Help Your Community: Volunteer

Learn how you can get involved as a Lehigh Valley Hospital Volunteer

Volunteers at Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network (LVHHN) are as diverse as the community they serve. They are students, professionals, homemakers and retired men and women. They are special people who share a commitment to others.

You can find many volunteer options. If you enjoy working directly with patients, you might enjoy visiting patient rooms or greeting visitors. If you prefer to work behind the scenes, you might find volunteering in the pharmacy or the business office to your liking.

Volunteers are a valuable asset, enabling the hospital to provide special services and extra care that make a patient’s stay more comfortable and pleasant.

Volunteering offers you the chance to...

• Meet new people
• Develop useful skills
• Do something good for your community
• Obtain some valuable job references
• Explore possible health care careers

Volunteers work in practically every hospital department

• Behavioral Health Science Center
• Bumper "T" Caring Clowns - needed at Cedar Crest location and LVH-Muhlenberg
• Greeters - needed at the Cedar Crest location
• Gift Shop - needed at all locations
• H.E.L.P. (Hospital Elder Life Program)
• Human Resources
• Information Desks
• Maternity
• Nursing
• Pastoral Care
• Patient Units
• Pediatrics
• Pharmacy

Requirements

• Completed volunteer application - incomplete applications will not be accepted
• A personal interview with the Director or Coordinator of Volunteer Services
• Two satisfactory references from non-family members
• Purchase of a volunteer uniform for most service areas ($12)
• Complete necessary TB testing (at no cost to volunteer) - an annual test must follow
• Completion of a mandatory orientation - orientations are conducted monthly
• A clear Pennsylvania Criminal History Check (at no cost to volunteer)

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