AddressThe Animal Referral Hospital is one of the most respected emergency and specialist veterinary hospitals in Sydney. Located in Homebush in Sydney’s Inner West, we offer a wide range of specialist services and provide 24-hour emergency and critical care to referring Veterinarians and the public. We pride ourselves on offering the highest standard of patient care with a focus on offering our clients gold standard customer service.
About your new role
Due to ongoing growth in the business we need YOU to join our Customer Care team. Reporting to the Customer Care Manager the duties include:
- Handling high volumes of inbound calls
- Liaising with referring vets
- Welcoming clients and their pets to the hospital
- Booking and managing appointments
- Invoicing and taking payments – including cash and EFTPOS
- Processing payments on Vetpay and Medipay finance platforms
- Data entry and requesting documents from referring vets and clients
- Managing email enquiries
About You
- A solid professional background in customer service (min 2 years is essential)
- Have experience in reception or high volume call centre environment
- You thrive in fast paced environments and can remain calm under pressure or during busy times and emergency situations
- Well-developed computer skills with accurate data entry
- Experience with RxWorks is highly desirable but not essential as we will train the right candidate
- Experience with appointment entries, invoicing, and taking payments
- Willingness to go above and beyond during busy times
- You can think outside the box! Have great multi-tasking and problem solving skills to achieve best possible results
- Can manage your time effectively when there are multiple distractions and can assist your team mates when required
- Amazing attention to detail
- Friendly, warm and professional phone manner with the ability to converse with a range of different people with compassion and empathy
- Experience dealing with difficult clients
- Strong interpersonal and relationship skills
- Enjoy working in a close knit team and be team focused
- Cope well with high call volumes and demanding clients
- Have availability during busy peak seasons Christmas, Easter, and school holidays and be flexible in picking up additional shifts to support your team
** As we’re a 24 hour hospital the successful candidate must be available for various shifts (day, afternoon and overnights) Monday through Sunday. **
** Training period of 3 to 4 weeks, must be able to commit initially 25-30hrs per week training.**
We Offer
This position offers an opportunity to work with some of the best clinicians in their field, in a professional and challenging yet enjoyable workplace. A competitive salary plus:
- Advanced roster to support a work and home-life balance
- Job security
- Discounts to Hills Products for your pet
- Free on-site parking and close to public transport
- Leave entitlements - 4 weeks annual leave, personal/sick leave, carers leave (all leave benefits as per award)
- Continuous education program
- Free annual influenza v\accination
- Free access to confidential Employee Assistance Program LifeWorks 24/7
- Petbarn discounts
Join our ARVA Platinum Partner team that sees diversity and inclusion as more than just policies and practices. This is a growing business and for the right candidate ongoing opportunities will undoubtedly present themselves!
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