Volunteer vacancies

Recruitment will open on in March/April 2019

All volunteer roles to be recruited at Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust are listed in the table below. Once you’ve decided on the role(s) you’d like to apply for, please complete the online application form. Many of our volunteer roles are for specific time slots, so please check the time and day listed next to the role and only apply if you are available at those times.

Role	Departments	Day	Time	Description
Play Volunteer - Outpatients	Outpatients Department	Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri	am and pm pm am and pm pm am and pm	Working with play specialists to entertain and play with children who are waiting for their outpatient appointment. Craft activities and general play. Cleaning toys and preparing resources. Usually two volunteers per session.	Apply
Play Volunteer - Outpatients	Hearing Services	Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri	am or pm am or pm am or pm am or pm am or pm	Working with play specialists to entertain and play with children who are waiting for their appointment. Craft activities and general play. Cleaning toys and preparing resources. You will also tidy the waiting area and chat to parents as they are waiting. One volunteer per session.	Apply
Play Volunteer - Outpatients	Northern General Hospital	Mon Tue Fri Fri	1.30-4pm 1.30-4pm 9.30am-12pm 1.30-4pm	Working with play specialists to entertain and play with children who are waiting for their appointment at the Northern General Hospital in Fir Vale. Craft activities and general play. Cleaning toys and preparing resources.	Apply
Play Volunteer - Emergency Department	Emergency Department	Various	Most mornings, afternoons and evenings	Supporting and playing with children who are waiting to see a doctor/nurse or with their siblings to keep them entertained. Chatting to parents. General tidying up, cleaning toys, preparing resources, craft activities, charging iPads etc.	Apply
Play Volunteer - Wards	Medical and Surgical Wards	Various	am and pm	Play volunteers on the wards help the play specialists to deliver activities to patients either at their bedside or in a play room. You will help create displays on the ward and help clean toys and prepare resources. You will also need to be able to chat to parents and carers. Sometimes you may not have a play specialist with you so you need to be self-motivated and able to work on your own initiative. Reliability is very important.	Apply
Theatre Admissions Unit Volunteer	Theatre Admissions Unit	Various	7.30-10.30am or 11am-2pm	Supporting children and their parents/carers by chatting and playing with children as they wait to go to theatre for surgery. Also welcoming children back from theatre into the recovery area, giving snacks and drinks and preparing trolleys, changing laundry etc. This is a busy department requiring confident volunteers who can get stuck in.	Apply
Hospital Welcomer and Guide	Main Entrance and Outpatients Department	Various	Various	One of the busiest volunteer roles. Welcoming any visitor to the hospital and getting them to where they need to be. You will need a good head for directions and be able to be on your feet for a few hours. Plenty of walking to most departments in the hospital. You will help patients complete their self-service check-in on the touch screens and will get involved in patient experience activities. Requires confidence and big smiles. At busy times you may be asked to support a different outpatient department.	Apply
Speech and Language Support Volunteer	Various community venues including Ryegate Children's Centre	Various weekdays and term time only	am or pm	Welcoming children and their families as they come to see the speech therapists. Making refreshments, playing games with the children, setting up and clearing away, preparing resources.	Apply
Woodworking Volunteer	Ryegate Children's Centre	Mon Tue OR Wed	To be arranged with right candidate	Helping to finish off bespoke children’s furniture, sanding and painting.	Apply
Sewing / Embroidery Volunteer	Ryegate Children's Centre	To be arranged		Using an emroidery machine to stitch cartoon characters, football logos etc onto pressure garments used for our burns patients.	Apply
Admin Volunteer	Volunteer Services	To be arranged	am or pm	Supporting the Volunteer Services team by collating and collecting information from volunteers. Maintaining folders and supporting events etc. Also supporting other departments occasionally with surveys or events etc.	Apply
Admin Volunteer	Dermatology, 47 Wilkinson Street	Wed	pm	This department is looking for a volunteer who is great at IT and can do some non-patient typing and working on patient information leaflets plus basic tasks like stapling and photocopying.	Apply
Therapeutic Massage Volunteer	Throughout the hospital	Mon Fri	am or pm	You will need experience of neck and shoulder and hand massage. Over the clothes neck and shoulder massage and hand massages given to parents and carers on various wards across the hospital. All resources supplied. Aimed at easing stress and calming anxious parents.	Apply
League of Friends	Shop work and committee members	Any days/times	am and pm	The League of Friends are a charitable group who make and sell items within the hospital to raise funds for equipment and other things which benefit our patients. The shop is open every weekday and the committee meets monthly.	Apply
Friends and Family Test Volunteer	Throughout the hospital	Any weekday	am and pm	The Family and Friends test is a three-question survey which we use to improve our services. Volunteers need the confidence to approach families in outpatient departments to ask them to complete the survey on iPads. This is suitable for people who need flexibility with their times.	Apply
PALS Support	Outpatients Department	Thu	10am-2pm	Giving families information and supporting the PALS team with events, surveys etc.	Apply
Support Volunteer	Medical Daycare	Mon Wed Fri	9am-1pm	Various duties, creating/handing out bravery certificates	Apply

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