Volunteer Ward Helper - Sidcup, United Kingdom - Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Description
Voluntary PositionThis is an exciting opportunity to gain valuable experience of working in the NHS supporting the ward staff.
This is an exciting opportunity to gain valuable experience of working in the NHS supporting the ward staff.
Under supervision and guidance from the placement supervisor(s) to perform tasks
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people living in South East London and Kent and to people in prison.
Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies.
Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives.
Our 4,000 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, children's centres, schools and people's homes.
We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations across the London Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent and manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital in Woolwich as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs.
We are one of the largest providers of prison health services providing healthcare to prisoners across Kent and South London.
We are proud of the care we provide and our peopleOur purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families.
This is strengthened by our new values:
- We're Kind
- We're Fair
- We Listen
- We Care
- Be happy to help cut up patient's food and support their feeding on a one to one basis.
- Helping with recreational activities of all kinds, such as crossword puzzles, games and creative work.
- Befriending patients by talking to them or reading to them, e.g. newspaper
- Accompanying a patient around for a walk or exercise
- Willing to help with any other general tasks on the ward to assist patient
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