RESPONSIBILITIES
Two important responsibilities undertaken by the Junior
Volunteers are:
Confidentiality-All or any information concerning
a patient and hospital affairs
Dependability-Reporting on time in uniform adhering
to standards of the hospital, obeying the supervisor,
conducting oneself professionally-all of these speak of
the Junior Volunteer's dependability.
Violation of rules and repeated failure
to report on duty will make it necessary to discontinue
services of a Junior Volunteer.
TYPES
OF VOLUNTEERS
Information Desk Volunteer: Staffs the Information
Desk to ensure that patient listings are kept current.
Directs visitors and patients to the various diagnostic
departments. The Information Desk Volunteer may assist
the hospital departments with other duties upon request.
Hospital Departmental Volunteer: Aids staff in
various hospital departments by running errands, answering
phones and taking messages. This volunteer may help with
patients under the supervision of department heads.
ELIGIBILITY
Students who are 14 years old and/or in grades 9 through
12 are eligible through the summer of graduation from
high school. Students must be 14 by June 1.
PLACEMENT
Assignments will be based on the needs of the hospital
and on the availability of the Junior Volunteers. Scheduling
will be done in shifts of four (4) hours. Students must
attend and complete the annual Junior Volunteer orientation
before reporting for duty.
UNIFORMS
Junior Volunteer shirts must be purchased and maintained
by the Junior Volunteer. This will be worn with white
slacks or skirt. Soft, solid shoes or tennis shoes will
be worn. No sandals, please. (Junior Volunteer shirts
are available through your JV coordinator.) All Junior
Volunteers must wear a name tag while on duty. The name
tag will be provided by the Human Resources.
REQUIREMENTS
All Junior Volunteer applicants must complete a Junior
Volunteer application, attend orientation, purchase a
Junior Volunteer shirt and provide Jefferson Memorial
Hospital with written results of a TB test in the calendar
year. The TB test is not provided by the hospital.
