Volunteers, Healthcare

Volunteers

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The closing date is 09 February 2026

Are you looking for a rewarding opportunity?

Would you like to volunteer in one of Yorkshire's leading acute trusts, serving a population of more than 440,000 across South Yorkshire, North Nottinghamshire and the surrounding areas?

Doncaster & Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is just the place for you!

We are extremely proud of our team of volunteers, who help us in our goal to provide the best quality of care for patients in Doncaster and Bassetlaw and we are looking for people to join our expanding Volunteer Workforce.

We are have various roles available across our Trust:

• Meet and Greet Volunteers
• Ward Volunteers
• ESAC (Emergency Surgical Assessment Care) Volunteers
• Library Volunteers

We are looking for people with:

• Willingness to help and support staff and patients
• Able to liaise with professional staff at all levels
• Able to demonstrate empathy and compassion
• Adaptable and willing to learn
• Punctual and reliable
• Able to work independently and as part of a team
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment
• Understand the need for confidentiality
• Commitment to uphold trust core values and NHS policies
• Comfortable in a clinical environment with patients that may be anxious, distressed or acutely unwell
• Ability to show sensitivity, tact, diplomacy and understanding especially in stressful/emotional situations

Volunteering with us gives you:

• Structure to your day and a sense of achievement
• A challenge and an opportunity for personal development
• An opportunity to learn new skills or to use your lifetime skills
• The opportunity to meet others and to make social contacts
• The chance to get to know your local hospital and gain an understanding of how healthcare is provided.

If you are wanting any further information or to apply for this role please contact Nicola Ramshaw on

• Calm and composed
• Punctual and reliable

• Comfortable in a clinical environment with patients that may be anxious, distressed or acutely unwell
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment

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.

Doncaster & Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS FT