Volunteer at Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Here at Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust, we are committed to providing volunteering opportunities for people who are passionate about giving back to their local community. As a volunteer, we require your positive energy, skills, and commitment to help us to enhance the experience for our patients, visitors, and staff.
Our Volunteers are celebrated members of the T&GICFT family. They make a unique and valuable contribution to patients, carers, relatives, visitors and staff and play a vital role in our services. Not only do our volunteers share their time and expertise to make a difference, in turn, our volunteers will have opportunities to meet new people, gain experience and learn new skills.
We are able to offer our volunteers a number of varied roles across the Trust such as supporting staff and patients in clinical and non clinical areas and also administration roles.
We will be holding a volunteer recruitment day on 22nd February 2025. Please ensure you will be able to attend on this date prior to submitting your application.
Please note that we are expecting a high interest in our volunteer positions, and therefore we will be reviewing applications and may close the vacancy on receipt of sufficient applications., Further details regarding the post can be obtained by contacting a Recruiting Manager as per contact details below.
How do you hear back from us?
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The Trust is committed to making a difference to the environment. Our "Save Planet Tameside & Glossop" strategy means that we work towards protecting our natural environment and "green" workplace practices at all times.

+ Aged 16 years or above and able to commit to volunteering for a minimum of six months
+ Reliable and punctual
+ Understand the importance of confidentiality and following procedures
+ Willing to undertake any necessary training
+ To be confident when communicating with patients, visitors, staff and members of the general public.
+ Friendly and approachable
+ Patient and people focused
+ Respectful
+ Able to work independently and use initiative

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children. Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.
We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:
+ Safety
+ Care
+ Respect
+ Communication
+ Learning
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ & Disabled people.
Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more., Depending on which area you choose to support, the role could be varied. Examples of the types of roles we offer and responsibilities are attached.
We expect our volunteers to be presentable, smart and always wearing your volunteer uniform and ID badge. All of our volunteers must comply with the Trust's Values and Behaviours at all times.
Our values are:
+ Safety
+ Respect
+ Caring
+ Communication
+ Learning
New colleagues can look forward to a warm welcome here at Tameside & Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust.
For our agenda for change staff, we offer a competitive benefits package with regular pay awards, annual leave of 27 days increasing to 33 days after 10 years and access to a competitive Pension Scheme to which both you and the Trust contribute. These terms and conditions are not applicable for Non-Executive positions.
Alongside this there are extensive training development opportunities with paid mandatory training, a protected training budget for staff and support for flexible working. We have an on-site Occupational Health Service to support you at work and have fast track access to physio, counselling and complimentary therapies.