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Countries/States Served:
CA, TX, OK
People Utilized or Employed:
Trainable Volunteers
Types of Students Allowed:
Medical Students, Premedical Students, Dental Students, Predental Students, Nursing Students, Prenursing Students, Pharmacy Students, Prepharmacy Students, Veterinary Students, Preveterinary Students, Optometry Students, Preoptometry Students |
Program Length:
Short Term (Less than 1 month) and Long Term (Greater than 1 month)
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Current Volunteer Opportunities (Unpaid Positions)
Volunteer needed for
6 to 12 months
Opportunity Description:
TITLE: Volunteer
REPORTS TO: Volunteer Coordinator
JOB SUMMARY
Enhance the quality of care delivered to patients/families, maximize program and family resources, and encourage community participation in delivery of hospice care. Provide patient, family and caregiver support services according to experience and training, and in compliance with company policies. Serve the program in any needed capacity for which trained and willing to serve, in areas such as patient care, bereavement care, administrative support, program development and community relations and education. Travel as necessary.
QUALIFICATIONS
1. Must be at least 18 years of age.
2. Ability to actively listen.
3. Ability to deal with death and dying comfortably.
4. Willingness to participate in peer support meetings and continuing education meetings.
5. Has an understanding of Hospice services.
6. Physical exam in accordance with state law requirements.
7. Compliance with accepted professional standards and practices.
8. Satisfactory references from employers and/or professional peers.
9. Ability to work within an interdisciplinary setting.
10. Satisfactory criminal background check (as required by state).
11. Demonstrate excellent observation and communication skills.
12. Self-directed with the ability to work with little supervision.
13. Flexible and cooperative in fulfilling all obligations.
RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Serve as an integral member of the Hospice interdisciplinary team amid various settings: home care; respite; in-patient, bereavement and/or administrative; office duties.
2. Participate in general orientation.
3. Visit with patient/family in home, in-patient care or care center.
4. Serve in the patient?s home performing activities for which the volunteer has been prepared. Provide essential services such as, but not limited to, reading to patients, playing games, writing letters for them, shopping, assisting with plant or pet care, meal preparation, or support with household duties as needed.
5. May accompany patient or family to appointments or other outings.
6. Does not transport patient or family for any reason.
7. May provide clerical or bereavement support as directed.
8. Offer emotional support to patient/family.
9. May attend funeral and visit the family/significant others after the death.
10. Provide availability on a regular basis and/or keeping with the patient/family/caregiver needs.
11. Participate in volunteer support or peer groups and/or training with other volunteers.
12. Record hours of service.
13. Assure for compliance with local, state and federal laws, Medicare regulations, and established personnel policies and procedures.
14. Participate in staff meetings, department meetings, team meetings, briefings, in-services, committees, special projects as directed, and other related activities as needed.
15. Meet or exceed delivery of Company Service Standards in a consistent fashion.
16. Conduct all business activities in a professional and ethical manner.
Total Number of Volunteers Needed:
15
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Mission Statement: (See Web Site For Updated Information)
Welcome to Pacific Coast Hospice a sister hospice under Odyssey Healthcare, Inc. We? are happy that you have chosen to join team as a hospice volunteers. We want to share with you our passion and mission of comfort care for all our patients and families. We believe that you will find many of us at Pacific Coast Hospice feel it is a privilege to serve in this very special type of work.
We started the company without a name or business cards and with only a vision of becoming the leading hospice provider in the world. After weeks of brainstorming names for the company we were on an airplane flight and viewing the movie Apollo 13 and a line caught our attention? ? The Odyssey is dying,? referring to the crippled spacecraft that needed to complete its intended journey. According to Webster?s Dictionary, Odyssey is defined as ?a spiritual wandering or quest?. We quickly became Odyssey Healthcare.
Our logo is a house surrounded by a rainbow of colors. The door can be viewed as either opening or shutting. This logo has special meaning for us because the talented woman who painted it for us did so using a mouth wand. She was a quadriplegic and unfortunately it was her last project. After completing the final draft of our logo she wheeled herself as usual into her whirlpool at home. Her family wasn?t home and something went terribly wrong and she drowned. We don?t believe that it was a coincidence that her name was Faith.
Before we admitted the first patient we developed the Odyssey Service Standard. We believe that these 14 standards set us apart from other hospice providers and we expect that each team member will strive to do his or her best in living up to these vital commitments. The last service standard, Y.C.C.O.M., stands for
You Can Count On Me.
That is a promise we ask you to make each day to our patients, families, and each other.
It will be our goal to fulfill you volunteering goals as well as meet the needs of our families. We welcome you to the Pacific Coast Hospice and wish you much happiness and longevity in you Odyssey adventure.
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