Volunteer Placements

Wayfinding/Guest Services

The Hospital can be overwhelming and confusing. As a result, one of our biggest volunteer needs is for people with big smiles who love looking for people to help. These volunteers greet hospital visitors and assist them with finding their way around the hospital. Current wayfinding opportunities include: Main Entrance, Wiser Entrance, and the GI Lab.

PICU Greeter

Volunteers greet and provide assistance to staff/parents/guardians/families in the PICU. These volunteers provide a welcoming service and general information about our unit to all entering visitors and assist in screening visitors.

Day Surgery – Children's

Volunteers greet families and patients at the Pediatric Day Surgery floor. They monitor the waiting room, answer phones, give directions/wayfinding for waiting families, and assist families needing information from OR/post-op.

Children’s Imaging Reception Desk

Volunteers greet families and patients at the Children’s Imaging Reception desk. They monitor the waiting room, answer phones, give directions/wayfinding for waiting families, and assist families needing any additional information.

School of Dentistry Greeter

Volunteers in the School of Dentistry serve as a greeter for patients who enter the facility. They also assist in directing patients on where to go for their appointments.

Spiritual Care

Volunteers in this role serve with our hospital chaplains to ensure that spiritual care needs are met for those patients who need them. This individual will help the hospital chaplains by speaking with patients, delivering religious materials, and rounding on various units to help ensure that spiritual care needs are met. This role requires a 6 hour orientation, and these volunteers must agree to serving a minimum of six hours each week.

NICU Rockin’ Babies

Volunteers in the spend their volunteer hours rocking our NICU babies! NICU rockers commit to three months of service. These volunteers are required to provide proof of flu, MMR, Varicella, and TDap vaccines.

The NICU has a limited number of volunteers, so we require that each volunteer serve in a different area before being added to the waitlist.

Child Life

Child Life volunteers serve in our activity rooms in the Children’s hospital with children of all ages. These volunteers assist in activities such as arts and crafts, puzzles, reading, etc.

Proof of flu, MMR, Varicella, and TDap vaccines are required for this volunteer area.

Patient Experience Rounders

Volunteers in this role spend their time interacting with patients on various help improve overall patient experience and ensure that each patient’s needs are being met. They may also assist in obtaining items such as books, clothes, activities, etc… in an effort to help improve patient stays.

Proof of flu, MMR, Varicella, and TDap vaccines are required for this volunteer area.

Children’s Rehab (Physical/Occupational Therapy)

The volunteers are able to observe and encourage patients during their therapy sessions. They are able to play with patients by throwing/catching a ball or playing a game that is incorporated into the therapist led treatments.  They also help clean equipment in between patient use to ensure our patients are as safe as possible! 

Proof of flu, MMR, Varicella, and TDap vaccines are required for this volunteer area.

Adult Emergency Department

The volunteers assist with patient wayfinding, rounding on patients in the waiting room, communicating urgent needs with staff, and other tasks as requested by ED staff. This area is also open for volunteering on weekends.

Proof of flu, MMR, Varicella, and TDap vaccines are required for this volunteer area.

Children's Tutoring

Children's Tutoring Volunteers assist hospital teachers by providing age-appropriate, supportive activities to hospitalized children and teens to promote learning. Additionally, our volunteers assist with other duties which also support our programming needs.

Proof of flu, MMR, Varicella, and TDap vaccines are required for this volunteer area.