Ward Support Volunteer - Swaffham Community Hospital

Volunteers are needed to engage with patients on the ward, with activities such as:

• offering companionship
• reading to patients or taking the library trolley round
• encouraging patients to complete their simple prescribed exercises
• taking patients out in the garden areas
• providing practical support such as taking messages to members of staff

Volunteering for this role involves an ongoing commitment of approximately 1-2 hrs a week on a weekday morning or afternoon.

To volunteer with us, we will need you to complete our volunteer recruitment, including our Volunteers' Induction Training, completing a Standard DBS check, and providing 2 character references.

You will be supported throughout your volunteering by a member of staff onsite and your NCH&C Volunteer Coordinator.