Evening Mealtime Support - Caroline House, Colman Hospital

As a mealtime support volunteer, you will be providing practical support to ward staff by helping to prepare patients for mealtime, making sure they have everything the need, and helping to serve meals and tidy up afterwards. You will also support visitors, by listening out for the door bell and welcoming visitors to the ward.

By carrying out this role you will be enabling staff to maximise the amount of time they can spend focusing on patients. You will also be able to provide patients with companionship and an opportunity to socialise.

Activities you may be asked to carry out in this role:

• Tidying/cleaning tables before and after meals
• Serving meals
• Making sure everything is in reach
• Spending time with individual patients, providing companionship
• Help staff with other basic non-clinical tasks
• Helping to feed patients (optional)- further training required
• Welcoming visitors to the ward, supporting them to check-in, observe infection control measures and escorting them to patient's bedside or seating area.

This is an evening role only, you will be expected to commit to a weekly session, arriving promptly to help with the meal service at 5pm.

To volunteer in this role you will need to provide us with 2 references, complete a DBS check and complete mandatory training.