Hospital volunteers
In this section:
Activity Support Volunteer
Care Dog Volunteer
Horticulture Volunteer
Mealtime Volunteer
Activity Support Volunteer
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 a patient in our services. 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.
Care Dog Volunteer
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.
Horticulture Volunteer
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.
Mealtime Volunteer
The purpose of this role is to support the Trust's provision of the meal service for inpatients, support the provision of good nutritional care at Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and its protected mealtime principles. The mealtime facilitator will be supervised by the ward sister or nurse in charge and work operationally alongside either the housekeeper or other team member serving the meal on a dedicated ward. The mealtime facilitator role might be a standalone role or aspects of this description might fall within another volunteer role.
Mealtime facilitators will not be responsible for feeding patients as many have very specialist needs and requirements surrounding their food and mealtimes.
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