King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Volunteering
Create a free account to applySupport patients and visitors across four hospital sites through practical, non-clinical roles, including guiding people, answering phones, mealtime support and Pets As Therapy visits.
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust offers volunteering roles that help improve the experience of patients and visitors across its hospitals. Volunteers provide practical support to staff, but they do not carry out clinical work or act as work experience placements.
The programme is open to people from a wide range of backgrounds who want to contribute to a friendlier, more comfortable hospital environment.
Typical roles include admin support, meeter and greeter duties, outpatient support, mealtime support, patient engagement activities and Pets As Therapy visits. Volunteers may help with filing, answering phones, guiding people around the hospital, offering reassurance, or supporting patients during their visit.
The Trust says volunteers should be dependable, proactive and able to listen carefully.
Volunteering is based at King’s College Hospital in Denmark Hill, Princess Royal University Hospital in Bromley, Orpington Hospital and Beckenham Beacon. Applicants should be able to commit regularly, and those under 18 need parental consent.
The Trust also supports students who want to use volunteering towards UCAS applications, although references are only available after the required hours have been completed.
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- Minimum age 16.
- Applicants under 18 require a parental consent form.
- You need to be able to give at least three hours of your time each week for at least six months.
- Applicants must live locally to the hospitals.
- Residents of the London Boroughs, Surrey and Kent are welcomed for the Princess Royal University and South Site hospitals.
- You need to be confident, enthusiastic, reliable, self-starting, and able to show empathy, listening, observation, initiative and attention to detail.
- There are no short-term volunteering opportunities that can only be done over the summer.
- To be eligible for a UCAS reference, volunteers must complete a minimum of 62.5 hours over 6 months.
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