise with the team leader to provide a high quality empathetic service and highlight any problems, working together as a customer focused team to solve issues that may arise To adhere to the Trust values of being committed to excellence, working together and facing the future Follow all Trust and local policies and procedures at all times To deal with patient/staff complaints in a professional manner and try to resolve the issue before they become formal Working for our organisation Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire. As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area. We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough. Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future. We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities Please see attached job description for all key and main responsibilities for this position which is detailed in depth Person specification Qualifications Essential criteria GCSE English and Maths pass or equivalent ECDL or equivalent NVQ Level 3 Administration or equivalent practical knowledge Experience Essential criteria Experience of working in a hospital or busy office environment Significant experience in difficult patient situations. Minimum of 1 year customer care experience Desirable criteria NHS experience Call centre experience Skills & Knowledge Essential criteria Good communication skills both verbal and in writing Demonstrate attention to detail and accuracy when completing tasks Flexible and balanced approach to work Ability to work under pressure Ability to work using own initiative Excellent customer service skills and evidence of dealing with telephones and meeting targets Exceptional interpersonal skills Empathetic problem solving skills Time management skills Multi-tasking skills Accurate and methodical Logical thinker, able to reason, analyse situations effectively and deal with a multitude of queries Persuasive/negotiating skills Ability to escalate any issues as necessary Ability to communicate appropriately and professionality to patients and staff at different levels Ability to act on own initiative, Ability to prioritise workload Call centre experience NHS experience Good knowledge of NHS targets Knowledge of clinical and surgical procedures Knowledge of medical terminology Knowledge of current NHS issues relating to the Referral To Treatment targets waiting lists and the Trust Access Policy Assessing problems and queries and understanding which can be resolved and which must be passed on. Desirable criteria Call centre experience NHS experience Good knowledge of NHS targets Knowledge of clinical and surgical procedures Knowledge of medical terminology Knowledge of current NHS issues relating to the Referral To Treatment targets waiting lists and the Trust Access Policy. Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire. We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities. We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in d"}