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Advocate for Hospice Patients by Making Check-in Phone Calls - REMOTE
ORGANIZATION: VITAS Healthcare - Broward
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95 people are interested
EAST COAST TIME IS PREFERRED, but other time zones can be considered. No International
VITAS is looking for caring individuals to share their voice and time as a Pro Active Telephone Caller Volunteer to help terminally ill patients and their families. A friendly voice, a little time. volunteer by phone remote from anywhere. If you enjoy talking on the phone and have time to make a few calls every week, you may be perfect for our Pro Active Calling team program. This is a great way to give back to your community, and to enhance your educational training in the healthcare field.
VITAS Pro Active Calling Team volunteer- make "check in" phone calls to our patients/family members. You can work from your dorm room, apartment, home, or the VITAS office. You will call families at home, asking how they are doing, checking on needed supplies, listening, and identifying any service concerns.
VITAS provides free volunteer training to help you learn the skills required to be an outstanding volunteer caller.
- A background screening is required and can be done on your home computer. VITAS fully covers the cost
- The minimum commitment is 3 months (12 weeks).
- Hours are flexible, but calls must be made at the minimum 1x/week
- You must have either a laptop, desktop or ipad, and be comfortable with basic data input into a designated, secure web portal. (This entry CAN NOT be done on your cell phone)
- You must have excellent listening and organizational skills!
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About VITAS Healthcare - Broward
Location:
1801 WEST SAMPLE ROAD, Suite 100, DEERFIELD BEACH, FL 33064, US
Mission Statement
VITAS Healthcare recognizes the importance of a strong and innovative program. Volunteers are an integral part of the hospice program, allowing VITAS to continue personalizing, enhancing and expanding services offered to patients and families. By exemplifying the VITAS Values, volunteers serve as patient and family advocates and are proactive in meeting the needs of patients and families. VITAS integrates volunteers into the hospice team by actively recruiting, training, supporting and creatively utilizing volunteers to meet patient and family needs. Volunteers and their contributions are respected and valued.
Description
Volunteers are the heart of VITAS Healthcare, providing friendly, non-medical patient and family care and offering support services in the office, using their cars and from their own homes.
CAUSE AREAS
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This is a Virtual Opportunity with no fixed address.
DATE POSTED
August 16, 2023
SKILLS
- Customer Service
- Data Entry
- Community Outreach
- Basic Computer Skills
- People Skills
- Verbal / Written Communication
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 17
- Orientation or Training
- Very flexible hours/days to make the calls, but must commit to making calls at lease 1x/week for approx 2 hours per day, anytime between 9am-6pm
- We will provide full on-line training. Must be able to operate a basic computer and do basic data entry