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Nashville Area Road to Recovery Volunteer Coordinator Position
ORGANIZATION: AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY
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2 people are interested
You can make a difference and help save lives from home.
The Road to Recovery Coordinator collaboratively manages and monitors requests for Road to Recovery services with American Cancer Society staff partners, and works closely with the volunteers to provide lifesaving transportation assistance to and from cancer-related appointments.
Responsibilities
Service Coordination
- Monitors requests for transportation, contacts volunteer drivers to coordinate assigments.
- Provides status and necessary documentation concerning filled and unfilled transportation requests.
- Works collaboratively with staff and volunteers to ensure accuracy of volunteer records and transportation requests.
- Ensures timely communicatin to staff partners, volunteer drivers and patients when issues occur.
Program Assessment
- Assists staff partner as needed with ongoing assessment of program policies, procedures, availability, community demand, and potential program enhancement.
- Assists staff partner as needed with assessing available transportation alternatives in the community.
- Participates in program evaluations as requested.
Volunteer and Community Management
- Assists staff partner as needed with recruitment of volunteers.
- Assists staff partner as needed with recognition of volunteer drivers.
- Works with staff partner to maintain good relationships with healthcare professionals and other groups in the community.
- Abides by the guidelines and policies of the American Cancer Society and the program including privacy and confidentiality policies.
- Responds to questions from new volunteers, and provides appropriate information to support their development in a timely manner.
Requirements
- Successful completion of initial Volunteer Coordinator Training and updates as needed to ensure compliance with program stasndards and guidelines.
- Pass background check.
- Knowledge of transportation options in the community.
- Ability to respond to requests for Road to Rides within a defined timeframe.
- Ability to keep accurate and organized documentation.
- Strong communication and listening skills.
- Strong organizational and time management skills.
- Access to email, phone and internet required.
- Appreciation of and respect for diverse backgrounds, cultures, lifestles of patients, caregivers, volunteers and staff.
- If a cancer survivor, must be one year post-treatment.
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About AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY
Location:
PO Box 332047, Nashville, TN 37203, US
Mission Statement
The mission of the American Cancer Society is to improve the lives of people with cancer and their families through advocacy, research, and patient support, to ensure everyone has an opportunity to prevent, detect, treat, and survive cancer.
Description
While most people know us for our research, we do so much more. We promote healthy lifestyles to help you prevent cancer. We research cancer and its causes to find more answers and better treatments. We fight for lifesaving policy changes. We provide everything from emotional support to the latest cancer information for those who have been touched by cancer.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Greater Nashville AreaNashville, TN 37203
DATE POSTED
December 21, 2017
SKILLS
- Program Management
- Organization
- Project Management
- Verbal / Written Communication
- Customer Service
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- Coordinate with staff partner - varies.
- Complete an update training class every two years.