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North Carolina Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist – Winston-Salem
Welcome to Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist!
We have many exciting volunteer opportunities at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist to allow every volunteer to share their unique talents in a meaningful way. Your volunteer participation will make a difference for our patients and care teams. We have everything from Ambassadors to animal assisted therapy teams and much more! You can read more about some of our volunteer opportunities below.
Our team works closely with you to find the right position and one that fits your schedule. We welcome you to apply by clicking "Fill in an application". Please answer the required information and click "Submit". If you prefer to call, our phone number is 336-713-3514. We can't wait to meet you!
"As a volunteer in Surgical Services, it gives me great joy to assist patients with check-in and to provide a cup of sunshine in the form of coffee to family members waiting." - Sandra H., volunteer
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Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is a pre-eminent academic health system based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is part of Advocate Health, which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, and is the third-largest nonprofit health system in the United States, created from the combination of Atrium Health and Advocate Aurora Health. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist’s two main components are an integrated clinical system – anchored by Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, an 885-bed tertiary-care hospital in Winston-Salem – that includes Atrium Health Levine Children's Brenner Children’s Hospital, five community hospitals, more than 300 primary and specialty care locations and more than 2,700 physicians; and Wake Forest School of Medicine, the academic core of Atrium Health Enterprise and a recognized leader in experiential medical education and groundbreaking research that includes Wake Forest Innovations, a commercialization enterprise focused on advancing health care through new medical technologies and biomedical discovery.
Volunteer Opportunities
Ambassador/Wayfinding Volunteer
Ambassadors and wayfinders welcome and escort patients and visitors throughout the hospital making them feel welcome and safe. You are helping to set the stage for a successful visit with us and you may be the last impression as they leave. This is a powerful role to help ensure our patients and visitors do not worry about where or how they get to their destination within our facilities. You help reduce that anxiety so they can focus on their healing journey. This volunteer must be comfortable pushing a cart or wheelchair.
Cancer Patient Support
Volunteers support our cancer patients in many ways throughout their cancer journey. Some serve in our Cancer Patient Support areas to offer snacks, warm blankets, and anything else a patient may need while they undergo their hours-long treatments. Some serve to assist the staff with stocking supplies and checking on our waiting patients and visitors. The caring hearts of our volunteers touch the lives of hundreds of cancer patients every week.
Musicans
Our volunteer musicians perform in gathering spaces within our hospital to play music that provides a soothing escape from pain and isolation. Musicians typically play instruments such as piano, flute, harp, or any stringed instrument. Their talent is a gift to all -- our patients, teammates and visitors!
Patient & Family Centered Care Areas
We have a variety of volunteer roles focused on supporting the inpatients and our nursing teams. Our goal is to ensure every inpatient has the support they need during their stay and an excellent patient experience. Volunteers visit assigned patients regularly and use active listening skills to check in on their needs and provide emotional support. We also have volunteers who visit with hospitality carts and assist patients with downloading the MyAtrium app which connects the patient to their doctor and medical information.
Adult Emergency Department
Assist the Patient Family Coordinator in providing a means of communication between the Emergency Department patients and families. Assist families of patients being treated and assist ED staff (in patient area) with errands etc. when necessary.
Atrium Health Levine Children's Brenner Children's Hospital
Atrium Health Levine Children's Brenner Children's Hospital has many volunteer opportunities. Some of these opportunities include the volunteering in the Ronald McDonald Room, holding infants in the neonatal intensive care unit, spending time with older children, engaging in music therapy in Sophie's Place, helping parents download the MyChart app in the Pediatric Emergency Department and assisting in the children's library.
Pet/Animal Assisted Therapy
Our four-legged friends and their volunteer handlers bring joy and reduce anxiety for patients, visitors and teammates through our animal assisted therapy program. Dogs and at some sites, miniature horses, must be certified for animal assisted (pet) therapy and visit throughout our hospitals. They are beloved by all!
