Patient Experience Support Officer - Alfreton, United Kingdom - Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust
3 weeks ago
Description
Are you looking for a new challenge, where you can have a positive impact on patient experience and where no two days are the same?
We are looking for a full time Patient Experience Support Officer to join our Quality Directorate, working within the Patient Experience team.
The Patient Experience team provides an accessible and responsive service by offering on the spot advice, support and resolution for patients, relatives and members of the public about NHS care.
In this challenging but rewarding post you will join a team that aims to resolve concerns quickly and efficiently, and uses the feedback obtained to influence and improve the patient experience.
Dealing with highly sensitive situations on a daily basis, you will handle cases from the first point of contact and liaise with operational and clinical staff to address questions, issues and concerns.
You will need to be able to manage conflict, deal with challenging and sometimes distressing situations, and mediate between parties to resolve problems, working with people from a diverse range of backgrounds.
In addition to helping others, this role is an excellent opportunity to develop your skills and support your career progression.
We are looking for someone who is able to demonstrate a patient-focused approach, with the desire to support the provision of an accessible service to patients, their relatives and carers.
Derbyshire Community Health Services has been rated as an 'outstanding' trust by the Care Quality Commission; we have achieved this by providing high quality patient care within an inclusive organisation that works together and shows care and compassion for each other.
The way the NHS works is changing; care outside of traditional hospital settings is quickly becoming a much larger part of what the NHS does.
As a leading community provider, we are at the forefront of this exciting future, joining-up services in local communities to better meet the individual needs of our patients.
DCHS is a top performing NHS Trust that strives for innovation and improvement for the service and individuals that work within it, we currently have the following opportunity available.
- Liaise effectively with staff at all levels of The Trust to resolve issues and answer enquiries
- Ensure responses are provided within agreed timescales by working in a highly organised way
- Maintain various databases to ensure accurate records are continually maintained, working to agreed
- Implement and maintain effective manual and electronic filing systems
- Work flexibly, being able to adapt and coordinate plans at short notice to attend or coordinate meetings or training
- Put the patient at the heart of everything you do, acting as an ambassador in resolving their enquiries and providing an excellent service on behalf of the Trust.
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