Volunteers urgently required - can you help us?

University Hospitals Dorset urgently requires volunteers to help at our hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic, supporting staff in Poole and the Royal Bournemouth Hospitals.

As you may be aware, our hospitals are busier than ever and we are looking for a number of people who are able to give up their time for a few hours a week to help out in a mix of various roles:

Meet and Greet Volunteers – Stationed at the entrances to the hospitals these volunteers greet visitors and staff, ensuring that everybody sanitises their hands and is wearing a mask.

Vaccination Support Volunteers – We are currently very busy vaccinating staff in our hospitals against Covid-19, these volunteers support the vaccine clinics by helping with queue control and social distancing, directing to the correct areas and wiping down and sanitising the waiting areas.

Safety Guardian – A brand new role designed to take the pressure of staff in wards and clinical areas by keeping a watchful eye on the hospital corridors, supporting sanitisation of high touch areas and that any risks or faulty equipment are being swiftly reported.

Volunteers will be required to help for shifts 0800-1100, 1100-1400,1400-1700. You will be allocated to one of the roles above by the voluntary services staff.

None of these roles will require going into any wards or clinical areas or having direct patient contact. There will be patients with COVID-19 in our hospital wards.

You will need to complete this risk assessment to volunteer in our hospital during the pandemic. If your score is 'High' or 'Very high' we unfortunately would not be able to accept you as a volunteer at this time.

Training will be given and you can use your experience to obtain the National Volunteer Certificate details found https://volunteerlearning.community/guiding-volunteers/

If you are interested please email your details to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.