Meet and Greet Volunteer (Weston General Hospital)
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust
| Name: | Meet and Greet Volunteer (Weston General Hospital) |
| Organisation: | University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust |
| Location: | Weston General Hospital, Grange Road, Uphill, Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, BS23 4TQ |
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Part Time
This is a regular role, Volunteers have a set ward, day and time.
Afternoon 12:30pm to 16:00pm
You must apply via the NHS Jobs Website before the closing date.
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www.uhbristol.nhs.uk/work-for-us/volunteering
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Description
www.uhbristol.nhs.uk/work-for-us/volunteering
• Welcoming patients and visitors to the hospital site.
• Giving clear, uncomplicated directions when necessary, or where appropriate, accompanying patients or visitors to their destinations.
• Responding to other queries from patients and visitors, asking the Reception Desk staff for help if the query or task is beyond your responsibility as a Meet and Greet Volunteer.
• Supporting staff with maintaining infection prevention and control procedures, such as directing patients and visitors to face-mask and alcohol gel stations. Helping with the restocking of these stations and keeping the area tidy.
• Providing company to patients waiting, whilst maintaining social distancing requirements.
• Supporting Reception Desk staff with the visiting guidelines in place and directing visitors to staff when necessary.
• Supporting the delivery of patients’ possessions, messages and activity packs to wards.
• Volunteers in this role will spend most of their time standing / walking. This role does not involve computer work.
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Organisation Description
NHS Hospital
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) was formed on 1 April 2020 following the merger of University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust and Weston Area Health NHS Trust.
Bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff, the new Trust delivers over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites serving a core population of more than 500,000 people.
With services from the neonatal intensive care unit to care of the elderly, we provide care to the people of Bristol, Weston and the south west from the very beginning of life to its later stages.
Our staff are the lifeblood of our Trust. They provide general diagnostic, medical and surgical services to the populations of central Bristol, south Bristol and North Somerset. These services are delivered from our Bristol city centre campus and Weston General Hospital with some services delivered in community settings such as South Bristol Community Hospital.
We also provide specialist services such as children's services, cardiac and cancer services, and other smaller specialist services that are nationally commissioned, to a wider population through the south west and beyond.
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Cause / Interests
- Emergency Services
- Health and Hospital and Hospices
Types of Activity
- Befriending and Buddying
- Caring
- General and Helping
Skills and Qualifications
Requirements
Qualities we look for in a volunteer
• A friendly, welcoming, approachable manner.
• Good social and communication skills, and proactive in approaching people.
• A good sense of direction, and ability to walk / stand for most of your volunteering session.
• Ability to keep up to date with changes in ward and clinic locations.
• Being sensitive to peoples’ vulnerabilities.
• Willingness to accompany people in lifts when necessary and maintaining social distancing requirements in place.
• Reliable and trustworthy.
• Ability to volunteer alone at times, with support from the reception staff team.
• Ability to follow infection prevention and control standards in place (including wearing appropriate personal protective equipment, PPE) in the hospitals, and tactfully and sensitively be able to encourage visitors to follow those same standards.
• Understanding of, or ability to learn, personal and professional boundaries.
Benefits
• Rewarding experience, ensuring visitors and patients arrive at their destinations.
• Experience of the NHS.
• Working as part of a team.
• Training, including in infection prevention and control.
• PPE whilst volunteering.
• Volunteer uniform.
• Access to NHS Discounts.
• Reasonable travel expenses paid.
Additional/Specific Suitabilities
| Minimum Age: | NA | |
| Maximum Age: | NA | |
| Disabled Access: | Yes | |
| Wheelchair Access: | Yes | |
| Expenses: | Reasonable travel expenses paid. | |
| Restrictions: | Must volunteer for a minimum of six months. | |
| Induction: | Yes. On-site | |
| Insurance Cover: | Yes | |
| Special Needs: | No. Due to role requirements. | |
| Offer: | Yes. Voluntary Support Officer and Deputy Co-ordinator on site | |
| Training: | Training Yes. On line training through e-learning for Health | |
| Other: | We ask volunteers to support and demonstrate the Trust Values and Principles of Excellent Customer Service. Trust Values – We are supportive. We’re always there for each other. We are respectful. We always look for the best in people. We are innovati |
Recruitment Method
Application form, Informal discussion, References, Information Day, Other, Interview