Voluntary services

Our volunteers are part of the team here at Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (BTHFT) and are extremely valuable, making a real difference to the experience of our patients, their carers and families and our staff. The various skills, knowledge and experience volunteers bring, makes a real difference to our trust services, complementing the work of our paid staff.

At Bradford Teaching Hospitals, we are excited to offer a range of volunteering roles, providing rewarding opportunities for people from all backgrounds across a wide age range.

Why volunteer?

We welcome applications from a wide audience, to reflect the diversity of our communities and acknowledge the various reasons why people want to volunteer with us.

You may have specific skills and experience you would like to share to support other people across our services. Alternatively, maybe you’d like to gain skills and experience in the NHS, giving you an insight into our various career opportunities. Or you may simply want to give something back to the NHS and make a real difference to the experience of our patients.

Whatever your reason for volunteering, we will ensure you have all the training you require and support you on your volunteer journey with us.

Age and commitment

Whilst you need to be 18+ years old for the majority of our volunteer roles, we do have some opportunities suitable for 16+ years old, and in certain cases some roles may even be suitable for a younger age group. Please refer to the specific volunteer opportunities for the age requirement.

We ask that you can commit to a minimum of 6 months volunteering in your role, unless otherwise stated on the role description.

Current volunteer opportunities

We have a range of volunteer opportunities available. Please click here for our latest vacancies.

If you do not see anything that interests you at this time, we recruit to new volunteer roles periodically throughout the year, so please check back regularly.

Please be aware we do not deal with any work experience. If you are interested in work experience, please contact work.experience@bthft.nhs.uk.

Recruitment

Our volunteer recruitment journey

Before you apply it may be helpful for you to be aware of our recruitment process.

Application

You can directly apply for our roles online, or if this is not accessible for you, please ring us on 01274 364309 and we can provide a paper application form.

Informal interviews

Once we have received your application, we will review all applications after the closing date and to ensure we have the right fit, we will carry out informal interviews. We do however, get a large number of applications for our volunteer roles so unfortunately we cannot guarantee all applications will get through to interview. If you haven’t heard back from us within 1 month of the closing date, we would encourage you to keep an eye out for any future opportunities.

Recruitment checks

To ensure we have a safe and positive environment for our volunteers, patients, visitors and staff, we carry out recruitment checks for every volunteer at Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust.

This will include:

References
Identity check
Occupational Health check
DBS check – should the role require one

The references you provide should cover a 12 month period and not be completed by a family member.

Induction training

At Bradford Teaching Hospitals we pride ourselves on providing a robust, mandatory volunteer induction training package which all volunteers must complete before starting in their roles. Our induction covers a variety of modules to ensure that all volunteers joining our organisation have the correct level of information to carry out their role safely.

Some roles may require additional training, however we will ensure you are informed of what’s expected during your interview.

You will be required to keep your training up to date throughout your volunteering journey with us.

Starting your volunteer role

Once all your recruitment checks and training are complete we will introduce you to the service you will be volunteering for and you will receive a local induction. Once this is complete, a start date will be arranged.

You will be allocated a staff member to support you in your role, however the Voluntary Services Team is always available to provide ongoing support throughout your volunteering.