Volunteer at The Alfred
Volunteers are vital to our hospital. They provide many extra services, which supplement the care and treatment of our patients.
Volunteer
The Alfred volunteer program offers services including:
- Hand and foot massages
- Tea and coffee trolley service to outpatients
- Shop trolley service for inpatients
- Social visiting
- Administration duties and
- A concierge service supporting patients when accessing the hospital.
The first step in becoming an Alfred volunteer is to attend an information session, which are held throughout the year.
Potential volunteers will be asked to:
- Undertake a police check
- Attend an orientation session
- Attend one full day of training.
Ongoing training and support is provided to all successful applicants.
We are no longer progressing volunteer applications due to COVID-19. You can still register and we will be in contact when services resume.
Latest news
Thumbs up for over 300 volunteers
If you’ve visited The Alfred at some point over the last twenty years, chances are you’ve been greeted by a very friendly face.
Patient to volunteer, companionship and conversation
Volunteer Kate Pointon knows what it’s like to be a patient on the Neurosurgery ward at The Alfred – it’s where she spent three months last year recovering from a brain aneurysm. Now, she’s one of the first “Host Volunteers”, providing patients on the Neurosurgery and Trauma wards with companionship and conversation.
Share your experience and help improve care
Alfred Health is encouraging current and former patients, and family members, to improve care by joining the health service as a volunteer consumer advisor.