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20 people are interested
Companionship volunteers needed to visit patients in Moon & Robinson Area
ORGANIZATION: Gentiva Hospice
Please visit the new page to apply.
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20 people are interested
FRIENDLY VISITOR VOLUNTEER NEEDED!
Visit a patient on hospice care in Moon and Robinson, PA and provide companionship, socialization and caring support!
- 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
- Veterans encouraged as we serve MANY Veteran patients!
- Visit the day, time of day, and frequency that works for you and the patient
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
- Complete comprehensive hospice volunteer training
- Annual TB testing
- Submit to and pass a criminal background screening
- Submit to and pass a drug screening
- Must be fully vaccinated against Covid 19
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!
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About Gentiva Hospice
Location:
5315 Campbells Run Rd, Suite 190, Pittsburgh, PA 15205, US
Mission Statement
The mission of Gentiva Health Services-Hospice Division is to provide compassionate care and extraordinary service to the patients and the families that we serve.
Description
Gentiva Hospice is driven by the philosophy of commitment to our patients, leadership and excellence as defined below. We recognize the unique physical, emotional and spiritual needs of each person. We strive to extend the highest level of courtesy and service to patients, families/caregivers, visitors and each other.
We deliver state-of-the-art hospice services with identified centers of excellence. We engage in a wide range of continuing education, clinical education, and other programs for professionals and the public.
We strive to create an environment of teamwork and participation, where, through continuous performance improvement, people pursue excellence and take pride in their work, the hospice and their personal development. We believe that the quality of our human resources- organization personnel, physicians, and volunteers- is key to our continued success. We provide physicians an environment that fosters high quality diagnosis and treatment. We maintain financial viability through a cost-effective operation to meet the hospice's long-term commitment to the community.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
5315 Campbells Run RoadSuite 190Pittsburgh, PA 15205
DATE POSTED
April 27, 2023
SKILLS
- People Skills
- Relationship Building
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- At least one hour, once a month