Job overview

Volunteer Opportunity: Ward Support in Neurology High Care

Are you over 18 years old and ready to make a real difference in the lives of patients with complex neurological conditions? By becoming a Neurology High Care Ward Volunteer, you’ll make a profound impact on the lives of patients during challenging times. This role offers the chance to build meaningful connections, be part of a dedicated team, and gain valuable experience in a caring environment.

Main duties of the job

What You’ll Do:
As a Volunteer Ward Support member on our Neurology High Care Ward, you’ll play an essential role in improving the patient experience. Your main tasks will include:

• Comforting patients: Spend time talking to patients and reassuring those who may feel anxious or nervous.
• Mealtime assistance: Help serve beverages, assist during mealtimes, and clear trays and cups afterward.
• Keeping the ward organised: Restock shelves and trolleys to ensure everything runs smoothly for patients and staff.

Working for our organisation

We have 300+ fantastic volunteers working hard to support the services that we deliver to our patients.  As a Trust, we help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.

Volunteering with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.

You’ll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you’d never have done.  You’ll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills.

You’ll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care and enhancing their experience which means our volunteers are pivotal and something really to be proud of.