Job summary
- Main area
- Volunteer
- Grade
- Volunteer
- Contract
- Voluntary: Volunteer
- Hours
- 1 session per week (Various)
- Job ref
- 385-VS-Mealtimes-09/24
- Employer
- University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Weston General Hospital
- Town
- Weston
- Salary
- Volunteer
- Closing
- 15/09/2024 23:59
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Mealtimes Volunteer (Weston)
Volunteer
As an organisation we recognise the value of a healthy work-life balance. When applying, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate flexible working, so your work life fits around your home life.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are under-represented within the Trust.
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Job overview
Mealtimes volunteer on adult wards
This role is available at Weston General Hospital
Volunteers support a variety of wards, particularly those with older patients who require additional support at mealtimes, including encouragement to eat, cutting up food, and for some support with feeding. We are looking for Volunteers who are comfortable supporting patients in a ward environment.
Main duties of the job
- Encouraging patients to eat, opening packets and pouring drinks, and helping patients to remain independent at mealtimes.
- Feeding patients when appropriate and as directed by senior nursing staff.
- Providing companionship to patients, particularly older patients and those with a dementia or cognitive impairment.
- Tidying bedside tables and offering hand wipes in preparation for the meal.
- Following staff direction, delivering meals to patients and clearing tables afterwards.
- Following meal time protocols.
- Completing patient food record charts.
- Engaging in conversation with patients, building rapport to support eating and drinking.
Working for our organisation
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of
over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England.
UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forwardthinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local
and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the
countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of
children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a
workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients
and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the role profile document attached to this vacancy.
Person specification
Basic shortlisting
Essential criteria
- Describes how skills, experiences and values will benefit others: 2 = yes : 1 = working towards : 0 = not achieved
- Explains why they want to volunteer: 2 = yes : 1 = working towards : 0 = not achieved
- Availability matches requirements of role: 1=yes : 0 = not achieved
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience of mealtime support
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Voluntary Services
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01934 647005
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