Volunteer Opportunities
Share Your Experience and Energy
We have something for every talent and interest.
Click on selections below to learn more.
Cardiac Rehabilitation
- Assist hospital staff with basic clerical and operational support
- Make charts
- Work on monthly newsletter
- Miscellaneous duties as assigned by staff
Clerical (Auxiliary Office)
Handle routine office work (filing, data entry, mailings)- Answer telephone and direct caller to appropriate resource
- Operate various office equipment (fax, computer, copy machine etc.)
- Knowledge of basic computer skills and e-mail is required
Courtesy Shuttle
Patient Pick Up Service- Communicate with Security Team via 2-way radio
- Drive Shuttle around hospital parking lot to assist people who need or want a ride
Customer Relations
- Assist surgical patients with check-in
- Answer non-medical questions
- Escort patient and family to the Pre-op Hold area.
- Answer telephone, take messages and keep track of where family is located during patient's surgery.
Emergency Department
- Act as liaison between visitors, patients and the medical staff
- Assist in registration
- Provide non-medical assistance as requested by medical staff (changing gurneys, stocking supplies, making coffee, assembling medical and surgical packets)
- Escort patients to their rooms
- Run errands
Employee Health
- Fill out and file receipts
- Log over the counter medications
- Open and check new merchandise, stock supply cabinets
Escort Service
- Escort patients to proper departments
- Deliver documents throughout the hospital
- Maintain a neat waiting area
- Interact with patients while they are waiting and when escorting them to designated areas.
Gift Shop
- Use cash register and process credit cards
- Maintain and replenish stock on shelves
- Have knowledge of basic customer service skills and sales skills
- Assist visitors, patients and employees with their purchases
Greeters
- Greet patients, visitors and family members
- Assist visitors and family members with general hospital information and locations.
Imaging
- Act as liaison between staff, families and patients
- Greet patients as they arrive for procedures
- Escort patients to dressing room and see to their comfort while waiting or recovering.
- Assist with paperwork for radiology staff
Intensive Care
- Assist, screen and comfort visitors
- Maintain record of patient's arrivals and departures
- Escort visitors to patient rooms
Laboratory
- Assist nursing units with pick-up and delivery service
- Make rounds as requested
- Dispense specimens from lab triage tubs
- Assist with paperwork for lab front office and triage unit
Maternal Child Care
- Hand out juice or food trays
- Fill water pitchers, strip or make beds
- Watch/rock newborns in the NICU
- Run errands
- Prepare home packets for discharged patients
- Provide wheelchair assistance for mothers and babies
Pharmacy
- Deliver medications and medical supplies to tall departments
- Take returned medications back to pharmacy
Pulmonary Rehabilitation
- Assemble new patient orientation packets, Asthma and COPD education packets and new patient class notebooks
- Assist on-duty nurse as requested
Reception
- Answer questions and provide assistance to patients, family members and visitors (badges, directions, etc.)
- Relay hospital information to the public
- Receive and deliver patient mail, floral arrangements and gifts
- Track patient room numbers
Registration
Serve as liaison with the Admitting Office- Assist incoming patients with completion of forms
- Monitor patients for signs of undue comfort or acute illness
Surgery
- Escort patients and families
- Store personal effects, stock warmer blankets, pick up and deliver paperwork
- Serve food and drinks
- Discharge patients in wheelchairs
Telecare
Make daily support calls to those who live alone and / or are convalescing
Workshop
- Make puppets for children admitted to the hospital
- Make tray favors for holidays
- Make corsages for prospective mothers attending maternity teas
- Make stuffed toys for Emergency Department
- Make booties, caps, blankets and sweaters for newborn babies
Special Volunteer Programs
Mended Hearts
- Pre-requisite: Must attend Mended Heart training program
- Please call John Glatz at (760) 613-1753
Pet Therapy
- Pre-requisite: Must attend Pet Therapy screening
- Please call Paula Ballweber at (760) 940-PETS (7387)
Off Campus Locations
Tri-City Wellness Center (Carlsbad)
- Greet patients, visitors, family members
- Provide directions and occasionally escort patients to their appointment locations.
- Clerical duties (typing, collating, mailings, chart preparation, etc.)
- Assist in cardiac and physical therapy as needed
Tri-City Medical Office Building (Carlsbad)
- Provide directions and occasionally escort patients to their appointment locations.
- Clerical duties (typing, collating, mailings, chart preparation, etc.)
Bilingual volunteers are always a plus in any department.
The volunteer staff will work with you to find your best fit. Our goal is to match your interests, skills and time available with the needs of the hospital.
