Surgery Hand-holders - Friends of Moorfields
Friends of Moorfields
As a hand-holding volunteer you will be supporting anxious patients coming in for surgery. You will be available to chat to patients before their treatment to make sure they feel calm and reassured, answer any questions they may have and if required hold their hands while they are under sedation.
As a volunteer hand-holder you will be responsible for keeping our patients calm and comfortable when having surgery. This can include chatting with patients prior to surgery, accompanying them during their procedure and being on hand to support them. Our volunteers are currently based at Moorfields Eye Hospital, City Road but we will be relocating to our new site based at St. Pancras Way, NW1 0PE in summer 2027. At this current moment in time we do have good coverage at City Road so may not be able to give you the hand-holding role if we have coverage on the day/s & times free. If you are happy to join in another role while a space become available/can wait until the opening of the new site we should be able to give you a slot in this role. Friends of Moorfields volunteers perform an extremely important job ensuring that all patients who come to Moorfields feel comfortable, reassured and receive the best possible treatment regardless of the outcome of their appointment. We require all volunteers to undergo the recruitment process which includes some online training and a DBS check. All volunteers must be willing to commit to a minimum of 4 hours per week (morning or afternoon session) for 6 months. We will be happy to support volunteers with references/UCAS statements, training opportunities and looking for careers.
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Volunteers must be polite, empathetic and have good listening and communication skills. You will also need to be proactive and be happy to assist supporting people living with visual impairment/eye conditions.
All volunteers are entitled to claim for travel expenses and refreshment vouchers are provided for those who volunteer for 3 hours or more. We will happily provide references/UCAS statements for all volunteers and can provide support in finding work opportunities.
Every volunteer will need to be able to commit to a weekly slot of at least 3-4 hours between 7am/8am-5pm between Monday-Saturday for at least 6 months.
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162 City Road, London
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