# Patient Council Volunteer Co-rdinator

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust.

## Canonical URLs

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Trust Headquarters, Woodfield House
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Volunteer
- **Salary:** N/A Volunteer
- **Contract type:** Voluntary
- **Employment type:** Flexible working - 7.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-15T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-09-03T10:51:57.269Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/South_Yorkshire/Aughton/Rotherham_Doncaster_South_Humber_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Community_mental_health_services/Community_mental_health_services-v8133777
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8133777?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.rdash.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

This is a new and exciting role for the volunteer to support the clinical leadership team with a new peer-led patient council. They will support in engaging patients with providing feedback regarding their experience within the service and be a big part of developing and facilitating the patient council alongside the clinicians.

### Main duties of the job

The volunteer is required to work within the list of tasks identified as follows:

- Responding to enquiries in a polite manner and ensuring an appropriate response is initiated.
- Contacting patients about the patient council
- Supporting with scheduling talks/topics for patient council sessions
- Supporting with the logistics of organising the patient council.
- Capturing feedback from the meetings
- Printing and posting letters associated with this
- Photocopying
- Filing
- Confidential shredding
- Report any concerns to the Supervisor / Service Manager
- Ad-hoc administration duties required to support admin function

Collation of data and use of Microsoft packages

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

- Contacting patients to inform them of upcoming patient council
- Organising talks/topics for patient council sessions
- Writing minutes for the meeting.
- To be punctual and reliable
- Good listening skills with a warm, friendly and professional approach.
- To adhere to the dress code for the area in which they volunteer. To aid recognition by staff, patients, service users and visitors you must always wear your ID badge.
- Be able to work as a member of a team.

To behave professionally and always treat others with dignity and respect and adhere to the principles of the Trusts Equality and Diversity Policy

### Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

## Person Specification

### Skills

**Essential**

- Punctual and reliable
- Organisation skills
- Written communication
- IT skills
- Confidence on the telephone

**Desirable**

- Experience facilitating groups

## Documents

- [main terms and conditions (pdf, 406.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2515)
- [peer council support volunteer (pdf, 384.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10580813)
- [rdash clinical & organisational strategy - 2023 to 2028 (pdf, 4.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2789)
- [use of artificial intelligence (ai) when writing job applications (pdf, 280.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2919)

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