Be a friend to a patient on hospice
ORGANIZATION: Heartland Hospice
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Heartland Hospice is seeking kind, compassionate volunteers to be friendly visitors to our hospice patients. As a hospice volunteer, you will be an important part of the hospice team. You'll have the opportunity to be a friend to someone in need. Volunteers are the heart of hospice!
As a Friendly Visitor Volunteer, you can provide much-needed companionship by visiting with patients in their homes (or the facility they reside) and engaging in friendly conversation, reading to the patient, sharing hobbies, playing music, etc.
Our patients are located within a 50-mile radius of our office, so chances are there is a patient located close to you! Effort is made to place a volunteer with a patient located close-by to them. Time commitment is flexible; our volunteers can visit patients during daytime hours, during evenings (after work), or weekends.
Volunteers must complete a training with the Volunteer Coordinator, pass a background check, reference check, and complete a TB test (received on site, free of charge). Volunteers must be able to provide their own transportation. Patient care volunteers must be 18 years or older. No worries if you don't have any previous volunteer or hospice experience; all volunteers complete a thorough training before being assigned a patient and the Volunteer Coordinator will accompany you on your first volunteer visit, if that is what you wish.
If you are interested in learning more about becoming a Heartland Hospice Volunteer, please contact the Volunteer Coordinator, Beth Argent at 804-288-0235 or Elizabeth.Argent@hcr-manorcare.com
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About Heartland Hospice
Location:
10800 Midlothian Turnpike, Suite 303, Richmond, VA 23235, US
Mission Statement
We believe that our mission is to enrich lives by providing high quality services and products. That begins with every life we encounter: our employees, our patients and those who love and care for them, the communities in which we operate, our stakeholders and those who are yet to become our customers. GUIDING PRINCIPLES Our purpose is to serve. Our priority is to grow. Our commitment is to lead. OUR PURPOSE IS TO SERVE - Serve our patients and their families - Serve our employees - Serve our owner(s) and stakeholders - Serve our communities OUR PRIORITY IS TO GROW - Grow our services - Grow our census to serve more people - Grow our business and improve our results - Grow our employees OUR COMMITMENT IS TO LEAD - Lead with integrity and honesty - Lead responsibly - Lead change and improvement - Lead with vision
Description
Heartland Hospice is recruiting for volunteers to provide friendly visits and caregiver relief/respite sitting for terminally ill patients and their families. We have many ways for volunteers to engage and change the lives of our patients. If you have the heart for it, we welcome your willingness to serve.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
10800 Midlothian TurnpikeSuite 303Richmond, VA 23235
DATE POSTED
May 10, 2017
SKILLS
- Veteran Care
- Hospice Care
- People Skills
- Bereavement Support
- Relationship Building
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Driver's License Needed
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- Flexible, but ideally 1-2 hours/week
- Positive attitude; reference check