Position Title: Project Contact Volunteer
Organization: New York Methodist Hospital
Department: Emergency Department (placement managed through the Dept. of Educational & Volunteer Resources)
Website: http://www.nym.org/Get-Involved/Volunteer-Opportunities/Project-Contact-Volunteer.aspx
Hours per week: 8 hours/week, for a total of at least 150 hours
Desired Start Date: June 1, 2015//early June orientation & training
Desired End Date: Dec. 31, 2015 (6 month minimum required!)
Location: Park Slope, Brooklyn
Paid or Unpaid: Unpaid
Position Description:

Project Contact supports the needs of patients during their Emergency Room visit to the hospital.  Volunteer activities are geared toward strategies to relieve the stress and tension experienced by patients and their family members.

Volunteers become part of the Emergency Department team serving in four areas: Treatment, Registration/Triage, Rapid Evaluation Unit, and Pediatric ER.  Volunteers work directly with patients, caregivers and medical professionals.  This is a patient-focused assignment that allows volunteers the opportunity to add to the high quality of service given at New York Methodist while observing and learning how care is provided in a modern fast paced Emergency Room.

This program requires a Project Contact Orientation as well as twelve hours of training beyond the general orientation.  An eight-hour a week service commitment, divided into two four hour shifts for no less than six months, is mandatory. Unlike other patient care placements it is not unusual for volunteers to stay beyond their four hour shift when there is a critical need. Placements are available seven days a week, fifteen hours a day.
This is not a shadowing experience it is a service experience.
This volunteer opportunity is extremely competitive.

Qualifications:
In order to qualify you must have previous patient care experience, have completed, or be about to complete, your sophomore year of college.  Priority will be given to juniors, seniors and post baccalaureate students. Candidates who speak a second language are especially welcome to apply. During the interview we will be screening for maturity and well developed critical thinking skills.

Application Instructions: Applications will only be accepted online:
http://www.nym.org/Get-Involved/Volunteer-Opportunities/How-to-apply-to-volunteer.aspx

Additional contact information:
Name: Mimi Makovitsky
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