Volunteering Opportunity: Inpatient Unit Reception Volunteer Evenings/Weekends with Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care

Our inpatient unit is a calm and comfortable space and volunteers in this role will work alongside administrative and reception staff to support the main reception and ensure things run smoothly.
Weekdays: 4.30 pm - 6.30 pm
Weekends: 9 am - 1pm, 1pm - 4.30 pm, 4.30 pm - 6.30 pm

Opportunity Type: Long-term Commitment

District: Watford

Start Date: 03/08/2023
End Date: 09/11/2023

Location: From your office

Time of day: Weekday Evenings, Weekend Half Days

Practical Considerations: The IPU is a wheelchair friendly space

Requirements: Will require a criminal record check (DBS)

Requirements (additional): Reference will be taken

Suitable for: 18 – 25 year olds, Aged 26 and over, Older People, People with a visual impairment, People with restricted mobility

Suitable for volunteers interested in: Carers Support, Children, Families & Family Support, End of Life, Bereavement & Hospices

Does this opportunity provide wheelchair access?: Yes

Full Description:
Main tasks

• Welcoming visitors
• Answering calls from patients/carers and professionals ensuring the calls are dealt with sensitively and referred on appropriately
• Providing day to day general administrative support, this may include photocopying/scanning, making up patient information packs, inputting of data, archiving of notes, typing, recording data and preparation for meetings
• Supporting the Administrative Team Lead in specific projects that support the wider Clinical Team.
• Ad hoc help in the patient kitchen at busy times (no food prep)