What are the responsibilities and job description for the Hospice Volunteer position at Ahava Hospice?
Ahava Hospice Volunteer - unpaid
Ahava Hospice and Majestic Home Health is looking for Volunteers to join our teams’ mission and believe in our core values! Our mission: To show unconditional love through purposeful actions, providing wholehearted, individualized care to those in their end of life journey.
Our Core Values...
L - Luminous care for patients and their families
O - Offering comfort and support during difficult times
V - Valuing every life with dignity and respect
E - Empathetic professionals providing person centered services
This is how we create a culture to LEAD with Love.
Job Responsibilities:
Participate in general orientation
Serve as an integral member of the interdisciplinary group amid various settings: home care; respite; inpatient, bereavement and/or administrative; office duties.
Serves the patient and family/caregiver under guidance of Volunteer Coordinator and Case Manager or as a part of the administrative team.
Serves as substitute family/caregiver in the home performing activities that the volunteer has been prepared for and has agreed to perform. The volunteer may do homemaker chores, run errands, and provide respite care as well.
Documents as educated and instructed maintaining confidentiality
Meets all health requirements set by Ahava Hospice and Palliative Care
Provides availability on a regular basis and/or keeping with the patient and family/caregiver needs
Participates in volunteer support groups and/or educational in-services.
Maintains open communication and reports regularly to the volunteer coordinator.
Assignment of other duties (as needed) directed by the volunteer coordinator
Participates in quality assessment performance improvement teams and activities
Participates in interdisciplinary group meetings, as appropriate
Qualifications:
Mature individual, supportive of the hospice concept, comfortable with his/her own spirituality and willing to serve others in a volunteer capacity.
Successful completion of the hospice’s volunteer training and orientation program
Previous volunteer experience may be helpful
Ability to work within the interdisciplinary group
If making home visits, must be a licensed driver with an automobile that is insured in accordance with state and/or organization requirements and is in good working order.
Majestic Difference Benefits:
- Quarterly Pay Increase
- Daily Pay:
- Company-Paid Life Insurance
- Telehealth Services
- Double Pay on Holiday
- Care Team Member Relief Fund
Join the Majestic Care team where compassion meets excellence!
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