Vigil Volunteer (York, Adams, and Franklin Counties)
amedisys hospice york paYork (PA)
Vigil Volunteer (York, Adams, and Franklin Counties)
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amedisys hospice york paYork (PA)
SENIORITY
Mid
About the role
Vigil Volunteers - Amedisys Hospice offers volunteers who are present with a patient in their last moments. As a vigil volunteer, you will provide on-call support to patients and families in the last 24-48 hours of life.
Skills:
- Need to be comfortable with silence.
- Create a calming and peaceful environment for patients who are actively dying/imminent (i.e. play music, talk with a patient who is not responsive)
- Provide gentle touch to the hand, back, arms, shoulder or hold hands
- Interpersonal skills: Be a support system for family and friends near, and post, death of a patient
- As a vigil volunteer, please remember the following:
- You must be comfortable with, and able to talk about, death and dying
- During a vigil, a patient could pass in front of you
- Amedisys Hospice provides hospice in different settings. A vigil may be held at: a patients home, a skilled nursing facility or assisted living facility
- Vigils take place in the last hours before death, which may be during the day, night, and sometimes overnight.
Requirements:
- Be able to provide own transportation.
- Complete volunteer and orientation.
- Complete background check (free)
- Tuberculosis tests (free)
- Out of respect for the grieving process, if you are a surviving family member, we encourage you to wait a minimum of 12 months following the patient's death to serve as a direct care volunteer or in public relations activities.
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