Below is a summary of the tasks of a Clinical Hospital Volunteer.

Activities with Patients:

•  Providing a reading/writing service where appropriate.
• Engaging in general conversation with patients.
•  Encouraging and supporting patients with activities such as reading, looking at photographs, watching video, listening to audio.
•  Assisting patients with daily tasks e.g. making meal choices, remembering physio exercise, planning the day’s activities
•  Helping patients to remain mentally and physically active.

Activities that support Patients:

• Sitting with palliative care patients.
• Taking patients outside when appropriate to experience the hospital grounds.
• Accompanying appropriate patients to OPD appointments within the hospital.
•  Directing relatives to patients or staff.
•  Assisting patients with the portable telephone and relaying telephone messages to patients.
• Assisting with the preparation for meal times.
•  Accompanying patients to the day room.
• Assisting with hand washing prior to meals.
• Preparing patients’ bedside area for meals.
• Encouraging patients to eat and drink, following guidance from the clinical team

Environmental Activities

•  Tidying the day room following activities.

Patient Experience Activities

• Assisting patients with feedback questionnaires and/or comments cards.
• Providing feedback on behalf of patients/visitors to staff.

Join the opportunity: https://powys.volunteering-wales.net/volunteers/opportunity/10181778