Volunteering

Airedale NHS Foundation Trust acknowledges the valuable contribution made by volunteers and regards them as part of the hospital team. They provide a wide range of dedicated services for patients and visitors.

• All volunteers are formally screened through the Voluntary Services Department and understand the issues around confidentiality and equal opportunities
• All volunteers are CRB (police) checked
• All volunteers are health screened through Employee Health and Wellbeing Services
• Volunteers sign an agreement with Airedale NHS Foundation Trust and are issued with a volunteer identity badge
• Volunteers are required to undertake any training which is deemed through a training needs analysis to be essential to their work as volunteers
• Volunteers working directly with hospital staff must have their activity included in that department's Risk Assessment
• Volunteers are invited to be involved in any of over 40 different volunteer activities and placements are available on all days of the week
• The activities which volunteers carry out are different to the work of paid staff and are specifically designed to enhance the quality of a patient's stay in Airedale General Hospital. Volunteers will not be used to cover any staff shortages or to displace the role of paid employees

If you would like to know more there are various documents available from the Voluntary Services Department.