Jobs and Schedules Available to Volunteers

Every effort will be made to find a good match regarding schedules and positions for each volunteer. However, the Volunteer Services office is not obligated to provide a volunteer position or specific schedule to any volunteer, nor is any volunteer obligated to accept a volunteer position or schedule offered.

Volunteer Schedules

Volunteer hours of work vary greatly from department to department, however, volunteer schedules typically fall into the following categories:

- Weekday morning, afternoon or evening
- Weekday all day
- Saturday
- Sunday
- Selected schedule arranged by individual department (available only in selected departments)

Volunteer Positions

A wide range of volunteer opportunities exists at GBMC Healthcare. We consider experience and interests, physical abilities, and scheduling needs in our mission to find the right match for each volunteer. Although these descriptions are not all inclusive, they can give a sample of the types of positions available.

Volunteer positions fall into the following categories:

• Patient Involvemnt
  - Some interaction with patients and families.
  - Includes positions in departments such as same day surgery, inpatient units, Infusion Therapy, and Spiritual Support.
  - Duties vary by department but may include changing unoccupied beds, transporting patients by wheelchair, filling water pitchers, talking (and listening) to patients, and doing other errands that the staff finds helpful.  Most of these jobs also involve clerical duties such as answering phones, making patient charts, and filing.
  - Patient involvement positions have very limited patient interaction duties due to regulatory standards that we must follow.

• Non-patient Involvement
  - No patient care interaction.
  - Often is office support related.
  - Includes departments such as medical records, volunteer services, cancer center, operating room family waiting, and dexa screening, as well as any on-campus office setting.
  - Duties vary by department but may include filing, answering the phone, copying and collating materials, preparing mailings, and computer data entry.
  
  
• Fund-raising/Sales
  - Supports our volunteer services fund-raising functions.
  - Includes The Corner Shop (GBMC's premier gift shop) and Nearly New (thrift shop sales).
  - Includes preparatory (pricing, stocking), record keeping, and actual sales transactions.

Click here to view position descriptions.