Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust – Responder
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Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a charity providing volunteering within healthcare to transform the way that care is provided. The organisation serves a large and diverse local population, playing a crucial role in delivering high-quality healthcare services to patients, and also serving the community by maximising the opportunities available to volunteers.
Details of the Volunteering Opportunity:
In this role you interact assist staff and patients around the hospital with tasks such as patient flow in outpatient clinics, giving directions, providing wheelchairs and so on. As a Responder you will acquire communication and interpersonal skills, confidence, resilience and experience in a multidisciplinary healthcare team.
Typical duties include:
- Maintaining good communication with hospital staff, patients, family members, and other to provide updates and relay important information
- Assisting in transporting patients to areas within the hospital
- Ensuring patients gets seamless and comprehensive care
- Acting quickly and decisively during emergencies gathering crucial information about the nature and severity of the incident
Please note, this organisation requires a minimum 6 months commitment for 4 hours per week in addition to two references and a DBS check (fully funded).Â
Additional Benefits:
- Volunteering hours count towards the Ã÷ÐÇ°ËØÔ Volunteers Award and Ã÷ÐÇ°ËØÔ Plus.
- Volunteering achievement recognised on your HEAR Transcript
- Add work related experience to your CV and Strengthen your cover letter
- Network with employers
- Stand out in Job interviews