Volunteer Co-ordinator

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Salisbury Specialist Palliative Care Service as Volunteer Co-ordinator. The Volunteer coordinator plays an integral part in the management and development of the volunteer service across all parts of the Palliative Care Services and will be involved in all elements of the volunteer programme from recruitment, placement, retention, and recognition of volunteers.

The post holder will work within the administrative team supporting the Matron, Service Manager and Consultant lead and develop the Palliative Care Volunteer Service. They will co-ordinate and maintain all voluntary activities, as well as leading the training and development of volunteer staff.

The Volunteer Co-ordinator will ensure the provision and maintenance of all voluntary activities across the Salisbury Hospice Service. They will provide volunteer support, helping to promote the individualised care of patients and their families / carers. The role is vital to ensuring the recruitment, management and continuation of our volunteer services, as well as act as a single point of liaise for all volunteers across the service. It is an exciting opportunity for someone who would like to contribute to the valuable work that the Specialist Palliative team deliver, working withing a busy and rewarding role.

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.