HELP Program College Student Volunteer

3 weeks ago


Scranton, United States Geisinger Health System Full time
Location:
Geisinger Community Medical Center (GCMC)

Worker Type:
Volunteer

Volunteer Responsibilities:
Volunteers represent Geisinger and assist in serving our patients, guests/families, and community; each individual will fulfill a specific role(s) based upon assignment. The support provided by this role will enhance the patient experience and support the work of Geisinger employees.

Volunteers represent Geisinger and assist in serving our patients, guests/families, and community; each individual will fulfill a specific role(s) based upon assignment. The support provided by this role will enhance the patient experience and support the work of Geisinger employees.

Job Description:
-HELP (Helping Elder Life Program) participants are college student volunteers serving to acquire experience in an inpatient setting, no academic credits are provided
-HELP volunteers must be college students, age 18 or older, who are actively enrolled in an academic pre-med or clinical studies program with a college or university.
-HELP volunteers participate in direct patient interaction and receive training that enables appropriate, low-risk service
-HELP volunteer service is supervised by a clinical team including physicians, advanced practitioners, and nurse leaders
-Participation in the HELP Program requires a minimum of 100 hours of service for at least two semesters

OUR PURPOSE & VALUES: Everything we do is about caring for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities.
  • KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves.
  • EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence.
  • LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow.
  • INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation.
  • SAFETY: We provide a safe environment for our patients and members and the Geisinger family


Geisinger volunteers serve our patients, their families and our communities with passion and kindness. Our volunteers enhance the patient experience by supporting staff and employees so that we can deliver the highest quality care to our visitors, our patients and their families.

Everyone has unique and personal reasons for sharing their time, talent and skills through volunteering. We strive to make sure all our volunteers have a meaningful experience while being of service to others through our programs.

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