Activities in this role will usually include:
· Delivering meals and drinks to patients
· Offering refreshments and snacks to patients and visitors
· Making sure patients have a clean space to eat their meal
· Socialising/chatting with patients and their families during refreshment and mealtimes
· Clearing dishes away at the end of the meal
· Taking food and drink orders
· Setting up and clearing dining areas and food preparation areas
· Assisting with washing up and loading/unloading the dishwasher
· Stock taking and organising the ward kitchen area
· Replenishing the lounge drinks machine and snacks area
· Reporting any issues or feedback to the nursing or kitchen team

This role does not include any patient care or assisting patients to eat their meals.

We hope you’ll volunteer 3 - 6 hours a week, but all our roles are flexible to suit you.

You might not have experience of everything on this list. That’s fine; finding the right person is more important to us than ticking all the boxes. We hope you’ll:
· Have a warm, friendly, and caring approach
· Be able to follow instructions and work well as part of a team in a busy area of the hospice
· Understand kitchen and hygiene requirements
· Understand of the limits of the role (it does not involve personal care)
· Be open-minded about different lifestyles and values
· Understand how important confidentiality is
· Have plenty of energy, enthusiasm and a friendly manner