Volunteer - Radiotherapy

As a Radiotherapy Support Volunteer, you will play a crucial role in providing comfort, support, and information to patients attending their appointments. Your presence will help create a welcoming atmosphere and alleviate any anxiety or concerns they may have about their treatment.
By engaging with patients, you will enhance their overall experience and contribute to reducing feelings of isolation and loneliness during what can be a challenging time., Here's what you'll be doing:
Offer a warm and reassuring presence to patients attending their appointments.
Provide information and guidance to patients regarding their appointments and procedures.
Engage in friendly conversations with patients while they are waiting and during their treatment, if desired.
Listen attentively to patients' concerns and provide empathetic support as needed.
Collaborate with healthcare staff to ensure patients' needs are met and any questions are addressed.

· Ability to provide reassurance and support to individuals experiencing stress or anxiety.
· Excellent communication skills
· Respect for patient confidentiality and sensitivity to their emotions.
Willingness to undertake training

We have 200 fantastic volunteers working hard to support the services that we deliver to our patients. As a Trust, we help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.
Volunteering with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.
You'll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you'd never have done. You'll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills.
You'll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care and enhancing their experience which means our volunteers are pivotal and something really to be proud of.