Shop Volunteer at Blyth Community Hospital

Bright Northumbria Healthcare Charity is looking for enthusiastic, friendly volunteers to support our lovely hospital shop at Blyth Community Hospital between 10-3 Monday to Friday.

As a shop volunteer, you’ll help provide a warm welcome to patients, visitors and staff, assist with serving customers, and support the smooth running of this much loved service. 

What tasks can this role include?

– Making and serving hot drinks, operation the till, stacking shelves and sandwich cabinets, selling newspapers, toiletries

– Building up a relationship with patients/families

– Providing a service to hospital staff, patients, and visitors

– Befriending patients

✨ Full training and support provided

✨ A great way to meet new people and give something back to your community

✨ Gain experience in health and social care

✨ Make friendships with fellow volunteers

✨ Give patients and visitors a reason to smile

If you’d like to get involved or find out more, we’d love to hear from you. Find out more: [email protected]

Become a Bright volunteer and help make a brighter day for everyone who uses our hospitals.

What skills do I need?

About Bright Northumbria Healthcare Charity

Bright Northumbria is a registered charity which was formed in 1998. Donations make it possible for us to support a number of projects which can make a huge difference to our patients and staff. We aim to bring a little brightness to the world and improve the patient experience for those accessing Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust’s services as well as allowing our staff to provide the very best care. We have helped to fund a huge range of projects across Northumbria Healthcare. From creating calm sanctuaries for staff and patients, to transforming ward spaces to make patients with Alzheimer’s feel safer. Our communities are at the heart of everything we do.

When do I need to be available?

	Morning	Afternoon	Evening
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday

Details

Monday to Friday. 10am-3pm.

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