Hospice Volunteer

Job Title:

Hospice Volunteer

Location:

Meredith, NH, and surrounding towns
Job Type:
Full time
, part time
, and per diem hours available
Organization:
Lakes Region Visiting Nurse Association (LRVNA)

Join our award-winning team today! LRVNA has been recognized as Best of the Lakes Region for Visiting Nurses in 2021–2024 with a 5-star quality rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. This is an unpaid volunteer position.

• Flexible Scheduling:
  Create your own schedule.
• Supportive Environment:
  Volunteer in a friendly setting where you get to know your patients and their families.
• Community focus:
  For over 100 years LRVNA has provided exceptional care throughout the NH Lakes Region.

We are grateful for the many volunteers who offer invaluable support to our patients and families across Hospice, Administration, and Home Health Care. As a Hospice volunteer you undergo specialized training to address the unique challenges of end-of-life care as part of the Hospice team. Your primary role is to offer companionship to both patients and their families, delivering non-medical support during this sensitive time.

This role includes visiting patients and providing respite to family members and caregivers, and may also involve assistance within the administrative sphere. This is strictly a volunteer, unpaid position.

• Follows through with commitments made with clients and families. Visits as scheduled and provides support such as errands, light household tasks, meal preparation, respite, companionship, and caregiver support.
• Provides continued support in inpatient settings when the patient’s needs require it.
• Maintains strict confidentiality of all information, including client and family names, and medical and personal information. Adheres to HIPAA requirements of the Agency.
• Identifies physical, spiritual, and social services needs and communicates with the Volunteer Coordinator.
• Works with the IDG team (Interdisciplinary Group) to update the individualized care plan.

• Participates in Interdisciplinary Group meetings as requested.
• Ensures that all required documentation is completed and submitted on time.
• Communicates with the Hospice Volunteer Coordinator regularly for support and supervision.

• Education/Certification:
  
  Satisfactory completion of the prescribed Volunteer Training Program.
• At the discretion of the Hospice Director, training may be waived for volunteers who have documented completion of Volunteer Training at another hospice program.
• Possess a valid unencumbered driver’s license in the State of NH.
• Access to an operable, insured motor vehicle. Must provide documentation of auto insurance coverage.
• Life experience and a willingness to be open and see things in a new and unique way.
• Excellent observation, verbal and written communication skills, problem solving, and time management skills.

• Prolonged or considerable walking or standing is possible.
• Able to lift supplies; at times may be required.
• Considerable reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, or crouching may be possible.
• Visual acuity and hearing to perform required skills.

• If volunteers support the bereavement program, the coordinator is responsible for supervision and tracking hours and performance.

Please fill out the following application to learn more and indicate your preference for volunteering in the hospice team, office support, home care, or other specialty area.

• Referral rewards:
  Anyone is eligible to receive a referral reward if someone they formally recommend is successfully hired (employed past 180 days) for a full-time or part-time position with LRVNA. Please email kberkeley with your referral’s contact information.