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Job summary

Main area
Admin & Clerical
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 3
Contract
Fixed term: 9 months (Working patterns on a rota, to cover 8am - 4pm, 10am - 6pm and/or 9am - 5pm)
Hours
Part time - 22.5 hours per week (Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday)
Job ref
388-7841504-FC&I
Employer
Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Kings Ash House
Town
Paignton
Salary
£25,760 - £27,476 Pro Rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
16/04/2026 23:59

Employer heading

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust logo

Customer Services Centre Advisor

NHS AfC: Band 3

Job overview

Torbay & South Devon NHS Foundation Trust has a Customer Service Centre to deal with enquires and offers good quality information and advice to the public.

We are looking to recruit a Customer Service Adviser to the team due to the increasing volume of calls and emails the team deal with.

You need to possess excellent communication skills, a good telephone manner, and experience of working in a health or social care environment, possess good IT skills, and to be able to work under pressure.

Customer Services deals with calls for Torquay, Paignton & Brixham zones and handles approximately 2,750 calls per week.

With the Customer Services team taking the bulk of the telephone calls, resolving and filtering them for the teams across the Bay this allows the teams to deal with the relevant telephone calls and work more efficiently.

This post offers the real challenge of helping us develop a service of excellence and offers the opportunity to make a real impact for the public of Torbay.

Main duties of the job

The Customer Service Centre Advisers are the face of Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust.  They are responsible for providing excellent customer service and resolving an agreed target of enquiries at first contact.

  • To value everyone as an individual and actively support their right to have their voice heard in decisions about how their needs are met.
  • To value differences and individuality, showing respect to all.
  • To respond with humanity and kindness to every person, by listening attentively and respecting others in conversations.
  • To respect every person’s preferred wishes whilst providing nursing care within their own home
  • To provide the highest quality of care by listening to and acting on feedback.
  • By taking personal responsibility you will play your part in sustainably improving services by implementing change positively and contributing to MDT discussions in a constructive and flexible way.
  • To work in partnership to achieve the best possible outcomes for our people.
  • Helping and supporting your colleagues so that you work well together to achieve common goals and objectives.
  • To act as a role model, valuing everyone’s opinion and experiences.
  • To seek out, recognise and value the contributions of others and the role they play in a patient’s life
  • To strive to provide excellent, innovative services that helps our people to be able to live their lives to the full.
  • Taking every opportunity to encourage and support individuals to improve their own health and wellbeing.

Working for our organisation

Why Work With Us

The Customer Service Centre has 8 team members all from different backgrounds,  inside the Trust and externally.

A maximum of 6 staff work in the office daily.

The team are hard working, taking a high volume of calls throughout the day, but enjoy a good laugh.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Full Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification.

Person specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential criteria
  • IT skills, including MS Office packages and experience of databases.
  • Ability to type at speed of at least 30 words per minute
  • Experience of a customer service centre environment
  • Experience of working in a health and social care environment
Desirable criteria
  • RSA 2 or ECDL
  • NVQ level 3 in Advice and Guidance or relevant experience

Specific Skills

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge of social care, health services and procedures

Knowledge and Experience

Essential criteria
  • Excellent communication skills, including oral, written, listening and presentation
  • Excellent telephone voice and telephone manner
  • Able to work to deadlines with competing priorities in stressful situations
  • Ability to take ownership of every call in order to resolve as many issues as possible at the point of contact
  • Ability to exercise judgement on issues where there are potential dangers
  • Experience of Customer Service
  • Ability to deal with all calls with patience, confidentiality, and equality, according all the necessary dignity and privacy

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveImproving working livesMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.The Employers Network for Equality & Inclusion (enei) is the UK's leading employer network covering all aspects of equality and inclusion issues in the workplace.Disability confident committedArmed Forces Covenant - Silver 2025

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Emma McElhinney
Job title
Customer Services Team Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01803 219748
Additional information

Please note, my working hours are Monday to Friday 09.00 - 17.00. If I am unavailable, please call 01803 219700 and let a member of the Customer Services team know you wish to speak to me, I will call you back asap. 

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