Hospice Volunteer Coordinator
Continuum Care of Sarasota
Manatee County, FL
Full-time
Continuum Care of Sarasota -
Job Title / Position : Volunteer Coordinator
Reports To : Director of Patient Care Services
Job Description Summary
Responsible for planning, coordinating, and managing all volunteer program activities in the organization.
Essential Job Functions / Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain a volunteer training and orientation program sufficient to meet the volunteer needs of the patients and families.
- Recruits, educates, and selects volunteers from at least three (3) recruitment sessions a year.
- Establish a need for volunteer services with the patient and family / caregiver and entire hospice team.
- Supervise and evaluate volunteers in a timely and appropriate manner.
- Maintains monthly statistics. Records services of volunteers, including the type of service performed and the time worked.
- Maintains current personnel files.
- Reevaluate volunteer programs as necessary.
- Coordinate support / education meetings.
- Attends interdisciplinary group meetings.
- Provides information to individuals and community groups about hospice volunteer services.
- Participates as needed in the budget preparation for program development.
- Actively participates in quality assessment performance improvement teams, activities and reviewing and revising written volunteer policies and procedures.
- Accepts and performs other related duties and responsibilities.
Position Qualifications
- College degree, advanced degree in human services preferred.
- Minimum of two (2) years experience in a health care setting. Hospice and / or volunteer experience preferred.
- Ability to supervise, coordinate, and evaluate volunteer services.
- Understands hospice philosophy.
- Ability to organize and develop volunteer hospice personnel for both patient and organizational needs.
- Ability to manage a group of individuals providing volunteer time and who will be
considered employees.
26 days ago