Companionship volunteers are needed to visit patients in the Pittsburgh- North Hills area.

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Volunteer opportunities are available at Gentiva to provide friendly visits to patients and/or their families at local healthcare facilities or in their personal home in the McCandless North Hills area!

• Work around your busy schedule!
• Visit the day, time of day, and frequency that works for you and the patient
• Once a week? Every other week? Once a month?
• You decide!
• Most visits last 30-90 minutes

Spending time with a person at the end of their life is a gift you give and receive

What does it take to be a Gentiva Hospice Volunteer?

• Care and concern for others
• Tolerance, flexibility and patience
• Maturity and self-understanding
• Good communication skills
• Confidentiality
• Empathy, sincerity and sensitivity
• Dependability
• Acceptance of moral and cultural differences
• Ability to work cooperatively with others
• Ability to accept supervision and evaluation
• Be at least 18 years old

Contact Mike Bidaman, Manager of Volunteer Services at 412-920-5500 or Michael.Bidaman@gentivahs.com

We happily encourage volunteers of any race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, handicap or national origin.

Volunteers receive training appropriate to their respective volunteer position. Orientation and trainings are scheduled to fit your availability.

**Volunteers do NO clinical or direct care, such as: feeding, toileting, dressing, etc. You are just their to brighten the patient's day!


**Volunteers do not have to show proof of a COVID vaccination but may need to adhere to facility COVID guidelines such as wearing a mask. Volunteers would receive direction prior to visiting a patient