Healthy Stay Volunteer
Our Healthy Stay Volunteers support patients and staff across our inpatient wards, helping to enhance the care already being provided and contributing to a positive hospital experience. Volunteers offer support both directly to patients and indirectly by assisting ward teams with a variety of non-clinical tasks that help keep the ward running smoothly.
As a Healthy Stay Volunteer, you will carry out a range of activities across different wards. Whether spending time with patients, providing practical assistance, or supporting staff, every contribution makes a meaningful difference.
Role Tasks
The types of tasks you may carry out as a Healthy Stay Volunteer include:
· Hydration rounds on wards
· Supporting mealtimes on wards and with individual patients
· General tidying to help keep areas within the ward clutter free.
· Restocking supplies including, for example, gloves and aprons and the tea trolley.
· Answering patient call bells and checking patients have what they need.
· Bed Making
Skills / Qualities required for this role
- Good communication skills
- Friendly and good with people
- Patient and caring
- A good team player
- Empathetic and sensitive
- Ability to adapt to support different wards across the hospital
- Able to use own initiative
- Physically able to carry out the role tasks. This role does require you to be able to move around hospital wards and handling equipment such as the tea trolley.
- Ability to volunteer independently.
Shift Timings
Days - Monday to Friday
Approximate shift times:
- 1400 to 1700
We are happy to be flexible with start and finish times where possible. If you have any questions, please get in touch. We look forward to hearing from you 😊
