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Position Title: Project Contact Volunteer (ID# 80434)

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: February 2015

Desired End Date:  Open ended however a 6 month minimum is 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 in this setting by both patients and their families.

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. 

Qualifications:
In order to qualify you must have previous patient care experience and have completed your sophomore year of college.  Priority will be given to upper classmen 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.

This volunteer opportunity is extremely competitive.

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 to be with the public:
Name: Mimi Makovitsky
Email: [log in to unmask]

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Position Title: Meaningful Use (ID# 80438)

Organization: New York Methodist Hospital
Department: various departments
Website:http://www.nym.org/Get-Involved/Meaningful-Use.aspx
Hours per week: 8 hours/week, for a total of at least 150 hours
Desired Start Date: January 2015

Desired End Date:  6 month minimum is required
Location: Park Slope, Brooklyn
Paid or Unpaid: Unpaid

Position Description:

The use of technology in healthcare impacts everything we do here at the Hospital. New York Methodist is ahead of the curve in the use of electronic medical records and, as a key component of health care reform, has developed a patient portal in order to provide access to our patients. This information helps patients to understand their diagnosis and treatment  and is useful after discharge.

Meaningful Use volunteers to go to the bedside to assist patients and their caregivers in learning how to access their medical information through the portal.  Volunteers will be trained on iPads and supported by our information technology staff.

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

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Position Title: Resident Evaluation Project (ID# 80435)

Organization: New York Methodist Hospital
Department: various departments
Website:http://www.nym.org/Get-Involved/Resident-Evaluation-Project.aspx
Hours per week: 4-6 hours/week, for a total of at least 150 hours
Desired Start Date: January 2015

Desired End Date:  6 month minimum is required
Location: Park Slope, Brooklyn
Paid or Unpaid: Unpaid

Position Description:

We are currently recruiting pre-medical students for a unique opportunity to interview patients to determine their satisfaction with physician interactions. Resident Evaluation Project (REP) volunteers will gain experience interacting with patients and medical staff under the auspices of the Department of Medicine.

This is a highly competitive volunteer opportunity and requires training and education.

Qualifications:
Requirements:
- Applicants must be pre-medical and in their junior year at a four year college or enrolled in a post baccalaureate program.
- Applicants must be able to commit to four to six hours per week for a minimum of six months.
- Applicants must be available for shifts beginning at 7:30 a.m. and continuing until all of the identified patients have been interviewed.

Desired Qualification:
Bilingual fluency in English and Russian and/or English and Spanish is strongly desired.

Application Instructions: All applicants must complete TWO steps:
1. an online application:
http://www.nym.org/Get-Involved/Volunteer-Opportunities/How-to-apply-to-volunteer.aspx

2. And, in addition to completing the online application, each applicant must email a copy of his/her resumé to Mimi Makovitzky, Director of Volunteer Resources at [log in to unmask]

Katherine King
Program Manager
Educational & Volunteer Resources
New York Methodist Hospital
Office Location (not mailing address)
501 6th Street, Room 6H
Brooklyn, NY 11215
Phone: 718-780-5397 x104
Fax: 718-780-3414

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