St. Elizabeth Hospital Volunteer Opportunities
Thank you for your interest in volunteering. We appreciate the time and talents volunteers provide. A typical volunteer commits to one 4-hour shift per week. Some opportunities may be available for shorter time commitments.
If you would like more information or have any questions, please call the St. Elizabeth Hospital Volunteer Services office at (920) 738-2425.
AFFINITY LEARNING CENTER (Minimum age 15; Monday – Friday, flexible day shift)
Volunteer checks the inventory of supplies in each meeting room at St. Elizabeth Hospital and replenishes what is needed.
BABY HAT KNITTERS (Adults only; Projects completed at home)
Volunteers knit baby hats for newborns. We supply the pattern and the yarn.
BREAST CENTER (Minimum age 16; Monday – Thursday, morning shifts)
Volunteers greet and escort patients, run errands, keep the waiting room clean and organized and make coffee for patients. Volunteers also provide clerical assistance to staff that may include assisting with mailings, stocking supplies, photocopying and other duties as requested.
CENTRAL TRANSPORT (Minimum age 15; Monday–Friday, morning and afternoon shifts)
Volunteers deliver supplies and equipment to and from nursing units, ancillary departments and support services. Volunteers provide transport of stable patients and assist staff with other patient transports.
CHILDREN'S HEALTH CENTER (Minimum age 15; Monday – Thursday 5 p.m. – 7 p.m.)
Volunteers provide general assistance to staff by escorting patients to departments within St. Elizabeth Hospital, entertaining waiting children and providing limited clerical support.
CLERICAL VOLUNTEERS (Minimum age 17; Monday – Friday, flexible day shifts)
Volunteers provide clerical assistance to staff that may include data entry, filing records, assisting with mailings, stocking office supplies, photocopying and other office duties as requested. The different departments of St. Elizabeth Hospital that currently utilize clerical volunteers include but are not limited to Affinity Learning Center, Employee Health, Foundation, Genetic Counseling, Health Information, Network Health Plan, Occupational Health, and Volunteer Services.
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT (Minimum age 18; Monday – Sunday, morning, afternoon and evening shifts)
Volunteers greet and provide information, general directions and comfort services to patients and their families. Volunteers serve as goodwill ambassadors assisting staff with a variety of tasks to support the overall goal of caring and quality patient care through communication with patients and families, running errands, giving directions, providing wheelchair transport or general escort when needed, and keeping the desk and waiting area tidy. Volunteers use a computer to access information.
ENTERTAINMENT ESCORT (Adults only; As needed)
Volunteers escort people/groups which have been scheduled as patient/visitor entertainment throughout the hospital.
EUCHARISTIC MINISTER (Adults only, must be of the Catholic faith; Tuesday - Friday and Sunday, morning shifts)
Volunteers distribute the Sacrament of the Eucharist to patients, as assigned by the Spiritual Services staff. Volunteers also assist with church services when requested.
FUNDRAISING/GIFT SHOP BOOKKEEPER (Adults only; Monday – Friday, flexible day shifts)
Volunteer provides general assistance to staff by organizing, verifying, compiling and imputing income information. Use of computer and knowledge of Excel and QuickBooks is necessary.
GIFT SHOP CLERK (Minimum age 16; Monday – Friday, morning, afternoon and evening shifts; Minimum age 18; Saturday, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. shift; Sunday, noon – 4 p.m. shift)
Volunteers greet customers, provide customer service, handle sales via money/credit-debit cards/gift certificates/employee payroll deduction, deliver gifts or flower orders to patients. Volunteers also dust and straighten and stock shop as needed.
GIFT SHOP DISPLAY DESIGNER (Adults only; as needed)
Volunteer sets up, cleans and maintains gift shop merchandise displays.
HEALTH INFORMATION (Minimum age 16; Monday – Friday, flexible day shifts)
Volunteers provide general assistance to staff through clerical support for filing patient information.
INFORMATION DESK (Minimum age 15; Monday–Friday, morning and afternoon shifts)
Volunteers greet and provide information and general directions to visitors and patients. Duties include sorting and delivering patient mail, delivering flowers, providing wheelchair transport or general escort when needed, and keeping the desk and lobby area tidy. Volunteers use a computer to access information.
JOINT CAMP (Adults only; Wednesday 7:30 a.m. – noon)
Volunteers assist staff with the half-day group education session for joint replacement patients. Duties include setting up area and signage, setting out refreshments, escorting patients to the conference rooms, general cleanup and breakdown at conclusion of session.
NEONATAL ICU (NICU) (Minimum age 18; Monday – Friday, evening shifts)
Volunteers greet, register and orient family members to the procedures of the NICU. Volunteers provide specific unit clerical and organizational support.
NURSING UNIT (Minimum age 17; Monday – Friday, morning, afternoon and evening shifts)
Volunteers assigned to this unit help the staff deliver to our patients an outstanding patient care experience. Volunteers provide general non-patient care assistance to the staff, patients and visitors on the nursing unit. Provide clerical support, wheelchair transport of patients and running errands with the main emphasis on HOSPITALITY.
PATIENT REGISTRATION (Minimum age 16; Monday-Friday, morning and afternoon shifts; Saturday and Sunday, 8:00 a.m. - noon)
Volunteers escort newly registered patients to appropriate area. Provide wheelchair transport when needed and deliver and/or retrieve paperwork from other departments as requested.
LIBRARY CART (Adults only; Monday – Friday, flexible day shift)
Volunteers sort, label and distribute new magazines to designated waiting areas throughout the hospital. Straighten placement of magazines in waiting areas and recycle old issues to provide current reading materials.
PET THERAPY (Adults only; Monday – Friday, flexible shifts)
Volunteers and their dogs provide an opportunity for patients and visitors to experience the socialization, entertainment and other benefits that contact with an animal may have. All pets must conform to the standards set forth by Therapy Dogs Incorporated.
POTTED PLANT MAINTENANCE (Adults only; Monday – Friday, flexible shift)
Volunteers water, fertilize, prune, dust and repot plants in St. Elizabeth Hospital’s public areas.
RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT:
- CT SCANNING (Minimum age 17; Monday – Friday, morning and afternoon shifts)
Volunteers perform a variety of tasks for staff and patients, including escorting patients, running errands and paperwork. - RADIATION ONCOLOGY (Adults only; Monday – Friday, flexible day shift)
Volunteers provide special clerical assistance to staff.
REHAB – MIDWAY OR MILKY WAY LOCATION (Minimum age 17; Monday – Friday, morning and afternoon shifts)
Volunteers supplement the Physical Rehab staff by doing non-patient care duties, which include wheelchair transport of patients, clerical support to staff, cleaning and re-stocking rooms and keeping the gym and weights orderly.
ST. ELIZABETH HOSPITAL VOLUNTEERS ADVISORY BOARD (Adults only; scheduled meetings and project work)
The St. Elizabeth Hospital Volunteers is a board-managed, not-for-profit organization of volunteers who are dedicated to the needs of St. Elizabeth Hospital, its patients, visitors and employees. The St. Elizabeth Hospital Volunteers organization assists St. Elizabeth Hospital in promoting the health and welfare of the community and conducts fundraising activities for the services of St. Elizabeth Hospital and local student scholarships. The St. Elizabeth Hospital Volunteers organization raises funds through the Gift Shop and other special events. There is no annual membership fee for active volunteers of St. Elizabeth Hospital.
SPECIAL PROJECTS (Minimum age 15; Thursday morning shifts or individual opportunities)
Volunteers work as a group to assemble paperwork, mailing projects, patient charts and packets for various departments. Individual opportunities are available as needed when projects are requested by hospital departments.
SURGERY DEPARTMENT - OUTPATIENT (Minimum age 17; Monday–Friday mid-day to evening shifts)
Volunteers provide wheelchair transport of patients from department to car for hospital discharge. Duties also include cleaning gurneys and making up with new sheets and blankets, running errands for staff/patients, assembling charts.
SURGICAL WAITING ROOM (Adults only; Monday-Friday, morning and afternoon shifts)
Volunteers serve as the liaison between the surgical staff, patients and the waiting family by keeping families informed of the patient’s progress. Volunteers maintain the snack area and keep the waiting room tidy.
SURGICAL WAITING ROOM - MIDWAY LOCATION (Adults only; Monday-Friday, morning and afternoon shifts)
Volunteers serve as the liaison between the surgical staff, patients and the waiting family by keeping families informed of the patient’s progress. Volunteers maintain the snack area and keep the waiting room tidy. Volunteers provide general assistance to staff through clerical support.
WELCOME CENTER (Minimum age 15; Monday–Friday, morning, afternoon and evening shifts)
Volunteers greet, escort or provide wheelchair transport to visitors and patients within the facility. Assist staff in providing information when requested and also help to keep the desk and lobby area tidy.
Revised: 09/14/11
