University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Medical Center

Description

Volunteers play an important and intricate role in the life of the UAMS campus. In all capacities, volunteers have made the commitment to give of their time and care in order to make the hospital community seem more inviting and friendly. This important commitment helps to enrich patients, their families and the UAMS experience.

Additionally, volunteers are rewarded by the relationships they have the opportunity to foster with patients, faculty, staff and fellow volunteers. Thus, in giving of their time, volunteers receive valuable leadership skills, patient care skills and various other abilities paramount in the life of health care.

As UAMS continues to expand its volunteer community, the Volunteer Services Department is committed to the following characteristics of its volunteers:

• UAMS volunteers have the necessary competencies and professionalism to play an intricate role in the field of health care.
• UAMS volunteers are committed to upholding the rights of the patient while being a vital asset to the staff and faculty of UAMS.
• UAMS volunteers maintain privacy and safety standards for the benefit of the University Hospital campus.
• UAMS volunteers feel a calling or are drawn to serve with compassion, kindness, sincerity and friendliness, and without necessity of compensation, pay or other physical benefit.
• UAMS volunteers stay abreast of hospital policies, changes or informative notices, while continuing to be a voice for positive change and offering invaluable ideas for the UAMS of tomorrow.