WA Country Health - South West – Bunbury WA
What you'll be doing
* Meet and greet patients and visitors in a warm, friendly manner.
* Provide support and companionship to patients who have cognitive impairment, including people with dementia (loss of memory, attention, insight), delirium (temporary confused thinking) or brain injury.
* Occupy patient by playing music, games, talk, read books or activities that the person enjoys.
* Assist with distraction to keep a patient calm and comfortable.
Why this matters
* Direct contact with patients and visitors who need your assistance at difficult times in their life.
The best bit
* Comraderie, part of a large and growing team.
About you
* Well presented with a friendly and enthusiastic manner.
* Calm, patient and positive attitude to working with people.
* Ability to approach patients and visitors in a confident and caring way.
* Enjoys the company of elderly people.
* Able to be adaptable and comfortable with people who have memory loss.
* Comfortable in a busy hospital ward environment.
* Be sensitive and tactful at all times.
* Reliable, punctual, and able to commit time to volunteer on a regular basis.
* Understanding of personal and professional boundaries.
* Volunteers must maintain client/patient confidentiality at all times.
* Demonstrate effective hand-hygiene practice throughout the hospital.
* Demonstrate WA Country Health values at all times Community, Compassion, Quality, Integrity, Equity and Curiosity.
* Respect diversity and differing opinions.
Category Health
Commitment Regular - more than 6 months
Type Of Work Companionship & Social Support
Time Required Minimum of 3 hours per week, days and times as suits ward and volunteer.
Training On the job direction and supervision, annual mandatory essential skills training.
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