NHS Lanarkshire Volunteering

Spiritual Care Volunteer

Provide a befriending service to patients and support spiritual care team.

Various locations throughout NHS Lanarkshire

Monday – Sunday, various times.

Volunteers will be expected to visit and provide a befriending service to patients in acute hospital wards and maintain contact with them during their inpatient stay in line with local on-site needs.
Volunteers will respect the patients’ personal beliefs and provide a basic level of emotional support.

There is no experience required for this role but the following attributes are desirable:

Although volunteers may be practising members of a religious faith, this is not essential to become a volunteer

Be good natured and patient
Be able to deal with people with personal belief systems that are different from your own
Be a good listener
Be able to maintain confidentiality
Be willing to attend regular support meetings
Be interested in working with people of all ages
Be able to work within Health and Safety and infection control protocols
Be able to relate well to people and be patient
Be able to spend time with patients who may not want to speak
Have good interpersonal skills

A named chaplain provides day-to-day support for volunteers on site.
Support can also be provided from the NHS Lanarkshire Voluntary Services team. You can contact the team at HRVolunteering@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk. This mailbox is monitored Monday-Friday 9am-5pm. Alternatively, you can call 07966296367.

Travel expenses can be claimed in line with NHS Lanarkshire policy.
In order to claim expenses all receipts must be provided when submitting expense claim.
Please contact the team for more support in claiming back expenses.

For more information about volunteering with NHS Lanarkshire contact:

Erin Macqueen – Voluntary Services Manager
Email: HRVolunteering@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk

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