Switchboard OperatorinChichesterinChichesterPUBLISHED MON 2 DEC 2024
The position is part-time, contracted for 24 hours per week with a rotational shift pattern that includes days, evenings, nights, and weekends. Candidates should possess GCSEs in English, good keyboard skills, and ideally have previous switchboard or IT experience, although training will be provided. The role also involves maintaining operational processes, reporting equipment faults, and ensuring effective response to emergencies, requiring resilience and decision-making skills. Enhanced pay is offered for night and weekend shifts, and the training period will primarily involve day shifts.
Switchboard operates a 24 hour a day service across 365 days of the year.
Answering all incoming and internal calls to the Trust in a responsive and professional manner, ensuring requests are dealt with quickly and efficiently. The weekly call volumes are anywhere between 10,000 - 13,000 calls as well as connecting internal teams together.
We are the first point of contact for worried patients, concerned family > members, the public and professional services and partnership organisations who contact the Trust as well as all internal users.
At times busy and pressured, we put out all Emergency team alerts across the hospitals ensuring the correct staff are contacted as a priority. We also prepare the on-call rota for the Trust to use. We monitor and report all hospital alarms from Fire alarms to people stuck in lifts, to gas cylinders that need changing. The operators have to be very resilient and patient,dealing with very emotional, frustrated and angry callers at times.
You will be responsible for handling calls in a professional manner, responding effectively to emergency calls, alarms and incident procedures. Effectively making decisions in a calm and efficient manner.
You will require an excellent telephone manner and proven customer service skills as well as a GCSE grade C or above in English. A good level of keyboard skills is required and previous switchboard/ IT knowledge is preferred as the switchboard is pc based although specific training will be provided.
The position is contracted at 24 hours a week and you must be available to work a set rota pattern, on a 9 week rolling pattern which will be a combination of all shift timings stated below - days, lates , nights, weekends and bank holidays.
Day shifts will be between the hours of 08:00 - 17:30 (shifts will vary from 4 hours - 8.5 hours) Late shift is 15:00 - 22:00 Night shift is 22:00 - 08:00. Night shifts , late shifts from 17:30 and weekends are lone working once trained. You will receive enhanced pay from 20:00 - 08:00 Monday - Friday and also at weekends)
N.B Training can take a few months working day shifts only
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To answer all incoming and internal calls to the Trust in a responsive and professional manner, ensuring requests are dealt with quickly and efficiently
To carry out all processes and procedures which involve the Switchboard Services, including (where applicable), but not limited to operating Emergency Procedures, including Cardiac Arrest, Fire and Major Incident Plan.
The proper and effective response is made to alarms monitored within Switchboard Services, including medical alarms, boiler alarms and security alarms
Manage, where applicable the maintenance and or replacement of all equipment and keys quickly and effectively, according to the procedure
Report all telephone, bleep, pager and call logging system faults appropriately, testing lines and equipment and notifying the appropriate Team/Provider
Report any and all defects to any system or infrastructure within Switchboard Services to the relevant department/stakeholder using the appropriate instructions/procedures
The completion of all log books and other formal recording documentation held within Switchboard Services is maintained accurately and effectively at all times.
Issue bleeps and pagers according to the current procedure and update the directory of holders. Testing and identifying maintenance requirements of equipment and issuing replacement batteries, as required.
Carry out implementation of any change in administrative requirements to improve the operational efficiency of the Switchboard Services professionally, without impacting the service, the staff or the general public.
To carry out any other duties that may be required of the post in order for the Switchboard Services to be carried out properly and effectively
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