Job Description
Would you like a volunteer role supporting our patients?
We are looking for Out-Patient Support Volunteers on a Thursday and Friday afternoon between 1.30pm and 4pm. The role will involve welcoming patients, serving refreshments and informing patients about the various activities on offer. For further details, please see the role profile below.
If you would like to chat further please contact Shona Eyre on 0113 218 5294 or email shona.eyre@st-gemma.co.uk
About the team: The Outpatients team at St Gemma’s Hospice provides additional support to patients and their families who choose to remain at home during their illness. Our outpatient sessions offer a welcoming and therapeutic environment where service users can access creative therapy activities, wellbeing support, emotional support, and appointments with specialist doctors and therapists.
As a volunteer, you will become part of a dedicated team of over 20 volunteers who help make these services possible. This includes volunteers supporting outpatient sessions, volunteer drivers who bring patients to appointments and sessions at the Hospice, Art Therapy Volunteers, Music Engagement Volunteers, and our Pets as Therapy Volunteers and their therapy dogs. Together, the team helps create a supportive, compassionate, and enriching experience for patients and their families.