Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Volunteer - Oprthopeadic Pre Op

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Job summary

Are you empathetic and ? love helping others? We're looking for caring volunteers to provide comfort and support to patients in our Orthopaedic Pre Op Department. ? With meticulous attention to detail, you'll ensure that each patient's appointment details are in order, guaranteeing a seamless experience from start to finish. ? Your dedication extends beyond greetings; you'll take pride in meticulously preparing patient packs, ensuring they have all the necessary information and resources for their procedure. ??

Main duties of the job

Role Requirements:

Effective communication skills ? will be your forte as you coordinate with clinic staff to address any transport issues, ensuring that patients arrive and depart safely and on time. ?? Most importantly, you'll serve as a vigilant advocate for our patients, promptly escalating any concerns to the appropriate staff member and ensuring that each individual receives the support and care they deserve. ? Make a difference in just a few hours a week. Apply now and help us create a comforting environment for our patients! ?

About us

We have 400 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.

Date posted

12 September 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

Depending on experience None - Voluntary role

Contract

Voluntary

Working pattern

Flexible working

Reference number

438-PB2274

Job locations

Chorley and South Ribble Hospital, Orthopaedic Pre Op Department

Preston Road

Chorley

PR7 1PP

Job description

Job responsibilities

If you are interested in volunteering in this role, please see Job profile.

Please note, we do not need to know your full work history in your application to become a volunteer with the Trust. Although there are spaces to add this information, you can just addnot applicable (N/A)if you would like to. This is following recent legislation changes to make the application process easier for volunteers. For further information regarding this, please click here.

Job description

Job responsibilities

If you are interested in volunteering in this role, please see Job profile.

Person Specification

None

Essential

None

Person Specification

None

Essential

None

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).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Certificate of Sponsorship

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Chorley and South Ribble Hospital, Orthopaedic Pre Op Department

Preston Road

Chorley

PR7 1PP

Employer's website

https://www.lancsteachinghospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Chorley and South Ribble Hospital, Orthopaedic Pre Op Department

Preston Road

Chorley

PR7 1PP

Employer's website

https://www.lancsteachinghospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)