* UPDATE: April 2026 *
 
Opportunities are open again for volunteering at Royal North Shore and Ryde Hospitals!
 

Thank you very much for your interest in volunteering with Royal North Shore Hospital. As a member of our volunteer team, you would be an invaluable part of our hospital community, positively impacting the lives of our patients, visitors and staff.

 
Currently there are over 500 volunteers across many different volunteer programs within Royal North Shore and Ryde Hospitals.
 
We currently have openings within the following programs:
  • Administration, RNSH
  • Aged Care, RNSH
  • Arts Program, RNSH
  • CanSupport, RNSH
  • Consumer Advisors
  • Emergency Department, RNSH
  • Meet & Greet (Wayfinding), RNSH
  • Pink Ladies, RNSH
  • Pink Ladies, Ryde Hospital
  • Meet & Greet (Wayfinding), Ryde Hospital
 
Please note we have a very limited number of opportunities and long wait times for weekend and after-hours volunteer positions.

 

Volunteers are required to:
  • Be aged 18 years or older;

  • Be able to commit to at least one 3-4 hour shift weekly or fortnightly for a minimum of 6 months (except for Consumer Advisor positions);

  • Have strong oral and written English communication skills;

  • Be able to provide evidence of their ability to work in Australia (i.e. Australian or NZ passport or an Australian birth or citizenship certificate, or an appropriate visa or work permit allowing the applicant to work in Australia); and

  • Be able and/or willing to meet the vaccination requirements applicable to the volunteer role of interest.

  • Provide a Working with Children Check (WCC.) If you don't already have this, you can apply for this online here External Link​​ or at an RMS or Service NSW Centre. Obtaining a WCC Check is free for volunteers.

 
You can learn about our various roles, and submit an application on this page. Please also feel free to contact us on 02 9462 9935 to discuss any of these roles further.

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Current Opportunities

Administration

 

Our administration team provide basic administrative support to our clinical administration staff

 

Consumer Advisor

Consumer Advisors bring a patient and carer perspective into hospital planning, service delivery, and quality improvement. As a Consumer Advisor, you’ll collaborate with staff, share your lived experiences, and help shape a more responsive, inclusive, and patient-centred health system. Whether you’ve been a patient, carer, or simply care about public health, your voice matters. Join us in building better care for everyone.

Meet & Greet

 

Meet & Greet volunteers provide a warm and friendly welcome to hospital visitors and guide patients and visitors as they navigate the hospital and our Ambulatory Care Centre

 

Patient Support

 

Our Patient Support team provide support to our patients through our various companionship, patient feeding and peer support programs across various wards and clinical areas.

 

Research

 

Research volunteers provide support to the Research Unit in our Emergency Department, such as assisting with recruiting patients to studies and data entry.

 

Retail

 

Retail volunteers provide customer service in our two volunteer run shops, the Pink Ladies shop and The Corner Shop, and also the Pink Ladies ward trolley service, which raise vital funds for the hospital and its patients.