What are the responsibilities and job description for the HOSPICE VOLUNTEER position at Health Watch Hospice of Guymon, LLC?
JOB DESCRIPTION
Hospice Volunteer - Make a difference in someone’s life.
Become a volunteer today!
About Us:
We are guided by a tradition of personal, clinical, and technological excellence. We are dedicated to providing the highest quality of patient/client care with compassion and respect for each person. We recognize the unique physical, emotional and spiritual needs of each person. We strive to extend the highest level of courtesy and service to patients/clients, families, caregivers, visitors and each other.
Our volunteers are the heart of Mays Hospice, providing a special kind of care and compassion for our patients and their families. Every day one of our volunteers makes a significant difference in the life of a Mays Hospice patient. Mays Hospice feels that no one should die alone! The hours you give to Mays Hospice families and patients can be the most rewarding experience of your life.
Mays Hospice needs volunteers like you to fill numerous volunteer activities in Southeastern Oklahoma.
Tasks may Include:
- Providing companion visits
- Running errands or shopping for groceries
- Preparing light meals
- Straightening linen
- Walking the dog
- Assisting ambulatory patient to the bathroom
- Writing a letter
- Making phone calls
- Visiting the shut-ins
- Assisting with hobbies
- Playing dominos or games
- Watering plants
- Assisting with occasional household chores
- Assisting patients in a wheelchair
- Reading to the patient
- Being a family friend
- Office duties
Requirements:
Anyone 18 or over can be a volunteer! Any professional person, homemaker, senior, and so on can give a little of their time to help someone else. It is a Medicare requirement that volunteers be utilized in Hospice Care. Volunteers must be utilized in 5% of patient care, so volunteers are very important to hospice patients.
If you are interested in becoming a volunteer, please apply online or call Jennifer the Mays Hospice Care Volunteer Coordinator @ 580-931-3156
AGENCY COMPLIES WITH APPLICABLE FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS AND DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE ON THE BASIS OF RACE, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN, AGE,DISABILITY, SEX, OR HANDICAP IN ADMISSION, ACCESS TO OR TREATMENT, OR EMPLOYMENT, IN ITS PROGRAMS OR ACTIVITIES.
