Animal Assisted Care Volunteer
Provides clinical therapeutic opportunities for patients whose quality of care or hospital stay can be improved by an experience with a specialty trained dog and its trained and registered human partner.
Visits patients as requested, providing the type of interaction with each patient that is appropriate to the patient's condition, authorized by the patient's care team and corresponding to the patient's preferences.
Special notes:
- This position requires that you own your own dog.
- You must be prescreened to join this program. Please contact the Animal Assisted Care team directly to begin the process. Animal Assisted Care: 703-776-3536.
