As a University of Miami Health System greeter/patient liaison at Palm Beach Gardens, you’ll serve in a variety of capacities to provide exceptional customer service to our patients, visitors, and staff members. You can expect to complete the following:
- Assisting patients with getting on and off the elevator
- Assisting patients in the main lobby with their transportation needs
- Greeting patients and family members
- Guiding patients to the correct departments
- Patrolling hallways and lobbies throughout the hospital and assisting patients
- Transporting patients to and from test sites, physicians’ offices, and lobbies via wheelchair
UHealth staff members may sometimes ask you to complete other duties, such as:
- Assisting patients with making phone calls
- Caring for and entertaining children
- Making up stretchers
- Obtaining blankets, pillows, and other items
- Offering diversionary activities to patients
- Retrieving supplies
- Retrieving wheelchairs
- Transporting lab specimens (specimens collected by RNs only)
The ideal individual for this role should have excellent interpersonal and communication skills and compassion for patient needs. The volunteer should be able to learn to navigate the hospital independently and follow directions that staff members give.
You must be able to walk and stand without limitations, as well as push patients in wheelchairs. Volunteers must commit to one three-hour shift per week.
For more information about volunteering at UHealth, visit our FAQs.
To learn more, email or call us at 305-243-4032.