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General Information
The minimum age for volunteering in our clinical areas is 16, however we do not place under 18s within our children's or maternity wards. Travel expenses may be claimed within a maximum 20-mile radius of NUH for car users or for public transport when using the appropriate bus fare. Volunteers are encouraged to use public transport/park & ride.
Meal vouchers can be claimed in certain circumstances. All candidates will be required to undergo an enhanced disclosure check through the Criminal Records Bureau appropriate to their role and in line with current government legislation. All DBS checks are free for volunteers. A uniform and training is provided.
We have various placements available, highlighted below are some of the opportunities currently on offer:
Meet and greet
Greeting Patients, Visitors and staff with a professional front of house image offering a welcoming, helpful, friendly, and courteous approach. 
Duties include:
- Act as a contact point welcoming individual’s into the hospital
- Provide clear and accurate directions/wayfinding
- To escort individual’s either on foot or via wheelchair to their destination as appropriate
- Be flexible within their approach to duties and requests
We offer Meet and Greet placements on all our hospital campuses.
Volunteer Mealtime Assistant
Assisting in the preparation of the ward and patients before meal times, delivering meals to the bedside, acting as a meal time companion. 
Duties include:
- Talking through the menu and supporting patients with appropriate choices of meal
- Positioning the food on the plate in a way that helps the patient / turning the plate round during the mealtime
- Ensuring that patients have the correct meal, in line with dietary or cultural needs or ethical preferences
- Giving feedback to the ward team, providing information about how much patients’ have had to eat / drink.
- Be flexible within their approach to duties and requests
We offer Volunteer Mealtime Assistant placements on both our QMC and City hospital campuses.
Friends of QMC
Friends of QMC, Nottingham
The Friends of QMC, Nottingham is a local charity that exists solely to support the patients, carers and staff of the Queens Medical Centre in Nottingham.
We raise funds via our shops, an art gallery in the hospital, online and various other fundraising activities.
Visit our website at www.friendsofqmc.org.uk
Fundraising, Donations, legacies
If you want to help raise funds, donate or leave a legacy, you can find out more on our website at https://friendsofqmc.org.uk/donate
Volunteer
We regularly have opportunities for volunteering, to find out more see our website at
https://friendsofqmc.org.uk/volunteer
Apply
For members of staff within the hospital, you can apply for support by visiting our website at
Registered Charity No. 509965
The League of Friends of Queen's Medical Centre (Known as Friends of QMC, Nottingham) has been in existence since 1978. We aim to increase our membership and the amount of support (both financial and otherwise) that we give to our local hospital. We always welcome new people to join us and help us to achieve these aims.
Although the Queen's Medical Centre and City Hospital are run by one trust (Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust), the League of Friends of QMC remains separate from the City Hospital League of Friends and operates as an independent charity for the benefit of the QMC. There is, however, a close mutually supportive relationship between the Leagues.
Nottingham Hospitals Charity
There are a variety of volunteering opportunities to support our fundraising efforts in aid of Nottingham’s NHS hospitals. Roles include stewards for fundraising events, volunteers to help run our Charity Hub shop at QMC, supporters to attend public events to promote the charity on our behalf, and ambassadors who can represent us at cheque presentations.
Please contact us to find out what volunteering roles are currently available.
0115 962 7905
Other organisations
Nottingham Hospitals' Radio (NHR)
Volunteers are involved in all aspects of running this busy radio station which broadcasts each weekday evening and all day on weekends and public holidays. Typical tasks include visiting wards to collect requests, fundraising, organising programmes, collecting information and, for a very few of the volunteers, broadcasting on air.
Tel: 0115 919 4433 Ext: 68433
or
Tel: 0115 970 4555 after 6pm or at weekends.
QMC Ophthalmology League of Friends
Fundraising activities specifically for the Ophthalmic Department.
Tel: 0115 924 9924 Ext: 64247
QMC Red Cross - Home from hospital
Trained volunteers offer support to vulnerable people in their homes following discharge from the QMC medical wards.
Tel: 0115 924 9924 Ext: 62495 or 61716
QMC My Sight Nottinghamshire (formerly NRSB)
Support to patients attending the Eye Clinic, such as information on community care, welfare and benefits advice.
Tel: 0115 970 6806