Customer Service Representative

Description & Requirements

• Fully manage each day’s appointment sessions
• Carry out reminder calls to customers for appointments
• Monitor session progress and backfill appointments where necessary
• Identify additional support with other sites where necessary in management of the appointment session
• Work collaboratively with other Assessment Centres (AC) teams, Team Leaders and Health Practitioners to ensure cohesion within unit and work flow progression
• Welcome and greet customers on arrival whether this be face to face, via telephone or video link
• Arrange travel for customers who require assistance in getting to their appointment
• Provide a professional outstanding service to customers in line with Maximus vision and values
• Prepare and maintain rooms and equipment to ensure they are ready for the Health Practitioner and Customer
• Complete daily checks to ensure all completed assessments have been closed down and moved on to prevent a delay with the customer journey
• Work closely with the Team Performance lead to ensure the sessions run smoothly and to time
• Effectively communicate with external stakeholders such as General Practitioner surgeries, Hospitals, Interpreting services and Department of Work and Pensions
• Co-ordinate incoming and outgoing post, ensuring All files are checked to ensure they have arrived at the correct AC. Forwarding on any files to the correct AC.
• Carry out stop and searches for any missing customer files
• Update records accurately using in house computer system
• Provide cover at other sites on occasion
• General administrative duties
• Daily test of Solo Protect device, designed to protect employees
• Regularly test of panic alarms designed, to protect employees
• Regular WIP checks (Fortnightly)
• Maintain and order stationary, including keeping all reception leaflets and information up to date
• Prepare and distribute confidential customer documentation securely across different teams within Maximus
• Arrange and set up additional equipment for Health Practitioners.
• Must be educated to a minimum of GCSE level or equivalent including Maths & English at grade C or above
• IT literate, with good Microsoft Office skills
• Experience in dealing with both internal and external stakeholders (preferred not essential)
• Good level of written English, grammar and punctuation for correspondence and record keeping on referral management systems.
• Demonstrable experience in an administrative or customer service position
• Fluent English Language skills, able to communicate with stakeholders on a day to day basis, via telephone, email and face to face in a clear, caring, courteous and professional manner
• Able to demonstrate a clear attention to detail in relation to office administration duties such as, updating spreadsheets and presenting information clearly and accurately
• Able to manage filing in a clear and logical structure, writing/typing information in a clear understandable level of English and ensuring relevant information is documented in a consistent manner
• Able to demonstrate prioritisation skills when multi-tasking
• Ability to deliver work to set targets and specified standards
• Self motivated: Ability to work unsupervised and use own initiative
• Ability to remain calm in difficult situations
• A positive enthusiastic approach to solving problems
• Proven ability to make logical and solid decisions
• Flexible and adaptable to meet the needs of the business and our customers.