We welcome caring individuals to be a part of our team. We offer the following patient care opportunities*:

• Critical Care waiting room assistant: Provide emotional support to patients and their families in the critical care waiting area. Let patients and their families know someone is concerned about their emotional and physical needs, and we are there to assist in finding solutions to their concerns.
• Dyson Infusion Center: Assist patients, round on waiting areas to ensure they are clean and stocked and escort family members to patient care areas.
• Emergency Department: Communicate our genuine concern and compassion for patients and their families.
• Friendly visitor: Visit with patients, provide friendly conversation and personal items needed to make them feel comfortable.
• Outpatient registration: Support Outpatient Registration staff with welcoming our patients and their guests and guide them through registration for procedures.
• Patient care areas: Assist our professional and paraprofessional staff with delivering excellent patient care.
• Pet therapy: This program welcomes volunteers whose dogs are qualified with an approved organization to engage with patients and staff throughout the hospital. Volunteers must be 18 years or older to participate and able to commit to at least three visits per month.

We carefully screen all volunteers before processing and placing them in appropriate assignments. Our process includes:

• Initial interview with the Manager of Volunteer Resources
• Medical clearance
• Reference checks
• Criminal background check
• Drug screening
• Attendance at a mandatory orientation

We offer a summer program for high school and college students ages 16-21 (must be 16 years old by July 1, 2022). Email: Nancy.Sheehan@Nuvancehealth.org  to request an application; deadline to apply is May 31 2022. For high school students, a minimum of 50 volunteer hours is required during the summer from July 5-August 15, a commitment of one day per week for 8 hours a day. College students will begin in June and a minimum of 70 hours is required.  All student volunteering involves patient care either on the nursing floors, outpatient, or surgical areas or as a discharge concierge. 

This is a great opportunity to show colleges and employers that you have a serious interest in learning more about the field of healthcare. Volunteers will experience what it’s like to interact with patients and staff in a real-world setting and gain valuable knowledge that will help them with their educational and professional goals.

*Please note that all volunteers are carefully screened, processed and placed in appropriate assignments. This process includes an initial interview with the Manager of Volunteer Resources, a medical clearance, reference checks, a criminal background check, COVID-19 vaccine, and attendance at a mandatory orientation.

2021 Board of Directors

Cheryl Bowers

Elizabeth Bradley, PhD

Kevin Cleary

Timothy Dean

Debra Domber

Francoise Dunefsky

Simon Gorwara, MD

Kim Heller, MD

Shay Humphrey

Peter Kelly

Kathleen Merget, PhD

Charles O’Mara

John Reid

Thomas Robinson, MD

Barry Rothfeld

Ronald Tatelbaum, MD

Steven Tinkelman

James Walker, Jr.

Tim Dean, Chair

Shay Humphrey, Vice Chair

Peter Kelly, President

Directors
Kristi Brien
Nancy Brownell
Sharon Faulkner
Mark Harrison, MD
Michael Horodyski
Craig Irwin
Kimberly Hunt Lee, Vice Chair
Sarah Levine, Chair
Michael Mazzuca, Jr.
Judith Bleakley O’Neill
Robert Ranieri
Niloufer Rodrigues, MD
Rebecca Seaman
Janelle Anne Styles
Scott Sweeney

Staff
Grace Linhard, Chief Development Officer
Carolyn McKenna, Secretary
Steven Rosenberg, Treasurer