Job Summary
Answer incoming calls from customers for various purposes, address inquiries and questions, handle complaints, troubleshoot problems, and provide information.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Answer calls and route them to the appropriate resource.
- Handle patients’ inquiries telephonically, convert inquiries to emails according to standard operating procedures, and send to the relevant department if no answer after transferring the line twice.
- Research required information using available resources.
- Manage and resolve patients’ complaints and transfer them to qualified personnel for resolution.
- Provide customers with service information and hospital policies.
- Update the business connect with new staff numbers and names of new staff joining the hospital.
- Identify and escalate priority issues.
- Follow up on patients’ calls when necessary.
- Transfer calls internally between healthcare staff (e.g., on-call doctor, blood bank, radiology).
- Update yourself with information circulated within the hospital (memos/circulars) and within the call center (External Calls workbook—updates, leaves, appointments).
- Take good care of tools entrusted by the administration (e.g., computer, headset); these are for official use only and should be used cautiously.
- Assist patients with appointment queries and bookings.
- Book new appointments as per OPD policy and inform patients of all necessary information before their visit.
- Cancel and reschedule appointments as per patient requests.
- Handle online appointment bookings through the website.
- If no slots are available and the patient needs urgent care, gather all necessary information and send it via email to OPD Clinic for arranging overbooking or walk-in appointments.
- Book appointments for all OPD procedures, ER referrals, and inpatient appointments.
- Handle patient complaints related to appointments and escalate to qualified personnel.
- Respond to patient inquiries, requests, and disputes over the phone, routing them to the appropriate department or staff.
- Explain available services and hospital policies to patients.
- Manage patient complaints calls and communicate with the PRO office as per the process.
- Update the HMS system with any changes in clinic timings.
- Perform related work as assigned by the client representative.
Education and Experience
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent.
- Proficient in relevant computer applications.
- Fluent in both Arabic and English.
- Knowledge of customer service principles and practices.
- Knowledge of call center telephony and technology.
- Some experience in a call center or customer service environment.
- Good data entry and typing skills.
- Knowledge of administrative and clerical processes.