Job summary
Employer heading
Volunteer Co-ordinator
Band 4
Job overview
A unique opportunity has arisen here at Liverpool University Hospitals for a Volunteer Co-ordinator to join our well-established Volunteer Department. The Volunteer Department provides a service that is integral to the strategic objectives of the trust, offering vital support to patients, families, carers, staff and visitors.
Reporting to the Voluntary Services Manager, the post holder will work across all Hospital Sites to support department managers with the recruitment and placement of volunteers across the organisation.
This is fixed term secondment opportunity to work as part of a team that is striving to improve patient experience with a wide range of volunteering activity across all sites at Liverpool University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
Main duties of the job
To have an understanding of the volunteer service and an appreciation of the concerns, queries from volunteers and other services and departments.
To provide support to the Voluntary Services Manager and Voluntary Service Development Lead as required.
To act as liaison between new volunteers and Trust staff to provide appropriate volunteer placements.
To develop, co-ordinate and maintain reporting systems within the volunteer service.
To co-ordinate all volunteer placements and work with the Trusts Wider Participation Team regarding work experience placements.
To provide continuous administration and operational support to ensure the smooth and effective running of the departments events and training throughout the year.
Working for our organisation
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.
The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.
To hear more about our achievements click here https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/media/13089/1606-annual-report-booklet_final.pdf
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached documentation for detailed job description and main responsibilities for this role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- HND equivalent
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of team supervision
- Experience of working in the voluntary sector
- Experience working with those from diverse backgrounds
- Experience of fundraising
Skills
Essential criteria
- Prioritisation/Delegation skills
- Excellent communication/ negotiation skills
- Excellent organisational skills
- Analytical skills
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
- Emily Nolan
- Job title
- Voluntary Services Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0151 529 2408
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