Thank you for your interest in volunteering at St. John Hospice. Volunteers at our hospice must participate and successfully complete a standard 30 hours Palliative/Hospice care volunteer training prior to being assigned to the hospice.
Our 2024 volunteer training and onboarding cycle for our hospice & palliative care is now closed. We offer the Palliative/Hospice care training to our volunteers once a year and our next training week will take place on November 18th - 23rd, 2025.
If you have already completed the standard Palliative/Hospice care training elsewhere or you would like to be considered for our future volunteer training, please email Sara Parmar, Coordinator of Volunteer Resources at sparmar1@providencehealth.bc.ca
Qualifications to volunteer at St. John Hospice:
- Must have completed at least 4 months of volunteering at one of our Providence health Care sites
- Successful completion of the Hospice & Palliative Care Volunteer training program (we offer the opportunity to take the training with PHC once a year)
- An interest to commit substantially to the care of the dying and supporting families that are grieving imminent loss of a loved one or at crisis
- Experience visiting with patients or family in a hospital setting
- Non-judgmental attitude
- Mature, friendly, stable and dependable
- Good listening and communication skills and being comfortable with silence
- Understanding and adherence to the principles of confidentiality.
- Experience with grief and/or significant loss
- Last significant loss must be at least 1 year ago
- Must be 21 years or older
In applying to be a St. John Hospice Volunteer, I confirm that:
- I commit to volunteer a minimum of 1 year of volunteering
- I consent to a criminal record check (Providence Health Care will provide web link required)
- I am aware that volunteers are required to get an annual flu shot or wear a mask during flu season (December to April)
- I am vaccinated with the COVID19 vaccine and will follow all the protocols in place onsite.
- I consent to my references being contacted
- I hereby certify that the information contained in this application is true
- I understand that completing this application process does not guarantee my acceptance as a volunteer
