Clinic Volunteer - Shrublands Health Centre

Get InVOLved Norfolk; Great Yarmouth; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health organization in Great Yarmouth is seeking volunteers to provide practical support at the Leg Ulcer Clinic. The role includes greeting patients, assisting those with mobility issues, and supporting staff. Ideal candidates should be aged 16 or over and possess good interpersonal skills. Volunteers will gain experience in a healthcare setting while enhancing patient experiences. Flexible hours are available on Friday afternoons from 2-4pm, with training provided.

Benefits

Reimbursement of costs

Qualifications

• No specific qualifications required; must be 16 or over.
• Ability to greet and assist patients.
• Good interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Greeting patients and collecting them from the waiting room.
• Helping less mobile patients to remove coats and shoes.
• Providing practical support to staff such as fetching stock.
• Helping to clean the clinic room between patients.

Job description

Summary

Volunteers provide practical support to the nurses at the Leg Ulcer Clinic at Shrublands Health Centre, Gorleston, Great Yarmouth.

Detailed description

Volunteers support the clinicians at the Leg Ulcer Clinic at Shrublands Health Centre, providing a range of practical and administrative help. This role offers volunteers the opportunity to gain experience in a healthcare setting, as well as to contribute to improving patients' experience. This role is suitable for people aged 16 and over.

Tasks may vary, but are likely to include:

• Greeting patients and collecting them from the waiting room.
• Helping less mobile patients to remove coats and shoes.
• Providing practical support to staff such as fetching stock.
• Helping to clean the clinic room between patients.

The clinic runs on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Currently we are looking for a volunteer for Friday afternoons 2-4pm.

If following the welcome call you want to progress your application we'll then carry out our recruitment checks and you'll be asked to sign up to a half day induction training session (this takes place in Lowestoft).

You'll be asked to provide the names of two non-family members who can provide a character reference and we will carry out an Enhanced Level Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) with Barred List check. If you have previous convictions these will not necessarily prevent you from volunteering and we would still welcome your application. We assess any criminal record disclosures on a case by case basis and you will be supported through the application process by a volunteer coordinator.

What we will provide to volunteers

💸 Reimbursement of costs

Getting there

About East Coast Community Healthcare

East Coast Community Healthcare CIC (ECCH) is a staff‑owned social enterprise, providing community-based NHS services in Norfolk and Suffolk. We have contracts with the NHS and two county councils. At least 70,000 people are registered as service users with ECCH.