Hospital voluntary work covers a wide range of activities, with opportunities for volunteers to help at all of Wirral's NHS Hospitals.

Some volunteers work on the wards assisting with meals and serving refreshments, looking after plants and flowers, talking with patients and helping with some clerical duties. Others get involved in the Hospital Welcoming service, assisting reception staff, guiding people to hospital departments and dealing with enquiries.

Volunteers also help in the tea bars, shops, outpatient departments and the chaplaincy teams. Volunteers at St. Catherine's Hospital can help with home visits for outpatients and administration in a number of departments.

People who have an interest in music and radio could get involved with the hospital radio stations at Arrowe Park and Clatterbridge. There are opportunities for broadcasting, working in the record library and collecting music request from the patients. Some people who started as volunteers in the hospital radios now work for independent radio stations.

There are also opportunities for volunteers who may want to work with patients on an individual basis by assisting in computer classes at Clatterbridge, getting involved in therapeutic activities or visiting and supporting patients in aftercare schemes.

There are a number of organisations that offer domestic care services, usually for older or disabled people. These could involve helping with shopping, house work and personal care. Bebington CVS Village Care supports residents around the Bebington area and there are other organisations that support various communities across Wirral.

 

Call Nikki on 0151 644 7577 for more information