Modbury GEM Ward (Geriatric Support) Volunteer - Northern Healthcare Association.

As a Ward Companion Volunteer, you'll experience the incredible reward of making a genuine difference in someone's day. Whether you're sharing a conversation, celebrating a birthday, helping a patient enjoy a favourite hobby or simply offering companionship to someone who has no visitors, your presence can reduce loneliness, lift spirits and bring comfort during a hospital stay. Along the way, you'll build meaningful connections, develop valuable communication and interpersonal skills, gain insight into the healthcare environment, and become part of a supportive volunteer community. Every smile you share, every activity you facilitate and every act of kindness helps create a more welcoming and compassionate hospital experience—for patients, families and yourself.

• Working under the direction of the Nurse Unit Manager/or identified personnel volunteers

• Provide non-clinical conversations with patients while sitting with them

• Spend time with patients and follow a schedule to assist in meaningful engagement activities

• Conduct programmed leisure activities or hobby groups that are deemed appropriate

• Support long stay patients and patients who do not have families

• Conduct Prem Survey

• Assist visitors to find relatives and friends on the ward

• Orientate patients, relatives and visitors to services and facilities on the ward & hospital (e.g. café, phones, car parking, gift shop, TV vouchers etc.)

• Replenish water jugs

• Refresh and arrange patient and ward flowers

• Stock blanket warmer

• Ensure patient and family fridge is suitably stock e.g. yoghurt, juices

• Plan, assist and execute significant occasions for patients, eg. Birthdays, anniversary’s and public occasions e.g. Australia Day, Anzac Day, Christmas day and other National cultural celebrations

• Implement the Breakfast Club when occurring

• Ensure public areas in ward such as lounges are tidy, clean and stocked as required e.g. maintain tea and coffee supplies

• Maintain diversional therapy cupboard e.g. ensuring it's kept tidy and equipment clean. Provide diversional therapy such as board games, cards, craft, café visits, sitting in the garden, walking within the hospital grounds

Applicants must be aged 18 years or older