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Voluntary Service - Volunteer Opportunities
Volunteers who work in this job category answer telephones, make copies, file records, run errands, assist clinics with setup, check-in patients, make patient appointment reminder calls and process outgoing correspondence.
Volunteer opportunities may include but not limited to.
- Clinic Receptionist
- Medical Records
- Office Assistant
- Clerical Support
- Customer Service Representative
Volunteers who work in this job category provide services to hospitalized veterans and veterans getting care in outpatient clinics. Some of our volunteers work with dying veterans in the Hospice unit, reading to patients, writing letters and doing the things that make their remaining days meaningful; some work in the pharmacy assisting professional staff with tasks that make dispensing medication go much quicker; some provide courier services of specimens or transport patients to various treatment sites around the medical center and some provide recreation activities for veterans to help them stay mentally and physically active while recovering from illness and disabilities.
Volunteer opportunities may include but not limited to.
- Patient visitor
- Supply technician assistant
- Pharmacy tech assistant
- Pet assisted activities
- Milieu assistant
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- Clinical support assistant
- Outreach van assistant
- Recreation activity assistant
- Patient escort
- Patient care representative
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- Hospice volunteer
- Lab tech assistant
- Patient escort/courier
- Research assistant
- OT/PT assistant
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Volunteers in this area work to keep the hospital safe and beautiful. Some assist in keeping the building up to all of the latest fire and safety codes. Other volunteers who work in this area love plants and flowers and know that they are part of the care veterans receive by supporting the hardworking ground crews to assist in making the grounds beautiful. Beautiful surroundings are therapeutic and contribute to the healing process of our veterans.
Volunteer opportunities may include but not limited to.
- Grounds crew assistant
- Vietnam War Memorial garden keeper
- Carpenter shop assistant
- Electrical shop assistant
- Fire prevention assistant
- Gardener
Volunteers in this job category provide services to veterans and their families by providing the "extra" services which tells the veterans that he or she is important. Guest services include: transportation to and from a veteran's home community, rides from the parking lot to the hospital door, distribution of comfort items (shampoo, toothpaste, toothbrushes, razors, combs, etc.), provision of books, magazines and newspapers, giving a "touch of home" by offering homemade lap robes, quilts, afghans, wheelchair bags and assisting at the information desk just to name a few "extras".
Volunteer opportunities may include but not limited to.
- Guest shuttle service
- DAV transportation volunteer driver
- DAV transportation volunteer co-pilot
- Clothing room
- Craft kits/help hospitalized veterans (www.hhv.org)
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- Patient care representative
- Information desk reception
- Coffee program host or hostess
- Musician
- Volunteer driver
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Volunteers who serve in this category are the VA's ambassadors in the community. These volunteers are frequently members of the VAVS Advisory Committee and represent service organizations in their communities. They are liaisons between the hospital and the organization. They also encourage their members to make donations, support medical centers' needs and generally keep their organizations up-to-date regarding the medical center, its plans, and how it is fulfilling the mission to serve veterans. Frequently, these volunteers have additional assignments as volunteers.
Volunteer opportunities may include but not limited to...
- VAVS quarterly sales
- Fundraisers
- VAVS advisory committee member
Volunteers who have job assignments in the category may have short term, seasonal or specific technical or clinical assignments. They assist mental health staff in group therapy settings, go into the community to let organizations, businesses etc. Learn more about the needs of the medical center, provide technical assistance to departments and VA staff, staff the annual holiday gift shops, serve on committees to promote such events as National Salute to Hospitalized Veterans, the Rose Festival Court visit, Veterans Day activities and other essential projects.
Volunteer opportunities may include but not limited to.
- Veterans history project (www.loc.gov)
- Bereavement project
- Holiday parties
- Make a Difference Day
- National Salute To Hospitalized Veterans
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- Valentines For Veterans
- Veterans Day
- Memorial Day
- My HealtheVet Program
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