Job summary
- Main area
- Volunteer
- Grade
- Volunteer
- Contract
- voluntary
- Hours
- Flexible working - 3 hours per week
- Job ref
- 382-VOL25-24
- Employer
- Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Clifton Hospital
- Town
- Lytham
- Salary
- voluntary
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
Clifton Gardener
Volunteer
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated on the west coast of Lancashire, with services covering the local authority areas of Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre. The Trust is part of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System (ICS) supporting a population of around 1.6 million people.
We have three main hospitals providing acute services to around 330,000 local residents. The organisation also provides specialist tertiary care for cardiac and haematology services, delivers community health services to over 445,000 residents including those in North Lancashire and hosts the National Artificial Eye Service across England. Plus, we provide urgent and emergency care services to an estimated 18 million people who visit the seaside resort each year. We employ over 7000 people from 68 different countries.
We welcome and encourage application from anyone with protected characteristics, as well as supporting reservists and Veterans who are looking for a rewarding and challenging career within the NHS.
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals encourages flexible working in all our roles to support staff in maintaining healthy home-life balance. Working patterns such as: part time working, self-rostering, compressed hours, annualised hours, term time, reverse term time and flexitime working can be explored.
Job overview
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals are looking for volunteers to support our Green Therapy project at Clifton Hospital. The project will use nature connectedness to improve health and wellbeing and support rehabilitation of patients during a hospital stay. We will codesign a growing space at Clifton Hospital for the delivery of horticultural therapy and community food growing and will include a polytunnel and raised beds. Groundwork charity are partnering with us on this project and will oversee the build of the garden space and will deliver horticultural therapy and community food growing sessions at the site. The growing space will need maintaining all year round and we are looking for individuals with green fingers who would like to join the Trust’s volunteer team and get involved.
Main duties of the job
The role of a Volunteer Gardener is to provide basic garden clearance at Clifton Hospital, including clearing of weeds and unwanted flora on a regular basis. This will include:
- Regular weeding
- Watering new and established plants
- Feeding plants
- Planting as required
- Clearing paths from obstruction
- Keeping the garden and courtyard area tidy and free from litter
- General upkeep, excluding contracted maintenance of the contained outdoor area.
- Any activity as directed by the Staff Volunteer Lead
Working for our organisation
What are the benefits to volunteering in this role?
- Being a positive role model.
- Having a positive impact on other people’s lives.
- Free training for volunteers
- Increasing your confidence and self esteem.
- Helping yourself and other people.
What are the benefits to patients and the organisation?
- Operate alongside paid staff to assist in the delivery of a first-class service to patients, relatives and visitors to the Trust.
- Enhance the provision of a health service and not just a treatment service.
- By being a Foundation Trust member.
- Benefit the organisation through their life experiences, including knowledge, skills and understanding.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals are looking for volunteers to support our Green Therapy project at Clifton Hospital. The project will use nature connectedness to improve health and wellbeing and support rehabilitation of patients during a hospital stay. We will codesign a growing space at Clifton Hospital for the delivery of horticultural therapy and community food growing and will include a polytunnel and raised beds. Groundwork charity are partnering with us on this project and will oversee the build of the garden space and will deliver horticultural therapy and community food growing sessions at the site. The growing space will need maintaining all year round and we are looking for individuals with green fingers who would like to join the Trust’s volunteer team and get involved
Person specification
Application form and interview
Essential criteria
- TBC
Desirable criteria
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Application form and interview
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Desirable criteria
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Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Catherine Henshaw
- Job title
- Voluntary Service Team Leader
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01253 957399
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