Ward Support - Workington, United Kingdom - North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

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Workington, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Ward volunteers provide companionship and support to patients some of whom maybe in hospital for a long period of time.

As a ward volunteer you will help to provide a variety of activities for patients such as playing board games, reading or general conversation.

Volunteers also assist with the mealtimes and this includes preparing the patient for their meal, distributing the meals and sitting with a patient and helping with cutting food, opening cartons and making the meal a social occasion.

Some patients require extra help and as a volunteer you can assist with feeding patients.

What tasks can this role include?

Help improve patient experience by providing a friendly welcome, emotional support and reassurance to patients and their families.
Support the HCA's and Nurses with support on the ward i.e. replenishing drinks, sitting with patients
Running errands for patients to purchase newspapers/magazines/snacks as required
Assist with preparing patients for meals, and assisting with feeding patients
Assist with serving meals
Cutting up food, and opening packaging
Collecting and tidying up following meal service
Talking to patients, reading with or to patients, doing crosswords, playing dominoes etc

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding hospital and health services to half a million people.

Established on 1st October 2019, the Trust is creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout north Cumbria and beyond.

We're responsible for delivering over 70 services across 15 main locations and we employ more than 6,500 members of staff.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time'.

Being a clinically led organisation
Quality and safety at the heart
A positive patient experience every time
A great place to work
Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.

Disclosure and Barring Service:

On 28 November 2020, the new Disclosure and Barring Service filtering rules will come into effect.

The changes mean that:

- the multiple conviction rule has been removed, meaning that if an individual has more than one conviction, regardless of offence type or time passed, each conviction will be considered against the remaining rules individually, rather than being automatically disclosed.

If you are unsure about whether you need to disclose certain criminal record information, free confidential advice may be sought from one of the charity bodies listed below.

These bodies can advise you on what you are legally required to declare and may also be able to advise you on how you can disclose criminal record information to a prospective employer and your legal rights when doing so.

A Standard DBS check will be required for this volunteering post.

The DBS check is free of charge for volunteers.