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Job summary

Main area
Volunteer
Grade
Volunteer
Contract
Voluntary
Hours
  • Flexible working
  • Other
Monday - Friday
Job ref
376-VOL-088
Employer
Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Monarch House
Town
Scunthorpe
Closing
22/10/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust logo

Admin Support Volunteer

Volunteer

Job overview

To support with central administration contacting patients to remind them of their appointments.  Improving patient and staff experience by providing administrative support in areas where there is increased demand or where extra support will make an effective contribution to day to day running of services.

***If you require any support with applications or submitting any information, please contact [email protected] for details of drop-in support sessions with the Volunteer team***

Main duties of the job

The volunteer is required to work within the list of tasks identified as follows:

·    Responding to enquiries in a polite manner and ensuring an appropriate response is initiated.

·       Reception Duties.

·       Answering telephones.

·       Photocopying.

·       Filing.

·       Confidential shredding.

·       Delivering and collecting documents around the site.

·       Collation of patient packs/information.

·       Report any concerns to the Supervisor / Service Manager.

·       Ad-hoc administration duties required to support admin function.

Working for our organisation

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 4000 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.

We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.

We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values. Please view our Strategy using the link below:

https://www.rdash.nhs.uk/documents/clinical-and-organisational-strategy-2023-to-2028/

To find out more about working for RDaSH and the fantastic benefits we offer visit our website:

https://workwithrdash.co.uk/ 

We are committed to inclusive cultures and really value people in our organisation, view our Allyship video on YouTube to find out more:

https://youtu.be/WMJSkLoTk4Q

The main terms and conditions of service can be found here:

https://www.nhsemployers.org/publications/tchandbook

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if there are a high amount of applications 

 

Person specification

Skills

Essential criteria
  • To be punctuable and reliable
  • Be able to work as a member of a team
  • To behave professionally and treat others with dignity and respect at all times and adhere to the principles of the Trusts Equality and Diversity Policy
  • Good listening skills with a warm, friendly and professional approach
  • Computer literate and experience with handling telephone calls

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Listening into Action (LiA)Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyAge positiveWorkplace Wellbeing Charter LogoArmed Forces Covenant (Silver Award)Disability confident employerCare Leaver CovenantStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Application numbers

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive a high number of applications.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Deborah Short
Job title
Admin Lead
Email address
[email protected]
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