Hospital volunteers
In this section:
Activity Support Volunteer - ID Services
Activity Support Volunteer - MHSOP (Mental Health Services for Older People)
Care Dog Volunteer
Horticulture Volunteer
Activity Support Volunteer
Activity Support Volunteer - ID Services
Role purpose
As an Activity Support Volunteer, you will engage patients in a range of activity to help them improve and maintain their health and wellbeing whilst staying on the Orion Unit. After appropriate training and support from the Multi-Disciplinary Team , you would help delivery an engaging and varied programme of activities that contributes to our service users' recovery and enhances their experience.
Under the guidance of the Involvement, Experience and Volunteering Team and in partnership with clinical colleagues, the Care Dog Volunteer will provide an opportunity for patients and families to meet a registered dog and to engage in one-to-one and / or group contact in a safe environment.
Details of this opportunity
- Location: Orion Unit Highbury Hospital
- Time commitment: Minimum of one two-hour session per week (Monday to Friday essential, weekends desirable) for a minimum of six months.
Activity Support Volunteer - MHSOP (Mental Health Services for Older People)
Role purpose
As a Ward Activity Support Volunteer, you will engage service users in physical activity to help them improve their health and wellbeing. After appropriate training and delegation by the physiotherapy team , you would co-create and co-deliver an engaging and varied programme of activities that contributes to our service users' recovery and enhances their service user experience.
Details of this opportunity
- Location: Highbury Hospital
- Time commitment: Volunteers must commit to 2 hours per week for a minimum of 6 months.
Care Dog Volunteer
Role purpose
Under the guidance of the Involvement, Experience and Volunteering Team and in partnership with clinical colleagues, the Care Dog Volunteer will provide an opportunity for patients and families to meet a registered dog and to engage in one-to-one and / or group contact in a safe environment.
Details of this opportunity
- Location: Various locations around the Trust
- Time commitment:
- Days/Times Flexible
- Volunteers must commit to 2 hours a week for a minimum of six months
Horticulture Volunteer
Role purpose
Under the guidance of the Involvement, Experience and Volunteering Team and in partnership with clinical colleagues, the Care Dog Volunteer will provide an opportunity for patients and families to meet a registered dog and to engage in one-to-one and / or group contact in a safe environment.
*Please note this is not a therapeutic role.
Outline of volunteer role / key tasks
To assist colleagues with cultivating / maintaining of Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust's green areas both outdoors and under glass. These green areas serve many purposes for the trust, our colleagues, patients and volunteers. They can be used to grow good, nutritious food to be used in the hospital kitchens. They are also used to offer a calming, therapeutic environment for the service users and somewhere off unit where they can sit and relax. This role may also involve motivating and enabling patients to become involved in tasks.
Details of this opportunity
- Location:
- Highbury Hospital, Nottingham
- Millbrook Mental Health Unit, Mansfield
- Wells Road Centre, Nottingham
- Rosewood Centre, Ollerton
- Time commitment: Volunteers must commit to 2 hours a week depending on site for a minimum of 6 months.
Activity Support Volunteer
Role purpose
As a Support Volunteer, you will engage patients in a range of activity to help them improve and maintain their health and wellbeing whilst staying on the Orion Unit. After appropriate training and support from the Multi-Disciplinary Team , you would help delivery an engaging and varied programme of activities that contributes to our service users' recovery and enhances their experience.
Details of this opportunity
- Location: Various locations around the Trust.
- Time commitment:
- Days / Times Flexible to suit service.
- Volunteers must commit to 2 hours a week for a minimum of six months
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