Volunteer Opportunities
Giving Opportunity: Your Time and Talent
Volunteers make a real difference in the lives of our
patients, visitors and staff members. It all starts
with a desire to help others by donating your time and
talent. As a volunteer, you'll work with our hospital
staff to provide quality care to patients and assist
in meeting the needs of our patients and their family
and visitors.
Click any of the links below to go directly to that section:
- What Our Volunteers Do
- Requirements for Volunteering
- Six Easy Steps to Becoming a Volunteer
- The Benefits of Volunteering
- For More Information
What Our Volunteers Do
- Greet patients and visitors.
- Provide information and directions.
- Transport patients (CPR training is a pre-requisite for this activity).
- Assist with clerical work in business offices, medical offices, nursing units, food service offices and registration.
- Provide sales and stocking assistance in the gift shop.
- Pick up and transport lab specimens for prompt analysis.
- Provide customer service for patients, allowing hospital staff to focus on efficient medical care.
- Work behind the scenes in food service by stocking shelves and surveying patients.
- Visit with patients and offer them water, magazines and other amenities.
- File and pull x-rays; copy and send reports.
- Work with children on the Pediatrics Unit or in the Rainbow Children's Center.
- And much more!
Requirements for Volunteering
- At least 14 years old
- Commitment of a minimum of 100 hours per year
- Documentation of negative TB test (or negative chest x-ray for TB)
- Immunization record
- References (3 professional references for adults; 1 school reference for teens)
- Adherence to dress code and hospital policies
- Attend volunteer orientation
- Sign confidentiality statement
Six Easy Steps to Becoming a Volunteer
- Submit a volunteer application (available in the hospital's Volunteer Services Department) and required health records.
- Have an interview with the manager of Volunteer Services.
- Attend a volunteer orientation session.
- Receive your placement-the area where you will serve.
- Obtain a hospital ID badge.
- Attend an orientation for your specific area of service.
The Benefits of Volunteering
- Personal satisfaction of helping others.
- Opportunity to gain experience within the health care field.
- Certificate of service after 100 hours of volunteering.
- Teens: Eligibility to receive FREE tickets to Raging Waters after 100 hours of volunteering.
- $5 meal coupon when you volunteer for 5 hours in 1 day.
- Free TB skin test and MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccination.
- Opportunity to participate in White Memorial employee activities, such as the annual picnic, ice cream parties and holiday treats.
- Discounts in the hospital gift shop and cafeteria.
For More Information
Email us today. Or call the White Memorial Medical Center Volunteer Services Department at 323-260-5727.
Office Hours
| Monday-Thursday: | 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. |
| Friday: | 8:30 a.m. to noon |
| Saturday & Sunday: | Closed |
