Mealtimes Volunteer
1 week ago
Mealtimes volunteer on adult wards
This role is available at Bristol Royal Infirmary.
Volunteers support a variety of wards, particularly those with older patients who require additional support at mealtimes, including encouragement to eat, cutting up food, and for some support with feeding. We are looking for Volunteers who are comfortable supporting patients in a ward environment.
Volunteers need to be aged 18 and over.
- Encouraging patients to eat, opening packets and pouring drinks, and helping patients to remain independent at mealtimes.
- Feeding patients when appropriate and as directed by senior nursing staff.
- Engaging in conversation with patients, building rapport to support eating and drinking
- Providing companionship to patients, particularly older patients and those with a dementia or cognitive impairment.
- Tidying bedside tables and offering hand wipes in preparation for the meal.
- Following staff direction, delivering meals to patients and clearing tables afterwards.
- Following meal time protocols.
- Completing patient food record charts.
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of
over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England.
UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forwardthinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local
and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the
countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of
children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a
workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients
Please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
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