Schedule: 4:00 PM – 1:00 AM PH Time, with flexibility for business needs
About the Role
We are looking for an experienced Team Leader to lead our Patient Engagement Centre team and ensure the delivery of a high-quality, patient-focused customer experience.
You will oversee the day-to-day performance of Customer Service/Patient Engagement Advisors, ensuring that the team meets operational KPIs while maintaining accuracy, empathy, confidentiality, and excellent patient care.
What You'll Do
- Lead and manage a team of Healthcare Customer Service/Patient Engagement Advisors in a fast-paced environment.
- Oversee daily team activities and ensure adherence to operational processes and quality standards.
- Monitor team and individual KPIs, identify performance gaps, and implement corrective actions.
- Coach, mentor, and motivate team members to improve performance and support their professional development.
- Conduct regular performance discussions and contribute to employee development plans.
- Support the training and onboarding of new team members, including company policies and procedures.
- Ensure advisors handle patient/customer interactions accurately, professionally, and with empathy.
- Support escalated patient and customer concerns, complaints, and operational issues.
- Work closely with other teams to optimize appointment booking and operational processes.
- Prepare and present reports covering team performance, KPIs, and operational updates.
- Support recruitment activities, workforce planning, and team retention initiatives.
- Promote employee engagement and maintain a positive, collaborative team environment.
- Ensure compliance with data protection, patient confidentiality, information security, and company policies.
- Step in and support frontline customer/patient interactions when operationally required.
What We're Looking For
- Proven experience as a Team Leader/Supervisor in a customer-focused environment.
- Experience managing a voice/customer service team, preferably within BPO, healthcare, medical, or patient support.
- Strong experience working with KPIs, performance management, coaching, and team development.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong problem-solving, organization, and time-management skills.
- Comfortable handling escalations and challenging customer/patient situations calmly and professionally.
- Strong attention to detail and understanding of confidentiality and data protection.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, and comfortable working with reports and operational data.
- Ability to interpret and present performance metrics and use data to identify improvement opportunities.
- Flexible and adaptable in a fast-paced operational environment.
- Strong people-management skills with the ability to motivate, influence, and develop a team.
Technical & Leadership Skills
The client specifically highlights reporting and analytics, Excel including pivot tables/lookups/modelling, data handling, process orientation, and problem-solving as functional competencies.
Experience in the following is an advantage:
- Managing customer-focused teams
- Working against strict operational KPIs
- Training and developing direct reports
- Microsoft Office and other IT systems
- Reporting and performance analytics
- Healthcare/customer service operations
- Working with cross-functional or multi-disciplinary teams
Why Join Us?
Be part of a healthcare organization focused on improving the patient experience while leading a team that supports patients throughout their journey.