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Rachel Cliff

What are you most passionate about personally?

Close friends and family. Relaxation and exercise. 

What are you most passionate about professionally?

Accuracy and giving the best service that you can give. Otherwise, if you’re not going to give a 100% there’s no point in trying.

What do you think are the best skills that you bring to your job?

Patience, good listening skills, and be natural. I think that’s what our customers appreciate. And they  know that they have just got a normal person on the other end of the phone that they can relate to.

What are you surprisingly good at?

Time management, I think, and over a period of time, learning how to prioritise because we have to hit the ground running at Hcsuk. So you’ve got to be able to prioritise,  you’ve got to have good time management skills and you’ve got to have accuracy. 

What’s the most inspiring parts of your job?

Seeing what we do actually makes a difference to our customers  with the products that we sell. It can really make a difference to somebody’s life, you know, for instance dementia products. You know, it’s not just a product on a shelf, it’s not a luxury item, it makes a difference.

What would you do in a job, even if you didn’t get paid for it?

I always wanted to work with animals so a professional dog walker.

How long have you been working in your field, but not here, but in the field of what you do?

About 20 years. It might be 25 in different industries, but I’ve always worked in  customer service sales be it customer facing, or telephone. 

What’s your biggest accomplishment?

In my personal life, running a half marathon.  Organising a regular Saturday morning running group of up to 18 people at a time. Professionally, I take great pride that when I took over the servicing division of the business,  It was all quite disorganised, and by putting systems in place, and with better organisation. I was able to pull it around, and we were hitting targets. And of course giving our customers what I feel is a better level of service.

What challenges or problems do you constantly solve for our customers?

Part of my purchasing role where they need a product sourcing quickly, or they need the right product, they can literally call us and describe what they need, and we will do our upmost to try and find it for them.

If you could write your own job title that best describes what you do here, what would it be?

There isn’t a job title big enough!

Name three words that you describe yourself.

Efficient, over thinker and quirky. I was described as quirky by a colleague and at the time I was sort of offended, and then when I delved a bit deeper and mentioned it to my Brother he said “well actually Sis you are a little unusual” So I now just embrace it . 

What is your personal motto?

My motto is if you’re going to do a job, you do it properly otherwise, there’s no point in doing it at all.

If we went to happy hour,What would you order?

Oh a pornstar Martini. And even better if you get a prosecco shot on the side.

Name three celebrities you like.

Audrey Hepburn, Judy Garland and Amanda Owen from My Yorkshire Farm.

There’s a body in the boot of your car, out of those three celebrities, who do you ask for help, and why?

Amanda Owen. She comes across as a somebody who would just role up her sleeves and help you get rid of it properly chop it up and put it in the wheelie bin.

You’re on trial in Thailand. Who do you choose to be your defence lawyer?

Audrey Hepburn because she was a human rights activist. So yeah, she would get me out of there and she’d looked gorgeous while she was doing it.

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Customer Testimonials

“We’ve built a strong working relationship with Hcsuk over many years, having used them to source, install and service our medical training equipment. We have always found the team very professional, helpful, and well-organised. We’d like to give a particular shout out to Phil, the technician / engineer who has been the consistent friendly face visiting our business to inspect and test our mobility hoists every 6 months. Thank you for all your support and advice.”

P. B. (Care Manager), Blue Bird Care Ltd

You are part of a great company, if we can help you grow by contracting you out to our sites its good for you, but it’s great for us because your service is fantastic, very efficient, everyone within Hcsuk is super helpful in answering queries and every time we’ve had an issue, Hcsuk has always been there to solve the problem almost immediately, which is fantastic.

Leicestershire County Council

Truly exceptional levels of customer service, the best I have experienced for many years. Very helpful staff made follow up calls to ask how the equipment was performing and supplied extra user instructions to supplement the manufacturers manual. I would not hesitate to order from this company again.

Savills Estate Agents

We would just like to pass on our thanks for all of your help with our orders and would be pleased if you would also pass on our thanks to the manufacturers for being so accommodating in meeting our requirements. We have found everyone very helpful.

Lincs Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Since I set up the account for Hcsuk over 18 months ago I have found them to be an excellent advocate of our products. They have been willing to learn about the technical and servicing elements to our hoists and the sales staff have really taken on board and proactively promoted our range where possible. I feel that as a company Hcsuk have got the desire and right people in place for growing in this competitive industry. They seem to push themselves to go that little bit further and offer that little bit more to stand out from the rest. May our relationship continue going from strength to strength.

Joerns Healthcare

As a care home manager I have used Hcsuk for my supplies for the last 20 years in two homes. I have always found them to be helpful and reliable. Their products are of the highest standards, they are able to source anything. The delivery service is prompt and regular so I do not have to keep large amounts of stock. They supply extra services such as servicing and repairs which are done efficiently, and training in COSHH. The reps are pleasant and helpful bringing new products to my attention but are never ”pushy”. Aftercare is good, any problems soon sorted. I would recommend them highly and would not think of using anyone else.

Littleover Nursing Home

HPC have supplied Hcsuk (Health Care Services Ltd) for well over a decade now and we would consider them to be a high quality and professional business run in an organised and progressive manor. We do not rank our customers or have a preferred customer status but if we were to introduce such a scheme I can confirm that Hcsuk would easily make such a grade.

HPC Healthline

As a manufacturer we look for key values in a distributor some of these include honesty, reliability, commitment and reputation. Hcsuk carry all of these and many more. With a twenty plus year working relationship we now place Jo and the team at the top of our distributor list. I have no hesitation in recommending Hcsuk to any prospective manufacturer or customer and wish Jo and the team all the best for the future.

Cleenol Group Ltd

It is brilliant that we are able to ring Health Care Services and that you will go the extra mile to get us the stock we need as soon as possible.

Rykneld View Nursing Home

Just to say a huge thankyou to you and your fantastic team, and I mean that from the Heart. I have never before experienced such a person centred company.

Hampton Grange Nursing Home

What I like about working with Health Care Services is the relationship we have built up and the personal service. The homes report that you always deliver on time, the quality is consistantly good and the prices competitive. Your team members are always willing to go that extra mile for us and if ever we have an issue there is always someone there to save the day.

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