Patient Voice Volunteer

Time commitment: Flexible depending on the availability and opportunities you choose to get involved with
Travel: Occasional travel

Are you looking for an opportunity to use your creativity, energy and excellent (communication or leadership) skills to really make an impact? Would you like to find a rewarding and fulfilling way for others to benefit from your knowledge and experience?

We are currently recruiting for Patient Voice Volunteers in Northern Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales. We'd love you to volunteer with us!

About the role

There are two different types of Patient Voice projects, Education and Training, and Service and Quality Improvement. You can be involved in either or both types of projects

Communicating your experience of living with your condition(s) with a range of healthcare professional audiences. This will include talking about your diagnosis, self-management, treatment, the impact on your work and relationships
Meeting external personnel, such as university staff, medical students, healthcare professionals and service managers, depending on the type of project you are involved in
Taking part in the co-design of sessions.

Download the role profile for a Patient Voice Volunteer (PDF 138KB).

How to apply

Please complete and submit the Volunteering Application Form online, please include the relevant code for the location of the role you are interested in:

Patient Voice Volunteer (111)

111A - Northern Ireland
111B - Scotland
111C - England
111D - Wales

Patient Voice Volunteer (114)

Birmingham and Solihull

When we have received your application we will be in touch, our safer recruitment process will include:

An informal chat to discuss the role, get to know you and understand your motivations for volunteering
Two references
Photo identification.

About us

We have made a commitment in our Diversity and Inclusion Strategy to increase the diversity of our charity and we welcome candidates from a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences.  We want our employees, volunteers and trustees to represent the broad diversity of the communities of which we are a part.   

There are over 10 million people living with arthritis. That’s one in six, with over half of those living in pain every single day. The impact is huge as the condition slowly intrudes on everyday life – affecting the ability to work, care for a family, to move free from pain and to live independently. Yet arthritis is often dismissed as an inevitable part of ageing or shrugged off as ‘just a bit of arthritis’. We don’t think that this is okay. Versus Arthritis is here to change that.  

Versus Arthritis is committed to keeping children, young people and vulnerable adults safe from harm. During the recruitment process we will undertake safer recruitment practices and relevant checks to ensure applicants are suitable to work with children, young people and vulnerable adults. 