As an Associate with both an Ad hoc and Open schedule, it’s important to understand these two schedules and how to use them when rebooking.
Ad hoc schedules
An Ad hoc schedule indicates potential availability - when Converge does a global search for availability of consultants, your availability may appear as potentially available. These are not confirmed.
Receiving a referral
Our Client Services team will contact you to advise they have a referral and once they confirm your availability, they will pass the client’s contact details to you to contact to arrange a suitable time. Client Services will not book a client in your ad hoc schedule unless confirmed by you.
In these instances, once you’ve established a first session time and date with the client directly, you’ll need to contact the Client Services team to book the first session for you. Make sure you indicate that it’s the first session when contacting the Client Services team.
Open Schedules
An Open schedule (previously known as UP or Urgent Phone) indicates committed availability to Converge and doesn’t require the Client Services team to contact you and confirm you are available.
Receiving a referral
Converge can add new clients and existing client rebooking's to your open schedule with less than 24 hours notice (you’ll receive an email and email confirming a new booking). The bookings will only appear in the confirmed Open schedule times you have agreed to with Converge.
Selecting the correct schedule when rebooking
After the first appointment (which is booked by Converge) you’ll be managing the client's rebooking's for all future appointments, cancellations and no shows.
When rebooking any client (Existing client’s and ones referred to you from Converge) you are expected to rebook them in your “Open” schedule of availability first before your “Ad Hoc” schedule. When rebooking any client, use the “Rebook with me” option and after inputting a range of dates, Phoenix will show you a set of results for available slots in your “Open” schedule.