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Ambulatory Care
Volunteers make patient packets for the Pre-Opt Teaching unit, as well as other clerical duties.


Café

Open Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 2 p.m., volunteers work the counter serving patrons, make sandwiches and fruit cups, package desserts, help with the salad bar and beverage bars, as well as keep the dining room in order. Volunteers also run the cash registers during Café hours. Shifts are about three hours.


Gift Shop

Volunteers are sales associates-- greeting patrons, operating the cash register, stocking selves, pricing merchandise, arranging displays and performing other duties under the direction of the manager.


MCH Information Desk/Transport Team

Volunteers greet patients and visitors, give directions, transport patients in wheelchairs to all areas of the hospital, deliver mail, flowers and newspapers to patient rooms, run errands for all departments, answer a multitude of questions, etc.


Medical Office Building Information Desk

Volunteer greet patients and visitors at this entrance, directing them throughout the MOB or to the hospital.


Maternity

Volunteers are receptionists on this unit, greeting and welcoming patients, families and visitors, and perform clerical duties as requested.


Emergency Department

Volunteer perform a variety of tasks, including answering the phone, copying documents, making up stretchers, retrieving medical records, escorting patients to other areas of the hospital, helping with families in any way possible and with other duties that the staff deems appropriate.


Intensive Care Unit

Volunteers answer the phone, run errands, copy, assemble charts, assist with families and visitors, and be helpful in every way possible.


Medical/Surgical Unit

Volunteers assist the staff by answering call bells, assembling charts, greeting visitors and families, running errands, copying, transporting patients to other departments, and assist staff in any way possible.


Food and Nutrition Services

Volunteers assist with various kitchen duties, transporting food to the Café, and taking guest trays to the patient units.


Visiting Committee

Volunteers visit patients to assess their level of satisfaction. This is a sub-committee of the MCH Board of Directors.


Chaplaincy Program

Volunteers are specially trained to participate in spiritual care for patients and their families.


Mail Room

Volunteers assist in the mail room on the lower level with sorting and distribution of mail.


Palliative Care

Volunteers are specially trained to work with patients and families in life threatening situations, assisting the palliative care social worker.


Trolley

From spring until late fall, volunteers provide the trolley service for patients and visitors in the parking lots. Drivers must be 16 years of age and hold a valid driver’s license.


Knitters

Volunteers knit baby caps, afghans and blankets and make quilts for the babies on Maternity and laprobes for the Medical/Surgical Unit. Knitting instructions are on this website.


SLIM Team
Volunteers “sort, label, insert and mail” bulk mailings for the volunteer and development departments. On call as needed.


Health Information

Volunteers assist with filing medical records and perform other clerical duties.

 

 

 
 
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