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Location
Salary
Volunteer
Profession
Healthcare support worker
Deadline
08 Apr 2026
Contract Type
Voluntary: Volunteer
Posted Date
31 Mar 2026

Job overview

Based in the Children's Outpatient within Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, you will provide a warm welcome and support to patients and visitors attending appointments in the department.

Main duties of the job

  • Providing a friendly welcome to patients and visitors to the clinic.
  • Engaging with staff to support the flow of patients during their time spent in our hospitals, updating parents/carers with waiting times.
  • Signposting parents/carers to other support and services, as required.
  • Restocking and providing resources i.e. leaflets or activity packs and preparing information packs, where applicable.
  • Keeping parents/carers and patients company, engaging in conversation and utilising resources, where available.
  • Providing water to parents/carers and patients when agreed by staff.
  • Locating wheelchairs and taking them to the clinic for use by parents/carers, as requested.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the Role Profile document attached to this vacancy.