Retail Volunteer at Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust.

Job overview

☕ Volunteer in Our Hospital Café – Make a Difference with Every Cup! ☕

Are you friendly, reliable, and looking to give back to your community? Join our team as a Café Volunteer at Tameside & Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust and help create a warm, welcoming space for patients, visitors, and staff.

📍 Location: Tameside & Glossop Hospital, Fountain Street, Ashton-Under-Lyne OL6 9RW 🕒 Shifts: Flexible – mornings, afternoons, or weekends 🧍‍♀️ Age Requirement: 16+

🍰 What You’ll Be Doing:

• Serving hot and cold drinks, snacks, and light meals
• Operating the till and handling payments
• Keeping the café clean, tidy, and well-stocked
• Providing a friendly face and a listening ear to customers

🌟 Why Volunteer With Us?

• Gain valuable experience in hospitality and customer service
• Build confidence and meet new people
• Be part of a supportive, caring team
• Know that your time helps raise vital funds for hospital services

🧑‍🍳 No Experience Needed!

We provide full training and ongoing support. All you need is a positive attitude and a willingness to help.

Main duties of the job

• Serving hot and cold drinks, snacks, and light meals
• Operating the till and handling payments
• Keeping the café clean, tidy, and well-stocked
• Providing a friendly face and a listening ear to customers

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Role description and main responsibilities

We expect our volunteers to be presentable, smart and always wearing your volunteer uniform and ID badge. All of our volunteers must comply with the Trust’s Values and Behaviours at all times.

Our values are:

• Compassion
• Accountability
• Respect
• Excellence

Key requirements

• Aged 16 years or above and able to commit to volunteering for minimum 4 hours per day for at least six months
• Reliable and punctual
• Understand the importance of confidentiality and following procedures
• Willing to undertake any necessary training
• To be confident when communicating with patients, visitors, staff and members of the general public.
• Friendly and approachable
• Patient and people focused
• Respectful
• Able to work independently and use initiative