Volunteer - Patient Experience
job description
**Calling all Volunteers!! - West Park Healthcare Centre**
West Park Healthcare Centre helps patients get their lives back by providing inpatient, outpatient and outreach services in specialized rehabilitative and complex care after a life-altering illness or injury such as lung disease, amputation, stroke, and traumatic musculoskeletal injuries. By 2023, West Park’s 27-acre site will be transformed into an integrated campus of care, including a new hospital building and additional community supports such as assisted living for persons with disabilities and seniors. This transformation enables the Centre to evolve its rehabilitative programs and strengthen links to community-based services to meet the future healthcare needs of our local community and the province.
**Volunteer Opportunities Available in our Patient Experience Department**:
This position will provide volunteers with an opportunity to gain hands-on, practical work experience in patient experience and engagement. Volunteers will support Patient Experience department functions with onboarding patient family advisors, including orientating, recruiting, and general administrative tasks which support day to day operations. There may also be an opportunity to support special projects within the Patient Experience department.
Commitment:
One 2 to 4 hour shift per week (morning or afternoon) for 4 - 6 months.
**Traits Required**:
- Patient, engaged and effective communication skills.
- Committed to supporting a positive experience for patients and families
- Respectful of privacy and confidentiality
- Basic computer and data entry skills
West Park Healthcare Centre is committed to providing accessible employment practices in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). Should you require accommodation for a disability during any phase of the recruitment process, please indicate this in your communication to Volunteer Resources. For further assistance please contact the Volunteer Resources Department at (416) 243-3600 extension 2097.
**Job Type**:
Part-time
Part-time hours:
4 per week
**Salary**:
Up to $0.01 per hour
Schedule:
- 4 hour shift
Work Location:
One location