Volunteering at Alfred Health

Volunteering at The Alfred

The Volunteer Program at The Alfred recruits and orientates volunteers to provide many extra services that supplement the care and treatment of patients at The Alfred.  The Alfred Volunteers provide a complimentary service to that provided by paid staff.

Volunteers add to our quality of health care by helping support patients, their families, the staff, visitors and the community within the hospital.

Volunteers perform a variety of roles including concierge duties, emergency department support, intensive care department roles, hand and foot massages to patients, administration duties and many other volunteer roles as the need arises.

Becoming an Alfred Volunteer commences with an information session, these are scheduled throughout the year. If you wish to receive notification of our information sessions please submit your expression of interest.

Potential volunteers are required to undertake a police check and to attend 1 full day of training.

On-going training and support is provided to all successful applicants.

The Alfred values our volunteers and we welcome your enquiry.  If you can commit your time to support The Alfred please click here and complete our online expression of interest.

Volunteering at Caulfield Hospital

Would you like to become a VIP Volunteer?

There are exciting opportunities for those wishing to become involved in volunteering with Caulfield Hospital and Caulfield Community Health Service.

The VIP Program: Volunteers In Partnership recognises our volunteers as partners with the organisation who assist paid staff to provide quality of care for our clients, whether patients, residents or other associated members of the community.

VIP Volunteers provide a complementary service to that provided by paid staff. Volunteer roles are both on site and community based. Some of the openings include friendly visiting in the nursing homes or wards, group activities, hydrotherapy assistance, involvement in community activities and a range of other roles devised to help improve quality of life for our clients.

Our volunteers are valued as very important people indeed, and we welcome any enquiries from people wishing to find out more about this program. On-going support and training is provided for successful applicants.

Please contact the Manager of Volunteers on 9076 6025 or e-mail J.Olszanski@cgmc.org.au.

Volunteering at Sandringham Hospital

Volunteering your time to help others can be a rewarding experience.

You meet new people, learn new skills and give back to the local community at the same time.

We are fortunate at Sandringham Hospital to have the help of volunteers who regularly give their time to support our busy staff and enrich patients' experience in the hospital.

Our volunteers are from all areas of the local community and although they do not replace paid staff, their support is invaluable to our service.

Key volunteer groups are:

• Pink Ladies help care for patients' flowers by watering, arranging & discarding when finished blooming.
• Couriers assist with mail distribution, photocopying, filing, shredding, sorting and other basic clerical work
• Kiosk Attendants help run the kiosk selling newspapers, magazines, flowers, cards, gifts & confectionery. The kiosk is open 1.00-7.00pm and is normally staffed in 3 hourly shifts. All money raised by the kiosk is donated back to the hospital to purchase new equipment.
• Gardening Group help to maintain the large garden areas of Sandringham Hospital including weeding and tidying the garden beds.
• Consumer Register gives members of the community, consumers and carers the opportunity to offer their input into Sandringham Hospital's service planning and decision making. We want to encourage people to have a say and to contribute their experience and knowledge to improving our services. Being part of the Consumer Register you will receive information about opportunities to participate in various groups. Click here to apply Consumer Register Form
• The Black Rock Sports Auxiliary is also a vital volunteer group,raising funds for the hospital since 1950 through an Annual Charity Golf Day at the Royal Melbourne Golf Club. They welcome volunteers from the communityand also bookings for attendance at the event.

We always welcome new volunteers. If you would like more information on volunteering, contact the hospital on 9076 1000.