Volunteer Service Volunteer Assignments Special Assignments

The volunteers at Elmhurst Hospital The Department of Volunteer There are also some special Center are community residents who Services coordinates the placement of programs: work with the hospital staff in volunteers throughout the hospital.  Chaplain’s Aides providing not only quality health care,  Foster Grandparents but a human and compassionate hospital The following are a few departments  The After School Program center. They are men and women who where volunteers can work: (Tutoring children and are students, working adults, and active  Physical Therapy adolescents on our Psychiatric seniors. They are our dynamic and  Occupational Therapy Inpatient Units) enthusiastic volunteer corps.  Admitting Office  ACES (Patient Entitlement  Patient Transport Counseling) Volunteer service is important to our  Support Services  Healthy Outlook (An activity and hospital and our community. Volunteers  Health Information Management companionship program for unselfishly offer time, talents, and  Chief of Service Offices geriatric patients) skills to assist our patients. Whether  Medical Library  Diabetes Care Management they help in an office, a clinic, patient  Pharmacy Department (Volunteers calling to support transport, or a patient unit, volunteers  Ambulatory Surgery our diabetes care management contribute to the overall care of the  Psychiatry patients) patients and to the delivery of quality  Finance - Patient Accounts  The Auxiliary health care services at Elmhurst  Patient Relations  Patient Care Volunteer Program Hospital Center.  Social Work Services and Discharge Assistance  Ambulatory Care Services Program Volunteer service is important to us,  Volunteer Medical Interpreters but it also provides an excellent opportunity to be productive, to explore health careers, to learn new skills, and to help the community. Call for an ELMHURST HOSPITAL Appointment CENTER

To become a volunteer at Elmhurst Elmhurst Hospital Center is one of the Hospital Center, you need to schedule most comprehensive medical centers and an appointment for an interview by training hospitals in the borough of calling the Department of Volunteer Queens. EHC is part of the Queens Services at 718-334-5175 or you may Health Network and Health and Hospitals stop by the office (A1-26, off the main Corporation, New York City’s municipal lobby) on the first working day of each Health Care System. Elmhurst Hospital month. Center is a major teaching affiliate of Mount Sinai School of Medicine. The Before you can start your volunteer hospital is accredited by the Joint service, you MUST have a medical Commission. clearance, provide two personal references (names and complete Located in Northwestern Queens, EHC address) and have a social security provides care for the neighborhoods of number and complete a background Astoria, Sunnyside, Woodside, Elmhurst, clearance. Jackson Heights, Corona, Rego Park, Forest Hills, and East Elmhurst. Over Volunteers are required to give a one million people live in this culturally minimum of six (6) hours a week if not diverse community. employed and four (4) hours a week if working full-time, but the number of Elmhurst Hospital Center recently Elmhurst Hospital Center days and hours are up to the individual completed a modernization project to Department of Volunteer volunteer. Most of the volunteer upgrade inpatient, ambulatory care Services assignments are available during the facilities, and the Emergency 718-334-5175 week, Monday through Friday, between Department. EHC recently opened the [email protected] 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. There are also some Hope Pavilion for cancer diagnosis and weekend volunteer assignments. treatment as well as other specialty services. The new Elmhurst Hospital Center will meet the future needs of the community in a modern environment.