Hospital Volunteer - Fremantle WA

• Ongoing role
• Weekdays /mornings & afternoons
• Must be able to commit to at least one shift per week on a regular basis
• Please list your times and days of availability on the application form

Why choose to volunteer with Red Cross?

• You can help improve lives and create a positive impact in your community
• It’s an opportunity to enhance your skills & knowledge & gain new experiences
• You’ll be helping Red Cross to support vulnerable people across Australia

The program

This service is run by the Fremantle Red Cross Unit. The Hospital volunteer offers community engagement by providing magazines and a friendly chat to hospital patients at Fremantle Hospital.

Having good social connections is essential for all aspects of health, especially as we age. Red Cross supports people who are older or have a disability or illness. Volunteers are needed to be a friendly face and provide magazines and a chat, helping patients feel comfort during their visit or stay within the hospital.

The opportunity

For this role you will need good conversational skills and the ability to relate to and empathise with a broad range of people, including those with different lived experiences, abilities and cultures.

Red Cross will ensure you have training, ongoing support and access to other opportunities within the world’s largest humanitarian network.

The impact

As a volunteer, you will help vulnerable people to feel safe and improve their social connection by listening, empathising and providing them with a friendly voice. You will have the opportunity to learn from many people’s diverse history and knowledge, as well as feeling the satisfaction of giving back to others. 

Application requirements

• For this role you will be required to undertake a National Police Check, which will be organised by Red Cross.
• If you are successful in the role you will need to undertake further onboarding checks and induction with the Fremantle Hospital.

Further information 

To find out more about this opportunity please contact Community Mobilisation Officer Djuna Gore via email at wamembers@redcross.org.au

Thank you for considering volunteering at Red Cross. We also have great career opportunities, please visit our website at www.redcross.org.au/careers