What are the responsibilities and job description for the Volunteer Coordinator position at Heartlinks?
Job Description Summary:
Responsible for planning, coordinating, and managing all volunteer program activities in the organization. This is a 16 hour per week position that will require travel during the daytime throughout Heartlinks' service area.
Essential Job Functions and Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain volunteer training and orientation program.
- Recruits, educates, and selects volunteers from at least three 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.
- Maintains current personnel files.
- Reevaluate volunteer program 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 and activities.
- Accepts and performs other related duties and responsibilities.
Position Qualifications:
- Minimum of two 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.
Benefits:
- Mileage reimbursed at the rate of 62.5 cents per mile
- Sick time
- Fexible schedule