Volunteer Opportunities in Peoria

As a hospital volunteer in Peoria, you’ll help create a welcoming, supportive environment at OSF HealthCare Saint Francis Medical Center. Our diverse volunteer opportunities allow you to choose something based on your interests while helping meet the needs of patients, their loved ones and care teams. As a volunteer, you’ll join a team of Mission Partners passionate about serving with the greatest care and love.

Patient Services Team

This volunteer helps make a patient’s hospital stay a more pleasant experience by providing personal attention in an unhurried manner. You’ll help relieve the nursing staff by performing small tasks and provide real bedside interaction with patients.

These tasks can include passing trays or water, providing a warm blanket, caring for flowers and plants, answering the phone, reading at patients’ bedsides, stocking supplies and light cleaning. 

Patient support volunteers should be self-motivated, enjoy meeting new people and communicate well with diverse populations.

No direct patient care is required.

Note: We do not coordinate job shadowing, physician shadowing or research opportunities.

Greeter and Escort Team

This volunteer welcomes patients and visitors, and escorts them to the appropriate locations via walking or wheelchair transport.

You may provide assistance with answering questions, providing directions or discharging patients from their room to the parking deck.

In addition, you must be able to walk long distances, push a wheelchair and be pleasant and courteous.

Clerical Support Team

This volunteer will assist department staff with clerical responsibilities in order to enhance the efficiency of the office.

Clerical assistance may include answering phones, sorting and filing records, assembling packets, copying, working on bulletin boards and data entry. Volunteers are required to be detail-oriented, willing to learn and professional. 

Qualifications and Requirements for Adults Volunteers

To ensure a safe and supportive environment, the following requirements to volunteer must be met:

• Minimum age of 18
• High school graduate or GED
• Provide proof of Tdap vaccination received within the last 10 years and the flu shot during flu season. If there is no documentation, OSF will provide these vaccinations. OSF will also provide TB testing and lab titers for MMR, varicella and hepatitis B.
• Have a listening ear and loving, caring heart
• Have a desire to serve others
• Are in good physical and mental health
• Willing to commit to a weekly assignment and complete a minimum of 100 hours total over a period of time after onboarding (exceptions made for Paws 4 Healing and Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion)
• Agree to volunteer one day per week (same day, time and area)
• Follow all policies of OSF HealthCare Saint Francis Medical Center and Volunteer Services