Transport Controller/Planner
August 26
🏢 In-office - Cambridge
Description
• Check and plan daily and future bookings within the Cleric controlling system, ensuring resourcing is correct and all sub-contractor, taxi and volunteers are informed where applicable. • The main focus of the role will be the dispatch and management of the operational crews to ensure timely and efficient collection and delivery of patients between destinations and achieving contractual targets. • To receive in an accurate, effective and polite manner, requests for patient transport and queries regarding ambulance journeys, ensuring compliance with relevant service procedures and standing orders. • Undertake general clerical duties including but not exclusive checking booking lists, data input, completing ad-hoc forms/invoices as necessary. • Maintaining and enhancing the performance and quality of service offered to patients and customers. • Deal promptly, professionally and efficiently with all telephone calls received taking appropriate action on own initiative where required. • Liaison with other agencies such as GP’s, Nursing Homes, Hospital Clinics and Wards. • Maintain patient flow across all control areas through effective liaison with colleagues and hospital staff and prompt resolution of urgent problems and appropriate responses to unplanned events.
Requirements
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills gained from experience of dealing with customers or members of the public. • The ability to work on your own initiative and problem solve. • Good organisational skills.
Benefits
• Life Assurance – providing colleagues and their family financial peace of mind and protection to the value of £5,000. • 24/7 online/telephone GP Consultation and access to prescriptions. • 2nd opinion medical support following diagnosis or where a colleague is on a treatment pathway. • Cash-plan benefits, providing colleagues the option of protecting themselves in case of illness and recuperation, including dental, optical, chiropody. • Unlimited mental health consultations. • Unlimited physiotherapy consultations. • Access to legal advice on domestic issues e.g. motoring offences, wills and probate, and personal injury. • Financial guidance re retirement planning, tax savings and state benefits. • Long Service Recognition Scheme – recognising colleagues for their continued service after 5 years and at 5-year intervals with an increase in annual leave. • Values-based Internal Recognition Scheme with financial reward, which will lead to an annual recognition event. • Refer a Friend recruitment incentive scheme with financial rewards. • The EMED foundation, to provide support to colleagues and our local communities. • Paid holiday entitlement. • Pension Scheme. • Blue Light Card. • Uniform provided. • EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) to support a range of health and wellbeing requirements. • Flu vaccination (through an internal campaign in Autumn/Winter).
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