"What you give ought to be in direct relationship to what you've received.  If you have been blessed with a great deal, then you have a lot of giving to do."

Johnnetta B. Cole

The volunteers of Doctors Hospital must have received a lot of blessings over the years for they do a lot of giving at this facility. In 2001, 155 volunteers donated more than 26,676 hours to the hospital, providing valuable services to our patients and staff.

Areas of volunteer services opportunity are:

Patient Care

Volunteers in patient care areas provide support for nursing staff with specified patient care duties, transport and delivery of patients. In addition, these volunteers also assist with administrative and clerical needs for the nursing and supervisory staff.

Administrative-Clerical

Volunteers provide administrative and clerical support to hospital staff including copying, filing, data entry, opening and distributing incoming mail, preparing packets for mailing, answering telephones and directing calls, processing invoices for filing, file maintenance and setup word processing.

Patient Support

Pastoral Care, Healing Hearts and Amputee Mentors. All provide emotional and/or spiritual support for patients and their families who are dealing with impending heart procedures, amputation, or issues surrounding surgery, death or dying. Patient Support volunteers visit individual patients based on need and specific request.

Patient Information

These volunteers provide a valuable service as patient and hospital information sources for those entering the hospital and those who telephone. They provide directions to patient rooms, forward mail to discharged patients, provide limited patient information to incoming phone inquiries and other special projects as time allows. Hospital Ambassadors assist visitors and patient families in finding their way through the hospital.

Special Projects

Several volunteers provide unique or specialized services to the hospital. The Craft Group creates tray favors for patient trays, decorates holiday trees for hospital and makes teddy bears for young patients in the emergency room. Other volunteers help with specialized functions such as wheelchair repair and maintenance, newsletter publishing, and defensive driving instruction for staff and volunteers.

If you are interested in joining this group of exceptional people, please feel free to contact LouAnne Smith, Director of Volunteers, at 214-324-6497 or email at LouAnne.Smith@tenethealth.com.