Switchboard Operator
Contract: Healthcare
Location: Halifax, HX3 0PW
Hours of work: 30
Working Pattern: Relief role covering holidays and sickness. Various shifts, including days, nights and bank holidays
Contract Type: Permanent
Hourly Rate: £12.71
Looking for a fulfilling role within a vital service? We are seeking a Switchboard Operator to join the team at Calderdale Royal Hospital.
In this role, you will play a crucial part in ensuring effective communication across the hospital, handling a high volume of calls and connecting both internal and external callers, including emergency enquiries, to the appropriate departments.
The Role
1. Answer internal and external calls within agreed KPI and SLA agreements
2. Provide efficient, courteous, and helpful support to callers
3. Operate internal bleep system
4. Reception duties as required
5. Required to work public and bank holidays, should your shift fall on that day as our department operates 24/7, 365 days a year
About You
6. Important to have good communication and clerical skills
7. Be reliable and able to work well as part of a team
8. Able to cope well under pressure
9. Previous experience would be preferred but not essential, full training will be given
The Company
ISS is a world-leading workplace and facility management company, connecting people and places to make the world work better. Working with customers day by day, side by side, we understand every aspect of the user experience.
Through a unique combination of intelligent solutions, high standards and people who care, to help our customers achieve their purpose, whether it’s hospitals healing patients, businesses producing the next great innovation, or airports bringing passengers home to their families. ISS is committed to doing business the right way, taking its corporate responsibility very seriously. Our passion is people.
We offer you a challenging and exciting career in an organisation with people at its heart. In ISS, everyone has the opportunity to develop, grow and make a difference. #Becomewhoyouwant, #Bepartofsomethingbigger, #aplacetobeyou,
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ISS is proud to be a diverse and inclusive employer.
ISS welcomes all applicants regardless of age, disability, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race (which includes race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin and caste), religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation or educational background.
We are proud to be a Gold Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) award holder and a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant, recognising our commitment to supporting veterans, reservists, and military families. Through our Joint Forces Programme, we provide mentoring and support to members of the Armed Forces community and their spouses as they transition into civilian careers.
We are a Disability Confident Committed (Level 2) employer, proudly supporting and promoting inclusive hiring practices in line with the UK government’s Disability Confident scheme.
Our passion for inclusivity and diversity makes ISS a more creative, productive and happy place to work.