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Admin Volunteers
Contact person
Gemma Mercer
#109511
Scan me or visit www.getinvolvednorfolk.org.uk/o/Norfolk--Norwich-University-Hospitals-NHS-Foundation-Trust/opportunities/Admin-Volunteers/109511 to join
Summary
Admin volunteers at the NNUH support staff in a variety of administrative departments.
Detailed description
The NNUH are looking for Volunteers to support the Trust in a variety of setting, and we are looking for volunteers who can assist in a busy environment and are resilient to the challenges of a hospital setting.
We welcome people who can support staff, patients and visitors with care, compassion, positivity and empathy.
As an NNUH volunteer, you can expect to be provided with full training and ongoing support in order to aid you in delivering a much valued and crucial service.
Out-patient Booking Offices
We have recently launched an initiative with some of our Out-patient departments in an effort to reduce the number of missed appointments within the Trust. This role involves calling patients who are due to attend appointments within a specified timeframe (ie. 1 week ahead) to confirm their attendance or free up unwanted appointments.
We have vacancies within the following department(s):
Diabetes & Endocrinology (based at Rouen Road)
- Monday or Tuesday (1 volunteer with times to suit)
General Medicine (based at the NNUH and the Quadram)
- Monday to Friday (2 volunteers per week with day/time to suit)
Respiratory (based at the NNUH)
- Monday to Friday (2 volunteers per week with day/time to suit)
Diagnostic Radiology (based at NNUH)
- Monday morning (x1)
- Tueday morning (x1) and afternoon (x1)
- Wendesday morning (x1)
- Thursday morning (x1)
Admin Offices
Volunteers withing admin departments support staff with a vareity of clerical duties, such as; filing, note pulling, restocking leaflets, basic data input, photocopying, evenloping, pack making etc.
We currently have the following vacancies:
Oncolgy & Haemotology
- 1 volunteer, towards the end of the week
Gastroenterology
- 1 volunteer, 1 day per week to suit
Day Procedure Unit
- 1 or 2 volunteers, days TBC
Neuroscience
- 1 volunteer per day, 2-3 mornings per week
Patient Experience
- 1 or 2 volunteers, days TBC
Lost Property
To support both staff and visitors, our Trust maintains a dedicated Lost Property Service to ensure that lost items are handled with care and returned to their rightful owners wherever possible.
The deartment are looking for volunteers to accept, collect and sort items, maintaining Microsoft Excel log of items found and/or returned.
We currently have the following vacancies:
- Multiple volunters required, Monday to Friday
If you feel that you are suited to any of these roles, please pop us a message expressing your interest.
What we will provide to volunteers
💸 Reimbursement of costs
🤝 Extra support
About Norfolk & Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Volunteers are crucial to the NHS’s vision for the future of health and social care and there has never been a better time to become a volunteer in a health care setting.
The Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital has invested greatly in its volunteer programme and is able to offer a variety of rewarding and impactful volunteering opportunities which benefit the volunteers, our patients, our families, and our hospital staff.
If you would like to contribute to your local community, learn new skills, meet new friends or discover career options while contributing to a great experience of care, we have a role for you!
There is a myriad of volunteer roles at NNUH, providing stimulating, challenging, and rewarding opportunities for people of all ages and backgrounds. Our volunteers provide a valuable non-clinical dimension to hospital life, contributing their skills to wards, clinics, way finding, administration, telephone wellbeing, fundraising, hydration & nutrition, Dementia, Driving and Settling in at home, to name but a few.