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Customer Service Advisor
- Location
- Littlehampton
- Recruiter
- Fittleworth
- Contract
- Permanent
- Salary
- £ 27,007.5 per annum
Job description
As a Customer Service Advisor, you will be the first point of contact for customers, delivering professional, friendly, and efficient service over the phone and via email. You will handle a variety of customer enquiries, resolve issues, and provide solutions that enhance customer satisfaction and loyalty. This role requires resilience, attention to detail, and a proactive approach to ensure an exceptional customer experience. The position is fast-paced and demands strong problem-solving skills, effective communication, and the ability to manage multiple tasks efficiently
Key Responsibilities
- Manage incoming calls and emails from clients and health care professionals.
- Process incoming prescriptions and manage electronic prescriptions (EPS) orders.
- Maintain external communication from clients and healthcare professionals, including Web Orders, My Pen and Caring.
- Call GP surgeries to request outstanding prescriptions and follow up on orders
- Register new clients onto our system, and process sample orders
- Update client records, including cutting templates when needed.
- Track missing deliveries and arrange returns or collections
- Handle complaints. Resolve straight forward issues and escalate more complex cases to a Team Leader when necessary
- Work towards KPIs including quality scores, efficiency, and customer satisfaction, with clear performance expectations set by the business
- Keep client information confidential and follow all NHS guidelines, laws and company policies
- Carry out any other tasks asked by your Team Leader/Manager
Skills
- Ability to engage with customers over the phone in a friendly respectful tone
- Proven ability to handle customer inquiries with patience and empathy
- Take initiative, work independently and stay focused without needing supervision
- Self-driven to do your best and always look for ways to improve
- Ability to multitask and stay on top of deadlines and focus on what’s important to get the job done efficiently
- Display resilience whilst working proactively with others, supporting your team, and communicating clearly to complete tasks to a high standard
- Strong attention to detail, ensuring accuracy when processing orders, prescriptions, and updating client records
Experience
- You have experience working in a fast paced, high volume customer service role, where delivering excellent service and managing multiple tasks was a key part of your job.
- Experience handling phone-based customer service is desired but not essential
- You are comfortable using various computer systems and software, with the ability to learn new tools quickly
What we offer
- 5% employer pension contribution
- Life Insurance cover worth 10x your annual salary (subject to T&C’s of policy)
- Salary Sacrifice
- Private healthcare options including for family members
- Access to "fittle-perks"- our reward platform full of discounts and wellbeing tools
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to buy and sell extra days
- 1 "Me Day" and 1 paid Volunteer Day every year
- Support for families, including enhanced family- friendly policies
- Employee Assistance Programme for everyday support
- Refer a friend scheme if you bring great people into the team