Recruitment

Role Summary: The Day Hospice at St Joseph’s Hospice gives people with a life-limiting condition the opportunity to spend an enjoyable, lively day with others in a similar condition, in a friendly and caring environment. We are seeking a volunteer to help patients who need assistance entering and exiting the ambulance using different mobility aids such as wheelchairs.

Key tasks: Under the supervision of the Day Services Manager, Staff Nurse, Health Care Assistant, and Domestic Staff:

• Meet the driver and patients in the Day Hospice.
• Assist in getting patients into the ambulance
• Ensure seatbelts are worn at all times (unless the patient has a seat belt exemption from their GP). 
• Assist the patient into their home if they are on wheelchairs/walking aides. 

Time requirement:

• The day hospice requires 2 volunteer escorts: One for Tuesdays, and one for Wednesdays.
• We need the escort to join us at 2:30pm and go out to bring our patients home from Day Hospice.  You will be back to the hospice around 4:30pm.
• Commit to a minimum of 6 months.

Skills and qualities required:

• A friendly and caring personality.
• Ability to talk and engage with people.
• Dependable and reliable.

Training offered:

• Wheelchair handling

Benefits:      

• Make a valuable contribution to patients’ experience of the Day Hospice.
• Meet new people and other volunteers.
• Get dropped off at the hospice or place of your choice on the way.
• Reimbursement of travel and phone expenses incurred in relation to your volunteer work
• On-going supervision and support.
• Provision of a reference after 6 months active volunteering.

Lunch allowance redeemable at the hospice restaurant after 3 hours volunteering.