Liverpool University Hospitals Foundation Trust is looking to recruit volunteers in various roles in order to enhance patient experience and support staff. We are currently looking for volunteers for The Royal Hospital

We are looking for people with the following attributes

• Ability to communicate with all groups of people.
• Friendly, approachable personality.
• Helpful and accommodating manner.
• Sensitive, compassionate and tactful nature.
• Ability to give clear and concise directions.
• Able to work on own or part of a team.
• Work in collaboration with the ward staff and other volunteers
• Work within their role and organisational boundaries.
• Can provide a minimum of 3 hours per week for a minimum of 6 months
• Volunteers must be aged 18 and over to volunteer on the wards

**PLEASE ONLY APPLY FOR ONE VOLUNTEERING VACANCY AT A TIME, IF YOU WANT TO BE CONSIDERED FOR BOTH ROLES THAT ARE LIVE PLEASE LET THE MANAGER KNOW AT INTERVIEW**

Main duties of the job

Volunteers will be expected to adhere to trust policies and procedure especially relating to Infection Prevention and Control.

Below are some of the main duties for our volunteer roles

Ward Volunteer

• Help improve patient experience by providing a friendly welcome, emotional support, reassurance and companionship to patients and their families.
• Providing support, companionship and appropriate activities for patients with Dementia or Learning Disabilities
• Assisting in preparing patients for mealtimes and helping with menu choices.
• Assisting patients with eating and drinking and providing refreshments to patients
• Completing basic tasks and assisting patients within the Volunteer Role Boundaries.
• Running errands for patients to purchase newspapers/magazines/snacks as required.
• Reading to patients, playing games, completing jigsaws and puzzles
• Tidying and restocking the information racks and notice boards with appropriate resources under the guidance of the Ward Manager.
• Acting as an alerter to escalate any concerns/issues to the Nursing Team

About us

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.

The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.

The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond. To hear more about our achievements click here https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/media/13089/1606-annual-report-booklet_final.pdf

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Job description

Job responsibilities

As a Ward Volunteer, your duties will be varied and extensive including:

• Help improve patient experience by providing a friendly welcome, emotional support, reassurance and companionship to patients and their families.
• Taking a pack of patient experience surveys to your ward area from the Volunteer Services Office for you to complete surveys with patients to collect data and feedback on the patients experience while they have been in hospital.
• Meeting and greeting patients and visitors to the Ward.
• Completing basic tasks and assisting patients within the Volunteer Role Boundaries.
• Assisting patients to pack/unpack their belongings.
• Providing support, companionship and appropriate activities for patients with Dementia or Learning Disabilities
• Running errands for patients to purchase newspapers/magazines/snacks as required.
• Tidying the patients bed space (locker tops/tables) to ensure they are clean and tidy.
• Assisting in preparing patients for mealtimes (tidying space ready to receive meal and assisting patients with hand hygiene).
• Reading to patients, playing games, completing jigsaws and puzzles
• Collecting and delivering miscellaneous items between departments: x-rays (Radiology Department), patient belongings (Bereavement Office).
• Providing refreshments to patients (checking first if patients are allowed fluids).
• Providing companionship and reassurance to patients who are waiting to be discharged from hospital.
• Collecting take home medications from the pharmacy to support patients discharge.
• Tidying and restocking the information racks and notice boards with appropriate resources under the guidance of the Ward Manager.
• Acting as an alerter to escalate any concerns/issues to the Nursing Team

Person Specification

Personal Specification

Essential

• Good interpersonal skills. The ability to be welcoming, friendly, polite and caring with all patients, visitors and Trust staff. To be sensitive, compassionate and have a tactful nature.
• To be able to give clear and concise directions
• To be reliable, honest and punctual.
• Ability to communicate with all groups or people and work on your own or as part of a team.
• To be able to work within role and organisational boundaries.
• To embody the Trust Values.
• To exercise confidentiality and discretion
• Can provide a minimum of 3 hours per week for a minimum of 6 months

Desirable

• Previous volunteering or experience of working in a health or social care environment is not required for this role, although any relevant life experiences should be detailed on the application.

Employer details

Employer name

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Liverpool University Hospitals - Royal Site

Precsot Street

Liverpool

L7 8XP

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