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17 people are interested
Cancer Center Patient Ambassador
ORGANIZATION: Loyola Medicine
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17 people are interested
Human interaction is critical to the health care experience. Volunteers in the Cancer Center provide a warm and welcoming presence for patients and their families and attend to patients’ comfort needs. Volunteers may provide refreshments, offer items from the comfort cart and engage in friendly conversation with patients and their families. Offer encouragement and support to patients and their families to help relieve anxieties while they wait.
This opportunity is available on weekdays from 9am to 4pm. Volunteers must be able to serve one 4-hour shift, same day and time each week, for at least six months. We are unable to accept short-term volunteers.
Volunteers must be at least 18 years old and have completed high school.
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About Loyola Medicine
Location:
Volunteer Services, 2160 S 1st Avenue, Maywood, IL 60153, US
Mission Statement
Loyola Medicine is committed to excellence in patient care and the education of health professionals. We believe that our Catholic heritage and Jesuit traditions of ethical behavior, academic distinction, and scientific research lead to new knowledge and advance our healing mission in the communities we serve. We strive to provide the highest quality health care. To fulfill our mission we foster an environment that encourages innovation, embraces diversity, respects life, and values human dignity. We are committed to going beyond the treatment of disease. We also treat the human spirit.
Description
Based in the western suburbs of Chicago, Loyola Medicine is a nationally recognized leader in providing specialty and primary health-care services and in conducting groundbreaking research in the treatment of heart disease, cancer, organ transplantation and neurological disorders.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Loyola Medical Center2160 South First AvenueMaywood, IL 60153
DATE POSTED
April 23, 2024
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- 4 hours each week, weekdays 8am to 4pm
- Volunteers must be at least 18 years old and have completed high school.