St Margaret's Volunteer Application Form
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| Accounting |
| Department: |
Clerical |
| Purpose: |
Perform Clerical Functions |
| Functions: |
Clerical |
| Facility: |
St. Margaret's Hospital |
| Location Details: |
Accounting Dept. |
| Supervised By: |
Accounting Manager |
| Dates: |
Once per week (3-4 hours) |
| Hours: |
Variable week days |
| Restrictions: |
Confidential information and privacy issues |
| Additional Info: |
Run errands, file invoices, type, computer entry, copy forms |
| Auxiliary Gift Shop |
| Department: |
Auxiliary Gift Shop |
| Purpose: |
Assist customers |
| Functions: |
Administrative Assistance |
| Facility: |
St. Margaret's Hospital |
| Location Details: |
Gift Shop |
| Supervised By: |
Gift Shop Manager |
| Dates: |
Once per week |
| Hours: |
Variable |
| Restrictions: |
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| Additional Info: |
Receive payments; operate cash register; stock shelves; wrap items; maintain professional and caring demeanor; responsible business dealings; lock up after counting money |
| Auxiliary Member |
| Department: |
Auxiliary |
| Purpose: |
Fund Raising, Community Support, Health Education |
| Functions: |
Administrative Assistance |
| Facility: |
St. Margaret's Hospital |
| Location Details: |
Variable, usually within the hospital |
| Supervised By: |
Self-governed |
| Dates: |
Variable |
| Hours: |
Variable |
| Restrictions: |
Confidential information and privacy issues |
| Additional Info: |
Help others, raise funds, promote community service, promote health education, support health care legislation, provide scholarship opportunities, clerk in gift shop, holiday bazaar, one day sales |
| Business Office |
| Department: |
Clerical |
| Purpose: |
Clerical functions |
| Functions: |
Clerical |
| Facility: |
St. Margaret's Hospital |
| Location Details: |
Business area |
| Supervised By: |
Business Office Supervisor |
| Dates: |
Once per week (3 hours) |
| Hours: |
Variable |
| Restrictions: |
Confidential information and privacy issues |
| Additional Info: |
Run errands, file records, enter computer data, type, copy, colate, stuff envelopes |
| Cardiac Rehab |
| Department: |
Cardiac Care |
| Purpose: |
Nontechnical, clerical duties |
| Functions: |
Patient Care |
| Facility: |
St. Margaret's Hospital |
| Location Details: |
Cardiac Rehab Dept. |
| Supervised By: |
Exercise Specialist & Registered Nurse |
| Dates: |
Once per week |
| Hours: |
8:00 am to 12 noon |
| Restrictions: |
Confidential information and privacy issues |
| Additional Info: |
Record vital signs; observe patients and classes; run errands; answer phone and record messages; other clerical duties |
| Cardiopulmonary (Back to top) |
| Department: |
Cardiac Care |
| Purpose: |
Clerical functions |
| Functions: |
Clerical |
| Facility: |
St. Margaret's Hospital |
| Location Details: |
Cardiopulmonary Office |
| Supervised By: |
Cardiopulmonary office staff |
| Dates: |
Once per week (3 hours) |
| Hours: |
Variable |
| Restrictions: |
Confidential information and privacy issues |
| Additional Info: |
File records; answer phone and record messages; run errands |
| Community Health Clinics |
| Department: |
Community Health |
| Purpose: |
Clerical functions related to physician office. |
| Functions: |
Clerical |
| Facility: |
Hazel Marie Boyle Women's Health Center |
| Location Details: |
Various Community Clinics |
| Supervised By: |
Patient Account Clerk |
| Dates: |
Once per week |
| Hours: |
Vary depends on location |
| Restrictions: |
Confidential information and privacy issues |
| Additional Info: |
Copy medical documents; file charts; make new charts; address any mailing information; general clerical duties |
| DeAngelo Cancer Unit |
| Department: |
Cancer Care |
| Purpose: |
Provide extra services to cancer patients such as comfort and care. |
| Functions: |
Patient Care |
| Facility: |
St. Margaret's Hospital |
| Location Details: |
DCU |
| Supervised By: |
Professional staff |
| Dates: |
Once per week |
| Hours: |
Variable |
| Restrictions: |
Confidential information and privacy issues |
| Additional Info: |
Pass trays, snacks, water, and mail; answer phone and take messages; copy documents; shred old materials; visit patients; deliver specimens; transport patients; replenish stock supplies General clerical duties. |
| Emergency Department |
| Department: |
Critical Care |
| Purpose: |
Provide extra services to patients for comfort, care, and well-being of patients and families. |
| Functions: |
Patient Care |
| Facility: |
St. Margaret's Hospital |
| Location Details: |
Emergency |
| Supervised By: |
Professional staff |
| Dates: |
Once per week |
| Hours: |
Variable |
| Restrictions: |
Confidential information and privacy issues |
| Additional Info: |
Amswer phone; take messages; act as hostess for the area; assist with transfers of patients; run errands; deliver specimens; wash instruments; keep area clean; stock linens; change linens as needed; assist with clerical duties as directed |
| Eucharistric Ministry (Back to top) |
| Department: |
Hospice |
| Purpose: |
Provide patient care and support services according to experience and training |
| Functions: |
Patient Care |
| Facility: |
St. Margaret's Hospital |
| Location Details: |
Various patient homes |
| Supervised By: |
Hospice Coordinator |
| Dates: |
Variable |
| Hours: |
As needed |
| Restrictions: |
Confidential information and privacy issues |
| Additional Info: |
Attend orientation for hospice; serve as substitute family/caregiver in the home; may do homemaker chores, run errands, and provide respite care as well; provide input to plan of care; attends meetings as needed; Document care; maintain communication with volunteer coordinator |
| Hospice volunteer |
| Department: |
Hospice |
| Purpose: |
Provide patient care and support services according to experience and training |
| Functions: |
Patient Care |
| Facility: |
St. Margaret's Hospital |
| Location Details: |
Various patient homes |
| Supervised By: |
Hospice Coordinator |
| Dates: |
Variable |
| Hours: |
As needed |
| Restrictions: |
Confidential information and privacy issues |
| Additional Info: |
Attend orientation for hospice; serve as substitute family/caregiver in the home; may do homemaker chores, run errands, and provide respite care as well; provide input to plan of care; attends meetings as needed; Document care; maintain communication with volunteer coordinator |
| Immunization Clinic |
| Department: |
Community Health |
| Purpose: |
Assist staff with functioning of clinic |
| Functions: |
Administrative Assistance |
| Facility: |
St. Margaret's Hospital |
| Location Details: |
Outpatient Clinic Area |
| Supervised By: |
Bureau County Health Dept. Nurse |
| Dates: |
Once a month |
| Hours: |
2:15 pm to 6:00 pm |
| Restrictions: |
Confidential information and privacy issues |
| Additional Info: |
Assist with registration; collect fees; consent forms; check immunization status by records; escort patients; hold infants; record information; schedule appointments |
| Linen Room |
| Department: |
Support Services |
| Purpose: |
Assist staff with stamping new linens with SMH logo. |
| Functions: |
Administrative Assistance |
| Facility: |
St. Margaret's Hospital |
| Location Details: |
Environmental Services |
| Supervised By: |
Environmental Services staff |
| Dates: |
Variable as need arises |
| Hours: |
Variable |
| Restrictions: |
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| Additional Info: |
Following all safety precautions, use hot iron to stamp linens with hospital logo. |
| Maintenance Department |
| Department: |
Support Services |
| Purpose: |
Clerical functions |
| Functions: |
Clerical |
| Facility: |
St. Margaret's Hospital |
| Location Details: |
Maintenance |
| Supervised By: |
BioMed Technician |
| Dates: |
Variable |
| Hours: |
Variable |
| Restrictions: |
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| Additional Info: |
File information as needed; keep work area neat; other clerical functions. |
| Medical Records |
| Department: |
Medical Records |
| Purpose: |
Nontechnical, clerical duties |
| Functions: |
Clerical |
| Facility: |
St. Margaret's Hospital |
| Location Details: |
Medical Records offices |
| Supervised By: |
Medical Records Personnel |
| Dates: |
Once per week (3 hours) |
| Hours: |
Variable (7-4:30 Mon-Fri) |
| Restrictions: |
Confidential information and privacy issues |
| Additional Info: |
Pick up discharge charts; sort and staple reports; pull medical records; copy documents; file reports; computer data entry; run errands; prepare new folders; organize and file records; other clerical functions as directed |
| Nursing Unit Assistant (Back to top) |
| Department: |
Older Adult |
| Purpose: |
Provide extra services to patients for comfort, care, and well-being of patients and families. |
| Functions: |
Patient Care |
| Facility: |
St. Margaret's Hospital |
| Location Details: |
Nursing care areas including Skilled Nursing Facility, Medical Unit, Surgical Unit. |
| Supervised By: |
Professional staff |
| Dates: |
Once a month |
| Hours: |
Variable |
| Restrictions: |
Confidential information and privacy issues |
| Additional Info: |
Pass out mail, snacks, water, meal trays; read to patients; transport patients; act as host/hostess; run errands; clerical work as needed; answer call lights; put away supplies; deliver specimens; replenish supplies |
| Occupational Health Office |
| Department: |
Community Health |
| Purpose: |
Assist staff with non-technical, clerical duties |
| Functions: |
Clerical |
| Facility: |
Hazel Marie Boyle Women's Health Center |
| Location Details: |
Occupational Health Office |
| Supervised By: |
Occupational Health staff |
| Dates: |
Once per week |
| Hours: |
Variable |
| Restrictions: |
Confidential information and privacy issues |
| Additional Info: |
Computer data entry; copy documents; sort, staple, mail, assemble materials; answer phone and take messages; other clerical duties |
| Occupational Therapy |
| Department: |
Rehabilitative |
| Purpose: |
Nontechnical, clerical duties |
| Functions: |
Clerical, Patient Care |
| Facility: |
St. Margaret's Hospital |
| Location Details: |
Physical Therapy (Rehab) Department |
| Supervised By: |
Occupational Therapy staff |
| Dates: |
Once per week (3 hours) |
| Hours: |
Variable (8:30 am to 4:00 pm) |
| Restrictions: |
Confidential information and privacy issues |
| Additional Info: |
Change linens between patients; restock supplies; fill and empty whirlpools; transport patients; run errands; maintain equipment; file patient records; answer phone and record messages; observe therapy treatments |
| Oncology Clinic |
| Department: |
Cancer Care |
| Purpose: |
Provide extra services to cancer patients such as comfort and care. |
| Functions: |
Patient Care |
| Facility: |
St. Margaret's Hospital |
| Location Details: |
Oncology Clinic area |
| Supervised By: |
Oncology Clinic staff |
| Dates: |
Once per week |
| Hours: |
Variable |
| Restrictions: |
Confidential information and privacy issues |
| Additional Info: |
Greet patients; escort patients to exam/treatment room; give dressing instructions; weigh patient and chart; provide water and snacks; change sheets between patients; deliver messages and run errands; use copier as necessary; other non-technical duties as directed |
| Pastoral Care (Back to top) |
| Department: |
Ministry |
| Purpose: |
Visit patients and families to provide comfort and a sense of well-being. |
| Functions: |
Clerical, Patient Care |
| Facility: |
St. Margaret's Hospital |
| Location Details: |
Hospital and Community |
| Supervised By: |
Pastoral Care staff |
| Dates: |
Once a week |
| Hours: |
Variable |
| Restrictions: |
Confidential information and privacy issues |
| Additional Info: |
Visit and converse with patients and families; read, write letters, interact with patients; provide emotional and religious support as needed; assist with non-technical activities; attend to families during emergency situations and at time of death and bereavement |
| Patient & Family Services |
| Department: |
Community Health |
| Purpose: |
Perform non-technical, clerical duties |
| Functions: |
Clerical |
| Facility: |
St. Margaret's Hospital |
| Location Details: |
Social Service Office |
| Supervised By: |
Patient & Family Services personnel |
| Dates: |
Once a week |
| Hours: |
Variable |
| Restrictions: |
Confidential information and privacy issues |
| Additional Info: |
Answer phone and take messages, run errands, file reports, general typing, copy documents |
| Pediatrics |
| Department: |
Maternal / Child |
| Purpose: |
Provide comfort, care and well-being for pediatric patients and their families. |
| Functions: |
Patient Care |
| Facility: |
St. Margaret's Hospital |
| Location Details: |
Pediatric Nursing Unit |
| Supervised By: |
Professional staff |
| Dates: |
Once a week |
| Hours: |
Variable |
| Restrictions: |
Confidential information and privacy issues |
| Additional Info: |
Pass mail, snacks, water, food to patients; transport patients; read to, play with, supervise, hold, sit with children; feed under supervision of RN; deliver specimens; answer call lights; sort linens |
| Physical Therapy |
| Department: |
Rehabilitative |
| Purpose: |
Nontechnical, clerical duties |
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