Volunteer Services at Newport Hospital
Current Volunteer Openings
- Vanderbilt Rehabilitation Center
Volunteers are needed for:
- Data entry
- Cardiac rehabilitation program
- One-on-one patient support
- Unit secretary support
- Craft cart/recreational therapy
- Horticulture therapy
- Ambulatory Surgery
Act as receptionist in ambulatory surgery waiting area, answer
phones, stock supplies, transport patients and help to keep families
informed of the status of family members.
- NHCC Medical Associates
Clerical volunteers are needed in the family practice offices
located in Jamestown, Tiverton, Little Compton and Bristol. Duties
will include a variety of clerical tasks and no computer experience
is necessary.
- Materials Management
Volunteers support the purchasing department with office duties:
organize files, type labels, check for outdated materials. There
is also a position in the stock room helping to unpack and deliver
supplies.
- Nurse Assistant on Medical/Surgical Units
Volunteers will pass drinks out, set up bath supplies, feed patients,
discharge patients, provide socialization and run errands. There
are also clerical duties to support unit secretaries.
- Health Sciences and Community Resource Library
Volunteer is needed to support the Library staff weekdays with
copying, shelving books and greeting patrons.
- Comfort Care Team
Provide proven alternative therapies for alleviating pain and
enhancing well being with massage, music and guided imagery. The
comfort care volunteers will be trained to offer patients three
effective techniques for reducing stress and aiding in relaxation.
- Gift Shop
Volunteers staff the gift shop, greeting customers and assisting
with purchases.
- Patient Transport
Volunteers provide wheelchair transport for patients being
discharged. Volunteers must be physically able to push the wheelchairs
and enjoy patient contact.
- Health Information Services
Assist with sorting information alphabetically in medical records
department.
- Newspaper Delivery
Volunteers are needed daily between 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. to deliver
the daily newspaper to patients' rooms and waiting areas. Route
takes approximately one hour.
- Rolling Library Services
Rolling Library volunteers bring books, magazines and books on
tape to patients having a hospital stay. Volunteers also restock
magazines in busy waiting areas throughout the hospital.
- Hospitality Cart
Monday through Friday volunteers are needed at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
to assist dietary staff with the hospitality cart. Volunteers
help pass out drinks and snack to patients and their visitors.
- Health Promotion/Smoking Cessation
Volunteers with a background in counseling or nursing are needed
to coach patients on the effects of cigarette smoking and programs
available to stop smoking.
- Diagnostic Imaging
Greeters provide personal escort and changing instructions for
patients in diagnostic imaging dept. Volunteer openings exist
Noon to 3 p.m. weekdays.
For an application and interview,
call the volunteer office at 401-845-1635 or e-mail LCoble@Lifespan.org.
What to expect when you volunteer 
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