Junior Volunteer Program
What is the Bassett Junior Volunteer Program?
Learning and education has always been an essential element of Bassett Healthcare Network’s mission. Our Junior Volunteer Program is part of that legacy, providing junior volunteers with appropriate training and insight into healthcare careers.
With some flexibility and accommodations, junior volunteers are expected to fulfill the requirements below to ensure we provide you with an excellent experience.
- The Junior Volunteer Program lasts for eight weeks during the summer.
- Typically junior volunteers volunteer for a minimum of two days per week, for a minimum of four hours each day.
- All junior volunteers will be required to attend an orientation and training session on service excellence, infection control, and confidentiality.
What do Junior Volunteers do?
We gladly welcome young people curious about any sort of career in healthcare — not just those interested in working at the bedside, like being a nurse or a doctor.
We have volunteer positions available in:
- Nursing
- Physical Therapy
- Human Resources
- Emergency Departments
- Intensive Care Unit / Special Care Unit
- Nursing Homes
- Information Desks
- Cancer Treatment Centers
- Gift Shops
- Patient Experience
- Welcoming and Greeting
- Outpatient Clinics
- Food and Dietary Departments
- Marketing
- Friends of Bassett
- Medical-Surgical Units
- Clerical Support in all departments
Junior Volunteer Program Requirements
Successful candidates for Bassett Healthcare Network’s Junior Volunteer Program must:
- Be 14 to 17 years old.
- Submit all required volunteer paperwork and health screening paperwork.
- Complete Bassett’s Junior Volunteer Orientation and Mandatory Education requirements.
- Provide proof of up-to-date immunizations, a recommendation from school personnel, current working papers, and parental permission.
Beyond these application requirements but just as important is character. Our Junior Volunteers must be responsible, reliable, and respectful.
We expect all our caregivers, practitioners, and volunteers to embody our core values of Courage, Unity, and Excellence.
Apply to the Junior Volunteer Program
To apply, email your completed Junior Volunteer application and the accompanying documentation to Kyle Leisner, Director of Volunteer Services at kyle.leisner@bassett.org. You will then meet with Kyle, receive your volunteer assignment based on your interests, skills, and availability, and complete your orientation, obtain your volunteer ID, and schedule your first day.
If you have any questions, please email our director at kyle.leisner@bassett.org, or call us at (607) 547-3219.
The Volunteer Services office will only be responsible for junior volunteers during scheduled volunteer assignment hours; parents and guardians must ensure that junior volunteers are supervised during any other time during the workday.
