Volunteering with us

DISCHARGE RESPONSE VOLUNTEER – age 18+

Our Discharge Response Volunteers (DRV) help our patients and our staff. We need volunteers in our hospitals to help wards and pharmacy, supporting with getting patients home.

This role is at the Alexandra Hospital, Redditch.

If you are interested in applying, please download and complete the application form and send it to wah-tr.volunteers@nhs.net, or you can ring the team on: 01905 733159.

Peony Volunteers

Worcestershire Acute Hospital NHS Trust is proud to be working in partnership with the Anne Robson Trust charity to create a volunteer service focussed on supporting people nearing the end of their life.

The charity enables hospitals to set up and run teams of specialist volunteers to provide bedside companionship to patients in their final days and hours, and emotional support to the patients’ visitors. The work these volunteers do is vital in supporting people facing the end of their life and those around them.

To learn more about the service and referrals, contact Rachel Colthurst, Peony Volunteer Co-ordinator at: rachel.colthurst@nhs.net

We ask all volunteers to give regular hours to support our patients and staff and that you commit initially to volunteer for a minimum of 6 months. Hours are flexible – some of our volunteers come in once a week for three or more hours, with many coming in more than once a week.

Before you become a volunteer you will be asked to complete E-Learning for Health modules and invited to an online welcome session at the Trust via Microsoft Teams.

Training is compulsory as we have a duty of care to our patients and to you. It is important for us to know that you have the necessary information to carry out volunteer activities in a safe manner and patients are not put at risk.  While you are a volunteer you will need to attend yearly update training on selected topics, and role specific training will be given for the Discharge Response Volunteer opportunity.

We will apply for two references and for an enhanced DBS (police) check.

Yes, our volunteers designed the uniforms with us and we ask everyone wears this so that they can be easily identified by patients, carers and staff.  All volunteers are issued with an ID badge.

Yes, free parking is provided for all of our volunteers.

If you are interested in volunteering, please contact us on: wah-tr.volunteers@nhs.net. The volunteer office number is +44 (0)1905 733159.

To apply to volunteer with us, you can download and complete an application form and return it to: wah-tr.volunteers@nhs.net.

We are also looking for people interested in joining the Patient and Public Forum. People who join the forum are patient representatives. We invite members to visit our hospitals and take a look at the environment and the patient experience. They will be asked to work with us to find out where we are working well and where we can continue to improve. Members meet regularly as a group and work on specific projects as well as working in partnership with the Trust in lots of different ways.

If you are interested, please contact us on:wah-tr.volunteers@nhs.net. The volunteer office number is +44 (0)1905 733159

Susan The Volunteer

Hazel And Ken