• Job Description

  Req#: C9359-25-0231?language=en&page=777&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  Volunteers Needed!

  At MTW NHS Trust giving your time helps make a big difference to our patients.

  Volunteering is a two-way exchange of skills, and we want your volunteering with us to be a rewarding experience. Some of the main reasons to volunteer with us are:

  • Make a real, positive difference to our patients, their families, friends and relatives.
  • Give something back to your local community and NHS Trust.
  • You will be part of a team - as well as being part of our large volunteer team you will have a volunteer supervisor who will support you throughout your volunteering journey.
  • Learn new skills. Volunteering is a great way of developing lots of different types of skills, and in addition we will ensure that you are fully trained to carry out your role including access to core online training and ongoing development opportunities.
  • Improve your CV and gain some healthcare setting experience: many of our volunteers have found that volunteering significantly assisted them in finding employment and helped with university applications for healthcare related degrees.
  • Do something different, have fun and meet a variety of people.

  Main duties of the job

  Could you be a League of Friends Volunteer?

  We are currently looking for League of Friends Volunteers to support a variety of Departments to help us make a real difference to our service.

  This key role would involve:

  • Helping to run our hospital shop on a part-time weekly basis. If you can spare some hours each week to help run The League of Friends shop inside Maidstone Hospital.
  • This would include the following tasks; stocking shelves, date checking products, money handling, till work, and customer service.

  As a Volunteer you will be part of a strong dedicated Volunteering team, at the forefront of making our patients stay with us that little bit better.

  We can be very flexible and we will support and train you in your role.

  We would love to hear from you if you think you could be our next League of Friends Volunteer.

  About us

  Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust ranks among the top 10 NHS Trusts nationwide and was named the second-best Trust to work for in the South East in the 2023 NHS Staff Survey.

  We are a large acute hospital trust in south-east England, providing general hospital services and specialist care to around 600,000 residents in West Kent and East Sussex. With a dedicated and diverse team of over 8,000 staff we are proud to offer specialised cancer services to over two million people through the Kent Oncology Centre.

  Fordcombe Hospital, near Tunbridge Wells, became part of the Trust in October 2024. Specialising in planned care, it offers two operating theatres, 28 inpatient and day-care beds, diagnostic services (X-ray, MRI, CT, and endoscopy), and consultation/treatment rooms.

  Looking for flexible working?We are a flexible working-friendly organisation. Whether it's adjusting your hours or exploring other flexible arrangements, we want to work with you to find the best solution for you, our patients, and the Trust. Talk to us about how we can accommodate your working needs.

  Joining us includes a comprehensive benefits package:

  • At least 27 days of annual leave plus public/bank holidays (pro-rata for part-time staff).
  • Membership in the NHS Pension Scheme, with a 20.6% employer contribution and life assurance benefits
  • Blue Light card eligibility
  • And more, additional benefits can be found in the benefits documents below

  Date posted

  11 March 2025

  Pay scheme

  Other

  Salary

  Depending on experience Please note that this role is voluntary and not a paid role

  Contract

  Voluntary

  Working pattern

  Part-time

  Reference number

  359-VOL12185-U

  Job locations

  Maidstone Hospital

  Maidstone

  ME16 9QQ

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check atStandard Level.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check atStandard Level.

  Person Specification

  Experience

  Essential

  • Previous volunteering - people contact

  Skills

  Essential

  • Various skills or experience

  Motivation

  Essential

  • Commitment and drive to make a difference

  Desirable

  • Understands the role is to enhance patient care

  Person Specification

  Experience

  Essential

  • Previous volunteering - people contact

  Skills

  Essential

  • Various skills or experience

  Motivation

  Essential

  • Commitment and drive to make a difference

  Desirable

  • Understands the role is to enhance patient care

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust

  Address

  Maidstone Hospital

  Maidstone

  ME16 9QQ

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.mtw.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust

  Address

  Maidstone Hospital

  Maidstone

  ME16 9QQ

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.mtw.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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