Volunteering

Please note that all work shadowing, work experience et al is suspended until further notice. For further information, please email volunteering using the contacts to the right.

We have a large team of volunteers supporting us in nearly forty areas within the hospital. We are very proud of the diversity and scope of the service we offer and we are also very grateful to the loyalty of the 400 volunteers who make the service possible.

Our volunteers provide a very valuable service and we are always on the lookout for more volunteers to join our team. Our volunteers support the work carried out by professional staff and are all dedicated to creating a patient focused service.

How do volunteers make a difference?

  • Welcoming patients and visitors to the hospital
  • Accompanying patients and visitors to the clinics and wards
  • Helping with our trolley round to wards
  • Being part of the library service
  • Assisting patients and staff on the wards
  • Supporting patients and carers in The Fountain Centre (our cancer information drop-in centre)
  • Assisting with fundraising events
  • Visiting the patients as part of the Spiritual Care team
  • Supporting our Patient Experience Team
  • Giving clerical support
  • Helping with clinics and outpatients.

If you are interested in volunteering your services at our hospital, please call Chrissie Beard, Voluntary Services Manager, or Sarah Allen, Voluntary Services Co-ordinator, for a discussion about what opportunities are currently available.

E-mail: rsc-tr.VoluntaryServices@nhs.net

Tel: 01483 464 847

Virtual Work Experience Event

The virtual work experience programmes will take place in February. Students in years 10, 11, 12 or 13 who live in Surrey and have predicted or actual GCSE grade six in Maths, English and Science are welcome to apply for the Allied Health Professions or Nursing virtual work experience programme. Students in Year 11 or 12 who live in Surrey and have predicted or actual GCSE grade six in Maths, English and Science are welcome to apply for the Medicine Work Experience Programme.

The programmes are spread over two weeks in February. There is around 10 hours of activity within each programme which you can fit around other obligations that you have. There are live webinars but once they have taken place a recording will be available to watch. 

The dates for the programmes are below:

  • The Medicine virtual work experience programme will begin on 8 February and finish on the 19 of February.
  • The Nursing and Allied Health Professions virtual work experience programme will begin on the 15 February and finish on the 26 of February.

You can read more below:

Statement of Interest Form

Are you interested in volunteering at the Royal Surrey County Hospital? If so, please complete the Statement of Interest Form below:

Volunteering - Statement of Interest

Note: Questions marked by * are mandatory

The data you supply will be used only to contact you about the Trust, membership or other related issues and will be stored in accordance with the current Data Protection Act and GDPR. Please see our Privacy page for additional details.

Our student volunteering programme

Our student volunteer programme

Our student volunteer scheme starts in the autumn and runs for six months.

The student volunteer scheme enables young people age 16 and over who are considering a health related career to experience the hospital environment, work alongside the team and help patients. Students are placed on a ward and make a commitment to come in one evening a week for six months. The focus is around the patients' evening meal and students have an opportunity to work in a ‘hands on way’ with patients.

For more information please call Chrissie Beard, Voluntary Services Manager, or Sarah Allen, Voluntary Services Co-ordinator, for a discussion about what opportunities are currently available.

Work experience

  • A comprehensive work shadow programme for students age 16 and over, living in the local area
  • The work shadow programme is popular and always oversubscribed; consequently we cannot guarantee a placement
  • For more information please call Chrissie Beard, Voluntary Services Manager or Sarah Allen, Voluntary Services Co-ordinator for a discussion about what opportunities are currently available.

A 'Taste of Medicine'

  • A one day programme of lectures, live links to theatre and interactive training for students age 16 plus interested in a career in medicine
  • The 'Taste of Medicine' programme is held once a year and is limited to 20 students
  • For more information please call Chrissie Beard, Voluntary Services Manager, or Sarah Allen, Voluntary Services Co-ordinator, for a discussion about what opportunities are currently available.