Volunteer Opportunities

Hospitality and Retail Opportunities

Front Desk Escort/Greeter: Escort volunteers play a vital role in transporting our patients, families, and visitors to departments within the hospital. Located at the Information Desk of Fauquier Hospital, these volunteers serve as greeters as well as escorts.
Shifts: Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., and 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Fauquier Health Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, Front Desk Reception Greeter: Our Greeters at FHRNC are located at a desk in the front lobby of the facility to help ensure that every guest that enters is met with a warm and helpful smile. They may assist the receptionist in various ways and even serve as an escort to those who need assistance.
Shifts: Monday-Friday 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Gift Shop: Our Gift Shop volunteer service offers a retail experience. Volunteers assist customers and hospital visitors in finding just the right gift for the occasion.
Shifts: Monday-Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Saturday 12:00 noon to 5:00 p.m. and Sunday 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Thrift Shop: Serving as a sales person or assisting in the sorting and marketing of donated items are popular volunteer opportunities. The Thrift Shop is located on Main Street in Warrenton.
Shifts: Monday-Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., and Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Shifts are typically 3 hours long.

Patient Care Area Opportunities

Patient Advocate and Concierge Services: This volunteer opportunity involves daily patient visits to help meet patient’s needs through communication about patient or family compliments and concerns. Volunteers will provide comfort level assistance as needed, such as providing companionship, reading to patients, providing blankets and reading materials etc.
Shifts: Hours vary - day or night, in 4 hour increments seven days a week.

Outpatient Escort and Infusion Center: Volunteers help the staff with patient discharges, running errands, overall assistance in the patient recovery area to include assisting patients with receiving food and drink as well as changing bed sheets in preparation for new patients. The volunteers work in both the Outpatient Special Procedures (OPSP) and the Infusion Center.
Shifts: Monday - Friday - hours vary between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. in 4 hour increments,

Floor Units (Surgical/Pediatrics and Telemetry): Patient Care volunteers work with the patient care units. Duties include: restocking supplies, passing trays, filling ice pitchers, reading to patients, running errands for the medical staff, and the care of patients' flowers.
Shifts: Hours vary day or night in 4 hour increments 7 days a week.

Emergency Department: ED volunteers provide support and assistance by serving as a communication link between the Emergency Department staff and those seeking ED services as well as their families and friends. In their effort to provide comfort and care, our ED volunteers also spend time visiting patient rooms and respond appropriately to their requests while they wait for treatment.
Shifts: Hours are from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. seven days a week.

Fauquier Health Rehabilitation and Nursing Center/Activities Dept: These volunteers assist the activities department in various ways as well as assist patients with their everyday needs during their time in rehabilitation. Tasks include: reading and writing letters for patients, putting up decorations, assisting residents with menu choices, and helping staff with copying and monthly calendars.
Shifts: Hours vary - day or night in four hour increments, seven days a week.

Fauquier Health Rehabilitation and Nursing Center/Nursing Station Assistant: Assist with answering the phone and other various assigned duties at one of two FHRNC nursing stations.
Shifts: Hours are 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, seven days a week.

Cardio Pulmonary: Help change beds, transport patients, various administrative duties such as scanning files.
Shifts: Monday – Friday between 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in four hour increments

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: Assist rehabilitation department with transferring patients to and from their sessions as well as performing appropriate duties during rehab and exercise classes. Provide support and inspiration to those facing the challenge of physical rehabilitation.
Shifts:Monday - Friday between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. in four hour increments.

Pet Therapy Representative: This volunteer teams up with a Pet Therapy handler and their certified Pet Therapy dog. All three visit patients together in various areas of the hospital. Hours vary from day to night in two hour increments.
Shifts: Hours vary from day to night in two hour increments.

Miscellaneous Opportunities

Pharmacy: With supervision, the pharmacy volunteer assists the technicians and inventory manager with daily duties by delivering medications, packaging meds, answering the phone and various other administrative support tasks.
Shifts: Monday - Friday between 8:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon.

Dietary/Nutrition Services: This area involves helping with assembling patient meal trays and delivering them to patient rooms. There are also opportunities to assist with duties associated with the bistro dining area.
Shifts: Flexible hours between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. in 4 or more hour increments.

Environmental Services/Facilities Groundskeeper: Volunteers in this area assist our facilities department with routine grounds clean up, watering, plant care and minor maintenance to help keep Fauquier Health’s campus in exceptional condition.
Shifts: Flexible hours between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. in 4 or more hour increments.

Health Resource Center: Our volunteers in our medical library work in cooperation with the Fauquier Public Library as they assist visitors and admitted patients with medical research. Tasks include maintaining check-out system, re-shelving material, periodical distribution and other basic administrative functions.
Shifts: Hours are from 10:00 a.m.to 2:00 p.m. or 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. 7 days a week.

Infection Control Assistant: Assists the Infection Control Practitioner with scheduled audits and compliance of infection control procedures within the health system as well as various administrative duties associated with tracking compliance.
Shifts: Monday - Friday flexible hours between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m..

Family Waiting Area Support/Medical Staff Liaison

Surgical Waiting: Our Surgical Waiting volunteers help the OR staff with patients preparing for surgery. The volunteers in this area serve as a communication link between the physician and family members and friends of the patient.
Shifts: Monday - Friday. Hours vary between 7:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. in up to 6 hour increments

Intensive Care Unit: ICU volunteer’s greeters provide support and assistance to family members and friends in the Family waiting area. They are a communication link between the nurse’s station and patient's loved ones. They provide all necessary support to the nursing staff when necessary and overall ensure that every available comfort is provided to the patient's family.
Shifts: Hours vary day or night in 4 hour increments seven days a week.

Cardio Pulmonary Reception/Greeter: Duties in this area involve answering the phone, greeting patients as they arrive for their appointments and various assigned administrative duties.
Shifts: Hours vary between 8:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. in 4 or more hour increments.

Medical Imaging Reception/Greeter: Volunteers in medical imaging will greet patients as they arrive and walk patients to their procedure area as well as back to the reception area when their visit is complete. There can also be various other administrative tasks associated with this position as directed by the office staff.
Shifts: Monday - Friday. Hours between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30p.m. in 4 hour increments.

Out Patient Special Procedures Reception/Greeter: Volunteers assists the staff receptionist by greeting patients, answering the phone and providing various administrative support duties as needed.
Shifts: Monday - Friday. Hours vary between 7:00a.m. and 5:00 p.m. in 4 hour increments,

Pastoral/Spiritual Care Opportunities

Volunteer Chaplains: Licensed clergy or lay minister with a recommendation from a faith group leader. Volunteer Chaplains may serve in three different capacities to include On-call/Rounds, On-call only and Rounds only.
Shifts: Hours are very flexible.

Caring Presence Program: Volunteers provide a reassuring presence to all patients in need who would otherwise be alone. These volunteers offer patients a most valuable human gift – a gentle presence that helps to provide compassion and support.
Shifts: Hours are very flexible.

Praying Hands Team: Our praying hands team involves volunteers who conduct a healing prayer service on Wednesday nights that responds to prayer requests made in the hospital chapel as well as special prayer requests made by admitted patients sent by e-mail via our hospital chaplain.

Spirituality Team: This group consists of staff and volunteers interested in promoting spirituality and related programs within the hospital. Meets the first Monday of every month.

Clerical and Administrative Opportunities

The following are departments/areas that offer clerical and administrative opportunities to include some computer work, filing, and various other appropriate supportive duties relative to the each specific area. These locations are both on campus and off.
Shifts: Monday - Friday between 8:00a.m. to 5:00p.m. in 4 hour increments unless otherwise agreed upon by the department and volunteer.

• Staff Development
• Infection Control
• Human Resources
• Employee Health
• Case Management/Social Services
• Fiscal/Accounting Services
• Fauquier Health Foundation/Stonehouse
• LIFE Center/Blackwell Road location
• Information Systems
• Physician Services
• Wound Healing Center
• Home Health: Assist with medical record filing, billing and collections/Blackwell Road.
• Patient Accounts: Assist with medical record filing, billing and collections.
• Cancer Center at Lake Manassas: Assist front office staff with various clerical duties to include filing, maintaining order and neatness in family coffee/waiting area and patient faxing/copying patient charts. Other various clerical duties as requested by staff. This facility offers volunteer opportunities on behalf of Fauquier Health System and Prince William Hospital.

Specialty areas

• Hospital tours
• Arts and Entertainment/player piano booking/art wall
• VIPeds program
• Sewing projects/Surgical Caps and Hug Me pillows
• Cookie Baking