Volunteering
Volunteering with University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS
Foundation Trust
Thank you for your interest in volunteering with us, either at
the Bristol city-centre hospitals or at Weston General
Hospital.
Our volunteers, and the roles they carry out, all have the aim
of helping to make patients' and visitors' time in our hospitals a
bit easier.
Hospital sites covered by Voluntary Services
Bristol Dental Hospital, Bristol Eye Hospital, Bristol
Haematology & Oncology Centre, Bristol Heart Institute, Bristol
Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Central
Health Clinic, South Bristol Community Hospital, St Michael's
Hospital, Weston General Hospital.
Volunteering and the COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the number of volunteers we
can currently have within our hospitals, and the roles they carry
out. For information on how to apply to the roles we are recruiting
for, please visit the UHBW jobs page.
We regularly review the roles that volunteers can safely
undertake within our hospitals, and are looking at roles that could
be carried out remotely. If we are not recruiting for new
volunteers at the moment, or the role/s is not one you wish to
apply for, please do keep checking back on the link above.
How to apply
When we are recruiting for new volunteers, details of the roles
available and access to the application process can be found
on the UHBW jobs page.
Please read the details of each role carefully to make sure you
can meet our requirements for skills and abilities, and that your
availability matches when the volunteering role takes place.
Please fill in your application form fully and carefully as we
cannot progress incomplete forms.
Application process
Throughout the recruitment process we will assess your skills
and abilities, and how they fit with the volunteering roles we have
available. We will also complete various recruitment checks,
including references and identity/right to be in the UK, and for
some roles we carry out a criminal record check (Disclosure and
Barring Service). Each volunteer role description states if a
Disclosure and Barring Service check is required, and if it is, at
what level.
Once all recruitment checks are completed satisfactorily and we
have a role available that matches your skills, abilities and
availability, we will arrange induction training. This training
includes mandatory and statutory topics and is completed prior to
starting your volunteering. Currently this training is delivered
online.
Commitment to your volunteering role
For all roles we ask for a commitment of at least 50 hours of
volunteering service, usually through two to four hours of
volunteering each week for six months. Some volunteering
roles can be carried out during the evening and/or at
weekends. Please see individual role descriptions for further
information when the volunteering can take place.
Support for you
We want you to enjoy your volunteering and to settle into your
role quickly. Over the first few volunteering sessions,
volunteers complete a competency document; the competencies
describe the main tasks and behaviours we expect volunteers to
achieve and feel confident in. You will also be given a
reflective diary. The reflective diary is for you to use as
you feel appropriate; you may find it helpful to record how your
volunteering experience progresses and what you learn from
it.
Contact us
By email: volunteering@uhbw.nhs.uk
By telephone: 0117 34 21530 (Main Bristol office)
01934 647005 (Weston office)
Hours: 8.00am - 3.00pm (Monday to Friday)
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