Be a
Meet and Greet Volunteer
As a meet and greet volunteer, you’ll ensure all patients and visitors have a warm and friendly welcome to Nottinghamshire Hospice. You’ll move between different areas of the hospice to help with the smooth running of the drop-in café and the Therapy and Wellbeing Service.
Recruitment for this voluntary role is temporarily on hold, please check back regularly for updates.
In the meantime, why not consider volunteering in one of our charity shops
What you’ll be doing
• Welcoming patients and visitors as they arrive.
• Ensure visitors are signed in and out of the building and are aware of the fire procedure.
• Informing staff and volunteers when their visitors arrive.
• Providing information about Hospice services.
• Putting patients/visitors at their ease, making drinks for them, chatting to them and making sure they feel comfortable.
• Supporting the café and Therapy and Wellbeing service with other tasks eg managing the appointment diary.
• Support the unit manager with daily operations.
Who we’re looking for
You’ll need:
• To be age 18 or over.
• Excellent communication skills, a friendly personality, and confidence in dealing with the public.
• Good attention to detail.
• Ability to multi-task, use your initiative and work within a busy environment.
• Reliability, flexibility and willingness to be part of a team and to work by yourself.
• Discretion and the ability to maintain confidentiality.
• An awareness of boundaries and the ability to cope with emotional distress in a healthy manner.
• A level of fitness and ability to cope with a busy day.
To apply for this role, please fill in the form below or get in touch on:
0115 910 1008 option 4
volunteering@nottshospice.org
You’ll need to be aged 18 or over to apply and some roles will require a DBS check prior to you starting, to ensure there is nothing on the record which may make you unsuitable. If a check is needed it will be mentioned when you apply.
Nottinghamshire Hospice is fully committed to supporting and promoting equality, diversity and inclusion best practice within our staff and volunteer workforce, as well as with our patients and supporters. We warmly welcome those from all backgrounds – this diversity is important for our journey and values and enriches the services we offer.
We particularly welcome applicants from minoritised ethnic communities, LGBTQ+ communities, applicants under the age of 40, applicants with disabilities, and male applicants for clinical roles, as they are currently under-represented within our workforce.
