What's involved

Role

Volunteers assist in various areas in the hospital including

meeting and greeting patients and their families, including general information and escorting families around PCH
the wards - as a ward friend
Outpatients - providing activities for children
Hospital school services - supporting teachers in learning areas
Level 3 Friendship Room - providing support for parents while children are in theatre
Emergency Department - mainly at weekends
various occasional clinics - helping hospital staff.

The volunteer service operates seven days a week.

The average length of a shift is four hours. Volunteers should be able to commit to an average of one shift per week, for a minimum of a year.

Shifts start as early as 6.30am with the latest finishing at 8pm.

Volunteers may need to do the following if selected:

provide information for a police clearance, which will be processed after your interview
complete a Working with Children Check which will be given to you at the interview
complete a medical form
have a blood test
sign a confidentiality statement
agree to meet the policies and guidelines of the Child and Adolescent Health Service

Unfortunately we are not able to offer this to students through PCH Volunteers.