Volunteer to Career in healthcare - A programme for the Armed Forces Community

The Volunteer to Career programme for the Armed Forces community provides tailored volunteering opportunities at hospitals and hospices, so that you can:

• Help people get better
• Build up your employability confidence
• Identify a clear career pathway to fully achieve your potential

You will be able to support staff, patients and their carers in different ways, such as providing quick support in a fast-paced environment, doing exercises with hospitalise  individuals to help improve their fitness, or lending a listening ear to ease anxiety. This programme is designed with the intention of helping volunteers find employment in the healthcare sector. When volunteering, you will:

• Gain insights into what it’s like to be working in the field
• Receive tailored support to help you to seek out career opportunities,
• Navigate the recruitment process, or access further training
• Gain support to build up your confidence
• Be able to shape your volunteering experiences to align with your career aspirations
• Receive support with numeracy and literacy skills if desired
• Receive peer-to-peer support for mental health conditions

Current volunteering opportunities from this programme will enable volunteers to explore careers in: 

• Business administration 
• Corporate, such as IT, HR and Finance
•  Dietetics 
• Estate
•  Health Sciences 
• Midwifery 
• Nursing 
• Occupational Therapy
• Orthotics 
• Pathology 
• Pharmacy 
• Physiotherapy

This programme is available at 10 hospitals and hospices across England:

• County Durham and Darlington NHS FT
• Dorset County Hospital NHS FT
• Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
• Livewell Southwest (Plymouth)
• Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust
• North Tees and Hartlepool NHS FT
• Saint Catherine’s Hospice
• Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
• South Tees Hospitals NHS FT
• Tees, Esk, and Wear Valleys NHS FT

Click apply to email for more information or contact the participating Trust in your area.