Patient Support Assistant

2 weeks ago


Reading, United Kingdom Evolutio Care Innovation Limited Full time

Evolutio is an independent Hospital Eye Service provider, established in 2011 and having seen over 1 million patients, using milti-disciplinary clinical teams, working together to deliver a high-quality ophthalmology outpatient and minor surgical service, for NHS and self-pay patients. Joining the evolutio team, you will find an opportunity to be part of a diverse and ambitious clinical team.

We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated person to join our head office team in Reading. As a Patient Support Advisor, you will be responsible for ensuring that patient care is coordinated across our service, including answering patient queries, booking hospital and community clinic appointments and working closely with our clinical team to ensure patients are receiving appropriate care. To be successful within the role, you will need to be enthusiastic, confident, compassionate, motivated, attentive and show high levels of integrity and patience whilst working under pressure, embracing our ethos that patient safety and experience is core to delivering an exemplary service.

Duties include:

- Answering inbound calls, including those from patients, GPs and opticians
- Answering patient’s queries, both verbal and written
- Taking incoming Telephone Triage calls from patients, discussing the patient’s choice of care provider, scheduling the appointment where possible and referring their care on to the correct service
- Processing of complex and emergency referrals in a safe and timely manner
- Ensuring patients are clear on next steps, appointment details and receive relevant documentation

Key Skills:

- Excellent phone manner
- Attention to detail and high levels of accuracy in a busy service
- Ability to manage workload and prioritise tasks
- Excellent time management
- Customer service skills

Pay: From £22,816.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Private medical insurance

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 25/11/2024
Reference ID: 201



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