Aintree University hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has 700 + volunteers to lend a helping hand
Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust currently has more than 700 volunteers drawn from all over Merseyside. Approximately 15% of the volunteers at Aintree have some form of disability.Once a volunteer has worked 100 hours in a reliable and committed manner they can receive help from the Volunteer Management Team to complete their UCAS for Nursing and Midwifery Admission. They receive coaching in interview techniques. The Volunteer Scheme and the School of Health Studies work together to recruit for nurse training and in five years around 700 volunteers have been accepted on to nurse training within Aintree Hospitals. In addition nearly 400 volunteers have found paid employment within the Trust in various roles.
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- A room with a view - Surroundings
- Are you sitting comfortably - Physical comfort
- Cleanliness is next to godliness - hygeine
- Food glorious food - Appetising food
- Getting to know you - Communication
- It's childsplay - All about children
- Let me entertain you - Coping with boredom
- Pleased to meet you - The welcome
- Relatively speaking - Relatives and carers
- The waiting game - Waiting rooms
- There's no place like home - Going home
- Trumpet voluntary - All about volunteers
- A death in the family - Empathy and compassion
- Long Term Care - The long and winding road
- Mobility - Getting there
