Emergency Helpline Operator

Tunstall Healthcare (UK); Wexford; On-site; EUR 16,000 - 19,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary EUR 17,659 pa

12 days holiday + bank holidays pro‑r‑

Contributory pension

Free car parking

Warm team environment

Development and career growth

Job summary

Tunstall Healthcare (UK) is hiring an Emergency Helpline Operator on a permanent part-time basis (minimum 24 hours per week). Training is five to six weeks, full-time on-site, paid at EUR 14.15 per hour. After training, you’ll work 24 hours weekly, with pay aligned to shifts and allowances (evenings, Sundays, nights).

The role supports service users with empathetic, phone-based assistance. Shifts vary across day/evening and may include occasional nights; rosters are planned two weeks ahead.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to use IT systems quickly.
• Clear communication over the phone.
• Strong listening skills to capture critical information.
• High attention to detail when recording data.
• Calm, collected, and empathetic in high-pressure calls.

Responsibilities

• Speak with service users to provide reassurance and determine follow-up actions.
• Assess calls and choose the most appropriate next steps.
• Pass information clearly to emergency services or contacts.
• Maintain the Response Centre database with confidentiality and GDPR compliance.
• Provide reassurance and support in a calm, friendly manner over the phone.
• Handle housing repair calls and arrange appropriate contractor involvement.
• Make outbound calls to comfort and reassure vulnerable end users.

Skills

IT literacy

Phone communications

Active listening

Attention to detail

Calm demeanor

Empathy

Job description

We have a permanent, part time opportunity, to join us as an Emergency Helpline Operator. Our response team play a vital part in our life changing service, making a real difference to our customers by providing support and reassurance which helps people live life to the full in their place of choice. Please find an overview of the role, hours, shift patterns, training, and pay below –

Shifts available

• Contract: This is a permanent position, working a minimum of 24 hours per week
• Hours: We operate 24/7, if you were successful you would generally work day/evening shifts, and we have a variety of these (ie Sun-Thu, Tues-Sat; and between the hours of 8am and 12 midnight)
• Shifts: You may on occasions need to work a night shift, but this is rare. The night shifts operate from 10pm to 4am or 12am to 8am
• Rosters: We communicate our shift rosters at least 2 weeks in advance, and these will confirm your shift patterns for the next 2 months, so you can plan around the shifts
• Training: If successful you will go through 5-6 weeks of training initially. Training is full time, onsite, at our office. You will be paid EUR 14.15 p/hr during training.
• Salary: Once you have successfully completed training, you would move onto 24 hrs per week. This would be paid at the equivalent of EUR 14.15 p/hr (equivalent of EUR 17,659 pa for 24 hours per week. Please note this can increase depending on shifts worked due to allowances for evenings, Sundays, and nights; and is for people aged 20 and above, it is EUR 11.32 per hour for those aged 18 or Eur 12.74 for those aged 19).

What will you be doing in this role

As an Emergency Helpline Operator, working as part of our Response team, you will be speaking with our service users, carefully assessing on each call the most appropriate follow up procedure, making sure it is the easiest and most effective solution for our end user; this could be calling a personal contact, keyholder or the emergency services. At all times you will offer a friendly and empathetic service, providing support and reassurance to the service user.

What we do changes and saves lives. Don’t just take our word for it, see some feedback we have received below –

“Last weekend my mum collapsed at home but somehow managed to hit the button. After not getting a response from her you contacted her responders and the ambulance without hesitation. You most certainly saved her life. I heard the messages left by your service which were compassionate and clear, and the response – so rapid and effective. I just wanted to thank you, you should be proud of the service you provide and know how much it means to those on the receiving end.”

The Ideal candidate

You will be a great listener, calm and collected, able to confidently communicate over the phone and have a reassuring tone and empathetic nature.

Key skills and experience

• A confident IT user, able to pick up new systems quickly,
• Confident communicating clearly over the phone,
• A great listener, able to obtain the critical information our end users are giving,
• High attention to detail – able to accurately record information on our systems,
• Calm and collected
• Have a friendly and reassuring tone and empathetic nature,

What we offer

• Competitive salary (EUR 17,659 pa)
• 12 days holiday + bank holidays (pro-rata)
• Contributory pension
• Free car parking,
• A warm and welcoming team environment,
• Development and a chance to build a rewarding career.

Your key day-to-day responsibilities could include

• Speak to our service users to help with a wide range of enquiries; from providing David with reassurance that his carers are coming, to helping Doris test her pendant, to calling the emergency services when Bill has had a fall and can’t get up off the floor,
• Assess each call and select the most appropriate follow up procedure, making sure this is the easiest and most effective solution for the end user,
• Clearly and concisely pass information to emergency services or personal contacts where required,
• Maintain the Response Centre database to a high standard of accuracy, ensuring confidentiality of the data while adhering to the company’s safeguarding and GDPR policy,
• Respond to calls effectively and efficiently,
• Ensure our service users receive reassurance, comfort, and assistance in a calm and friendly manner over the phone,
• Handle housing repair calls from a variety of customers ensuring the appropriate contractors are called.
• Carry out outbound calls to vulnerable end users to comfort and reassure.

A bit about us

Tunstall is a market-leading health and care technology provider.

We’re passionate about ensuring our team reflects the brilliant and unique qualities of the people and communities we support. Our incredible team of 3,000+ people provide life saving and life changing technology and services to millions of customers across 18 different countries.

At Tunstall you’ll find a place where you’re valued and celebrated for being yourself. We empower our people to deliver the very best teamwork, innovation and thought leadership by creating an environment where we champion diversity and inclusion. We demonstrate our commitment to diversity and inclusion at each step. From our open, fair, and transparent recruitment processes, through to the many development and career growth opportunities we provide.

Each Tunstall colleague has a superpower… they’re unique. No one else is them, and we think that’s special. Come and join our mission and be part of our team, our One Tunstall team.

Equal Opportunities at Tunstall

At Tunstall, we’re committed to building a team that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, experiences, and abilities, and we celebrate the unique strengths each colleague brings. Our recruitment process is open, fair and inclusive, and we’re dedicated to providing any reasonable adjustments you may need to thrive.