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Coordinator Volunteer Home Care

Vitas Healthcare

  • Deerfield Beach, FL
  • 30+ days ago

    Highlights

    The Volunteer Services Coordinator is a member of the interdisciplinary team who is responsible for representing the volunteers and advocating for volunteer services, identifying needs for volunteers, matching volunteers with patients and families, and assigning volunteers. Maintains list of volunteers assigned to the team with information needed to adequately match patients and volunteers.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationDeerfield Beach, FL
    IndustryHealthcare Services
    Company Size10,000 employees or more
    Year Founded1978
    Websitehttps://www.vitas.com/

    Description

    The Volunteer Services Coordinator is a member of the interdisciplinary team who is responsible for representing the volunteers and advocating for volunteer services, identifying needs for volunteers, matching volunteers with patients and families, and assigning volunteers.

    • Maintains list of volunteers assigned to the team with information needed to adequately match patients and volunteers.
    • Maintains frequent communication with the team's volunteers
    • Matches and assigns volunteers with patients and families
    • Encourages and collects volunteer notes; tracks and reports hours to Volunteer Services manager
    • Represents the volunteer program in team meeting while encouraging use of volunteers
    • Serves as a liaison to facilitate communication between volunteers and staff
    • Provides individual volunteer support as needed
    • Informs patients and families of volunteer availability and assess pt/family needs for volunteer services
    • Supervises volunteers when designated supervisor is unavailable
    • Assists with determining recruitment needs
    • Supports the volunteer program through participation in volunteer trainings and functions
    • Undertakes any other special projects at the direction of the supervisor

    QUALIFICATIONS

    • Ability to develop telephone rapport with volunteers, patients, and families
    • Understanding of volunteering motivations
    • Excellent communication skills and interpersonal skills
    • Ability to work as a team member
    • Excellent organizational and record keeping skills
    • Ability to travel per job requirements

    EDUCATION

    • High school education
    • Previous experience as a volunteer
    • Some healthcare or volunteer administration experience preferred.
    • Bilingual skills may be appropriate in certain geographic areas.

    SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

    • EOE/AA M/F/D/V

    About Company

    VITAS Healthcare®, a pioneer and leader in the hospice movement since 1978, is the nation’s largest provider of end-of-life care. Our name is derived from the Latin word for “lives” and symbolizes the VITAS mission: to preserve the quality of life for those who have a limited time to live.

    Headquartered in Miami, Florida, VITAS operates hospice programs in 15 states and the District of Columbia. VITAS has enjoyed dynamic growth since its founding as a volunteer organization by a United Methodist minister and an oncology nurse. Today, VITAS employs 11,773 professionals who care for terminally ill patients daily-primarily in the patients’ homes, and also in the company’s inpatient hospice units as well as in hospitals, nursing homes and assisted living communities/residential care facilities. VITAS team members include registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, home health aides, physicians, social workers, chaplains and other caregiving professionals.

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