Volunteer Ward Helper

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Specific Tasks

Under supervision and guidance from the placement supervisor(s) to perform the following tasks-

Be happy to help cut up patient's food and support their feeding on a one to one basis.

Helping with recreational activities of all kinds, such as crossword puzzles, games and creative work.

Befriending patients by talking to them or reading to them, e.g. newspaper

Accompanying a patient around for a walk or exercise

Willing to help with any other general tasks on the ward to assist patients

Main duties of the job

Specific Tasks

Under supervision and guidance from the placement supervisor(s) to perform the following tasks-

Be happy to help cut up patient's food and support their feeding on a one to one basis.

Helping with recreational activities of all kinds, such as crossword puzzles, games and creative work.

Befriending patients by talking to them or reading to them, e.g. newspaper

Accompanying a patient around for a walk or exercise

Willing to help with any other general tasks on the ward to assist patients

About us

Working for our organisation

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

We're Kind
We're
We Listen
We Care

Date posted

09 September 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience This is an unpaid voluntary role

Contract

Voluntary

Working pattern

Flexible working

Reference number

277-6427196-VOL-A

Job locations

Holbrook Ward, Woodlands Unit, Queen Marys Hospital,

Frognal Ave

Sidcup, Kent

DA14 6LT

Job description

Job responsibilities

Specific Tasks

Under supervision and guidance from the placement supervisor(s) to perform the following tasks-

Be happy to help cut up patients food and support their feeding on a one to one basis.

Helping with recreational activities of all kinds, such as crossword puzzles, games and creative work.

Befriending patients by talking to them or reading to them, e.g. newspaper

Accompanying a patient around for a walk or exercise

Willing to help with any other general tasks on the ward to assist patients

Job description

Job responsibilities

Specific Tasks

Under supervision and guidance from the placement supervisor(s) to perform the following tasks-

Be happy to help cut up patients food and support their feeding on a one to one basis.

Helping with recreational activities of all kinds, such as crossword puzzles, games and creative work.

Befriending patients by talking to them or reading to them, e.g. newspaper

Accompanying a patient around for a walk or exercise

Willing to help with any other general tasks on the ward to assist patients

Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

Applicant must have at least one years experience of working with or caring for someone with Dementia/Azheimer's

communication

Essential

oHave excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Skills

Essential

oBe able to interact with our acute Dementia/Azheimer's patients in a confidential and friendly way.

Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

Applicant must have at least one years experience of working with or caring for someone with Dementia/Azheimer's

communication

Essential

oHave excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Skills

Essential

oBe able to interact with our acute Dementia/Azheimer's patients in a confidential and friendly way.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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