Volunteering

Inpatient Unit - Kitchen Volunteers

Hours: Shift pattern are: 10am-1.30pm, 1.00pm-4.30pm & 6.00pm-7.30pm - 7 days a week.

Location: Inpatient Unit, Spring Garden Lane, Berkhamsted

IPU Volunteers provide support to the kitchen staff by delivering meals and snacks to patients, collecting used crockery from patient rooms and washing up all staff & patient crockery and cutlery.  Volunteers in this role also provide a warm welcome to visitors when required. This allows catering staff to concentrate on food preparation, and nursing staff to concentrate on patient care. 

Full training provided. An enhanced DBS check will be required for this role.

“Since helping at the Hospice of St Francis I feel as though my life has been much enriched”

IPU Volunteer

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