Hospice Volunteer
4 months ago
Rochester
Job Description General Purpose: The direct service (patient-care) volunteer provides patient care and support services according to his/her experience and training and in compliance with organization policies and the volunteer careplan. Essential Functions: • Serves as an integral member of the hospice interdisciplinary group (IDG) amid various settings: home care; respite; inpatient; and/or bereavement, • Participates in volunteer general orientation and additional training as appropriate to assigned duties, • Participates in volunteer educational in-services, • Serves the patient and family/caregiver under guidance of the Volunteer Coordinator and Registered Nurse (RN), • Serves as substitute family/caregiver in the patient’s personal setting performing activities that the volunteer has been prepared for and has agreed to perform, • Provides input into the IDG plan of care as appropriate, • Maintains patient/family privacy and confidentiality, • Completes assignments as requested and assigned, • Documents volunteer services accurately and appropriately, • Maintains open communication and reports regularly to the Volunteer Coordinator or designee, • Patient companionship/support, • Patient caregiver companionship/support, • Respite relief for patient caregiver, • Light housekeeping, • Outside maintenance/chores, • Shopping/errands, • Laundry, • Meal preparation, • Bereavement telephone calls, • Bereavement companionship visits, • Bereavement support group assistance, • Funeral/viewing, • Successful completion of the provided hospice’s volunteer training and orientation program, • Desire to be of service to others, • Empathy for the needs of the ill, injured, frail and the impaired, • Ability to work as a team member, • Experience, knowledge or willingness to learn in area being assigned, • Meets all health requirements set by Interim HealthCare Hospice, if applicable, • Able to provide proof of valid driver’s license, if applicable, • Good oral and written communication skills, • Good organizational skills, • Able to hear, speak, and write and read in English in a manner understood by most people, • Able to read ten (10) point or larger type, • Able to effectively handle multiple tasks or functions, • Able to constantly travel locally from assignment to assignment, • Able to constantly stand, walk, bend, stoop, squat, kneel and reach freely, • Able to constantly grasp with thumb in opposition to fingers of palm, i.e. manipulate pen, knobs or objects, • Able to frequently lift and carry up to 50 pounds in order to carry out daily job functions and related activities that may be required.