Driver Volunteer

Skills required

• Good driving skills, and hold a clean driving licence
• Pleasant, friendly disposition
• Mature and Confident
• Able to use own initiative
• Good customer care skills
• Good communication skills
• Reliable
• Ability to deal with distressing and challenging situations should they arise
• Ability to empathise with others
• Can work effectively as part of a team or with minimum supervision

Volunteering duties

• Transport patients/relatives between their homes and Sobell House
• Collect or deliver small items of equipment from / to a patient’s home

Training

• Fire safety – On induction and annually thereafter
• Safeguarding adults – On Induction and 3 yearly thereafter
• Online training package – approximately 6 hours
• Wheelchair and assisting patients
• Handwashing/infection control – On induction

Mileage expenses are paid at 0.45 per mile.

Shifts available

Monday – Friday: Days and hours negotiable.

For more information, please read the full role description. If you have any questions or wish to apply, please contact our voluntary services team: 01865 225868 or SobellVolunteerServices@ouh.nhs.uk.

Please apply by filling out the forms below.

Sobell House Hospice Charity is a proud member of OCVA.