2021 Volunteer Opportunities

 

***Unless otherwise noted, all assignments include Physical Requirements of “some bending, standing & walking”.

 

Cancer Center Volunteers:   

Monday-Friday

Hours: Flexible

Campus: Downtown

Qualifications: Basic clerical & customer service skills. 

Ability to push “comfort cart” preferred.

• Volunteers round in all patient service & waiting areas; offering refreshments, comfort items, general helpful info to patients/caregivers.
• Volunteers help patients complete American Cancer Society forms, navigate Upstate buildings and orient patients & families to the Cancer Center resources.

 

Child-Life Volunteers:     

Monday-Friday

Hours: Flexible

Campus: Downtown

Qualifications: Basic clerical & customer service skills

• Caring, friendly volunteers work hand-in-hand with Child-Life specialists and pediatric patients in Golisano Children’s Hospital, pediatric ED & Hem/Onc, Pulmonary, and Radiation units. Upon the direction of a staff member, they visit with patients and their families, are willing to survey recreational needs and deliver Activity Cart items, and sometimes help patients to pass the time.
• They ensure common areas and items within those areas are sanitized in between use.

 

Clerical:   

Monday-Friday

Hours: Flexible

Campus: Both

Qualifications: Basic clerical skills helpful

• Volunteers assist staff with a wide range of clerical duties: prepare envelopes, filing, data input, prepare mailings, answer telephones, etc. Some of those areas include: Administration, Health Education, Women’s Health Network, Physicians Office Building offices, Wellspring, etc.

 

East Lobby:     

Monday-Friday

Hours: Flexible

Campus: Community

Qualifications: Good customer service skills

Physical Requirements: Ability to transport or escort patients and visitors in wheelchairs throughout the hospital and Physician’s Office Buildings.

• Volunteers greet, escort, direct and transport individuals to a variety of outpatient services: Radiology, Surgery Center, physician visits, etc. They also deliver paperwork, charts, specimens and flowers.

 

Emergency Dept. Aide:   

Monday-Friday

Hours: Flexible

Campus: Both

Qualifications: Good customer service skills

Physical Requirements: Walk throughout the department, transport patients in wheelchairs.

• Volunteers greet and escort patients, prepare stretchers & beds, run errands, take specimens to lab, stock supplies and transport patients.
• Caring, friendly volunteers also round on patients offering non-clinical assistance. Visitation is offered to patients who are particularly scared or lonely.

 

PACU Assistant:     

Monday-Friday

Hours: Flexible

Campus: Community

Qualifications: Must be at least 16 years old.  Basic clerical & customer service skills

Recommendations: Hepatitis B Immunization

• The Pre & Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) provides care to patients after surgery while recovering from anesthesia until they are moved to either their hospital room or are discharged home. Volunteers help transport patients on stretchers.  They also help prepare stretchers, run errands and stock supplies for the Operating Room and PACU.

 

Pet Therapy:   

Monday-Friday

Hours: Flexible

Campus: Both

Qualifications: Good customer service skills

Dog is certified by PAWS of CNY

• Volunteers bring their certified therapy dog(s) to units or to patient’s rooms for them to enjoy the company and health benefits of being around pets.

 

Surgery Center Desk: 

Monday-Friday

Hours: Flexible

Campus: Community

Qualifications: Basic clerical & customer service skills                                           

• Volunteers greet patients and their families, oversee the waiting room, communicate necessary non-medical information and assist with clerical tasks.

 

Volunteer Express:

Monday-Friday

Hours: Flexible

Campus: Downtown

Qualifications: Good customer service skills

Physical Requirements: Ability to transport &/or escort patients and visitors throughout the hospital.

• Volunteers greet, escort, direct and transport individuals to a variety of services: Registration, Surgery Center, physician visits, etc. They also deliver paperwork, charts, specimens and flowers.

 

Wellspring Aide: 

Monday-Friday

Hours: Flexible

Campus: Community

Qualifications: Basic clerical & customer service skills helpful                               

• Volunteers greet patients and guide them through the pre-testing process. They help create the exceptionally warm environment and assist staff with a variety of clerical tasks.

 

***Should you have an interest in volunteering in an area not indicated above, please inquire with the Office of Volunteer Programs.

 

Scheduling is based on filling the Hospital’s needs while trying to match a volunteer’s interests. 

 

Volunteers are never guaranteed placement in their preferred department/assignment. 

 

We will do our best to provide an assignment that makes volunteering at Upstate a fulfilling experience.