Volunteer Opportunities
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Currently, the hospital has the following opportunities available:
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Once you have completed our application and interview process, we will place you in an appropriate position based on your qualifications and time availability. Openings change frequently. Evening positions are limited, with many requests for those time slots. Positions noted below require an additional orientation.
Opportunities in the Arts Program
Hours
Weekday mornings, afternoons, and evenings; weekends negotiable
Description
Arts Program volunteers may be needed to do one or more of the following:
- assist with collection, inventory and maintenance of supplies
- maintain digital archive of patient artwork, music, and poetry files
- provide assistance to patients and staff before, during, and after group workshops
- provide art activities to patients at bedside, in playrooms, and in outpatient waiting areas as appropriate
- assist with special events, projects and outreach
Qualifications
In addition to dealing with serious illness and adapting your work and communication style to fit patient needs, we require that you demonstrate a history of experience with art, music, poetry, or other art-related fields.
Opportunities in Child Life
Hours
Morning, afternoon and evening sessions, 7 days/week
Description
- Assist Child Life Specialists with play therapy in the playrooms on the patient care units; inpatient and outpatient surgery, emergency department, outpatient Hem/Onc.
- Duties involve setting up the room, bringing the children to the playroom and interacting with patients.
- Volunteers also provide diversionary activities for patients and their siblings at the bedside.
Qualifications
You must be able to deal with serious illness and be extremely reliable and prompt to work in this area.
Opportunities in Guest Services
Hours
9 am - 9 pm, 7 days/week
Description
- Greet and escort patients and their families from the information desk to their destinations within the hospital.
Qualifications
You must be a people person; friendly and energetic; also be able to stand for long periods of time.
Fluency in Spanish is not mandatory but is a definite plus.
Opportunities in Special Care
Hours
6 pm - 8:30 pm, Mon-Tue-Wed
Description
- Work in the playrooms under supervision of the evening volunteer coordinators.
- Activities include reading to patients and siblings, playing board games, possibly visiting children at bedside; also, cleaning and disinfecting toys and playrooms at the end of each shift.
Qualifications
Volunteers must be able to deal with serious illnesses and adjust to varied work patterns.
Opportunities in the Emergency Department
Hours
4 pm - 12 pm, 7 days/week
Description
- Serve as a liaison between medical staff and families.
- As part of your duties, you will provide comfort needs, such as diapers, bottles and formula; remain with patients in the treatment room between procedures; assist with registration process; escort patients and families to radiology and lab; help keep hallways clear; and offer non-medical assistance.
Qualifications
You must be self-directed and able to adjust to varied work patterns. Also, be able to stand for long periods of time.
Opportunities in our Reach Out and Read Program
Hours
Late Morning and Late Afternoon, Mon-Fri
Description
- Read aloud to patients and siblings in the General Pediatrics Clinic.
- Reach out and Read is a nationally recognized early literacy program in which pediatricians discuss the importance of reading with patients and their families at every Well Baby Checkup from six months to five years of age. At the end of the visit, the doctor "prescribes" a certain amount of reading per day and gives the child a brand new book. It is our hope that parents will model the volunteer behavior by reading aloud to their child.
Qualifications
You must be self directed and able to perform in front of people, as well as able to get children excited about reading on their own.
Opportunities in our Literally Healing™ Program
Hours
9 am - 5 pm, Weekdays
Description
Volunteers are needed to read aloud at patients' bedsides; lead reading session in the hospital's story corner; and make rounds with our "Book Moo-bile" which is stacked with fun books!
Qualifications
highly self-directed; comfortable reading aloud; physically able to push "Book Moo-bile;" available to attend extensive training during the normal business hours. After training is complete, it may be possible to hold an evening or weekend assignment. (This service area should not be underestimated. It is extremely intense).
Note
Priority given to volunteers who are fluent in Spanish.
Opportunities in the Gift Shop
Hours
Daily, various hours
Description
- Assist customers with purchases, plus stocking inventory and merchandising items. All proceeds to directly to the hospital.
Qualifications
You must be good with money, friendly and outgoing; able to stand for long periods of time.
Opportunities as Stuff Masters
Hours
8 am - 4 pm, Mon-Thu
Description
- Assist with large mailings, stuffing envelopes and sorting mail; building chart packets; Stuff Masters only do those jobs that can be brought to the volunteer office.
Qualifications
You must enjoy office work and be able to sit for long periods of time.
Opportunities as Office Assistants
Hours
8 am - 5 pm, Weekdays
Description
- Assist with clerical tasks and office tasks in business offices, outpatient clinics, human resources and other areas. This extremely vital service doesn't’t involve working directly with the patients, however, volunteers will interact with wide range of hospital staff as well as patients.
Qualifications
You must be a self-starter, dependable and able to adjust to varied work patterns; also, able to stand/sit for long periods of time.
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