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Trust Volunteering Services
Grade
Volunteer
Contract
Voluntary
Hours
Flexible working
Job ref
277-6427196-VOL
Employer
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Holbrook Ward, Woodlands Unit, Queen Marys Hospital,
Town
Sidcup, Kent
Closing
12/07/2024 23:59

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Volunteer Ward Helper

Volunteer

Job overview

Specific Tasks

Under supervision and guidance from the placement supervisor(s) to perform the following tasks-

 

 

 

·       Be happy to help cut up patient’s food and support their feeding on a one to one basis.

·       Helping with recreational activities of all kinds, such as crossword puzzles, games and creative work.

·       Befriending patients by talking to them or reading to them, e.g. newspaper

·       Accompanying a patient around for a walk or exercise

·       Willing to help with any other general tasks on the ward to assist patients

Main duties of the job

Specific Tasks

Under supervision and guidance from the placement supervisor(s) to perform the following tasks-

 

 

 

·       Be happy to help cut up patient’s food and support their feeding on a one to one basis.

·       Helping with recreational activities of all kinds, such as crossword puzzles, games and creative work.

·       Befriending patients by talking to them or reading to them, e.g. newspaper

·       Accompanying a patient around for a walk or exercise

·       Willing to help with any other general tasks on the ward to assist patients

Working for our organisation

Working for our organisation

 

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families.  This is strengthened by our new values:

  • We’re Kind
  • We’re
  • We Listen
  • We Care

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Specific Tasks

Under supervision and guidance from the placement supervisor(s) to perform the following tasks-

 

 

 

·       Be happy to help cut up patient’s food and support their feeding on a one to one basis.

·       Helping with recreational activities of all kinds, such as crossword puzzles, games and creative work.

·       Befriending patients by talking to them or reading to them, e.g. newspaper

·       Accompanying a patient around for a walk or exercise

·       Willing to help with any other general tasks on the ward to assist patients

Person specification

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Applicant must have at least one years experience of working with or caring for someone with Dementia/Azheimer’s

communication

Essential criteria
  • • Have excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Skills

Essential criteria
  • • Be able to interact with our acute Dementia/Azheimer’s patients in a confidential and friendly way.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Veteran AwareNo smoking policyAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - BronzeImproving working livesArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Step into health

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Julie Langford
Job title
Voluntary Services Development Manager
Email address
[email protected]
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