Volunteer Opportunities

"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give" - Winston Churchill

When you join us as a volunteer, you are joining a team of the best healthcare professionals. We live up to our vision of providing a wide range of healthcare services that enable us to provide our consumers with a superior patient experience. We believe our volunteers are priceless and consider them as a vital part of the health care team.
Our volunteers range in age from 14 years to ....

We have various positions that are open during the week and we also have evening and weekend positions so that you could choose what works best for you!

Front Information Desk, Main Hospital Lobby:
Includes greeting and giving directions to the visitors, selling newspaper, delivering magazines, mail, cheer grams and flower to patients.

Gift Shop Cart:
Includes selling gifts stocked on the cart that makes daily trips to all patient areas.

Merry Token Gift Shop:
Stocking and selling gifts, tagging flowers and delivering them.

Thrift Shop:
Selling the merchandise and taking care of donations, accepting and evaluating them.

Book Magazine Cart:
Delivering magazines, newspapers and books to the patients.

Clerical Support:
Running errands for any of the hospital's department that needs clerical support.

Outpatient Registration:
Assist at reception desk, make patients comfortable and escort them to the appropriate rooms, assist in keeping rooms ready for the next patient.

Pharmacy:
Running errands for the pharmacy like making deliveries to the units.

Physical Therapy Assistant:
Wheel patients from their rooms to their inpatient physical therapy appointments and also assist outpatients with their appointments.

Sterile Processing and Distribution:
Pick up and deliveries to the OR.

Storeroom:
Deliveries to all the patient areas.

Radiology:
Meets patients, assists them with paperwork, escort them to the changing area.

Sleep center:
Collecting doctor's dictation, clerical support including faxing, scanning, filing.

Emergency Department:
Help to transport patients, pick up supplies, and assist orderlies and stocking room.

Patient Ambassador: (NEW)
She/He is the volunteer who serves to ensure patients' stay is comfortable and takes care of any needs or concerns that a patient or his family may have. Talks to patients, listens to them. He/she refers all issues and concerns to nurse/ nurse manager and refers all concerns/complaints to Volunteer Services/ Patient Advocate.

"Riddle Hospital Volunteers - Making a Great Place Even Better."

Volunteer Benefits:
Our volunteers are offered:

• Voucher for cafeteria meal for at least four hours of volunteering a day
• Free parking during volunteering shifts
• Free flu shots offered
• Free screening for tuberculosis
  
  And apart from all these benefits, volunteers gain the satisfaction of helping those in need.

How can you apply?
Call us at our Volunteer Services at 484.227.3170 to make an appointment.

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