Hospice Volunteer

Hospice Volunteer Opportunity at Westminster Canterbury At Home

Location: Norfolk, Portsmouth, Chesapeake, and Virginia Beach

Volunteer services may take place in various retirement homes or private homes within Norfolk, Portsmouth, Chesapeake, and Virginia Beach.

Westminster-Canterbury on Chesapeake Bay is seeking dedicated Hospice Volunteers for Westminster Canterbury At Home. This is a volunteer position and is not compensated for services performed. Volunteers will work with patients as assigned by the Hospice Volunteer Coordinator.

Volunteer Opportunities: Our Hospice Volunteers provide support for hospice patients' physical, social, emotional, vocational, spiritual, and cognitive needs through one or more of the following areas: patient care, bereavement, and/or office support services.

What Will You Do?

• Assist with homemaker chores, run errands, and provide respite care.
• Participate in volunteer support groups and/or educational in-services.
• Maintain open communications regarding the patient's status and any useful feedback with the Hospice Volunteer Coordinator.
• Interact with hospice patients in a manner compliant with their rights.
• Implement special projects to address the needs of hospice patients and family caregivers, as directed by the Coordinator.

What Do You Need for This Role?

• Excellent verbal communication skills, with an emphasis on communicating well with the elderly.
• Access to transportation to and from the facility.
• Background check (required).
• Must be mature, supportive of the hospice concept, comfortable with personal spirituality, and willing to serve others in a volunteer capacity.

Westminster Canterbury At Home offers personalized and exceptional Home Health Care, Home Care, and Hospice services in private home settings in Virginia Beach and surrounding areas.

If you are compassionate and looking to make a meaningful difference in the lives of hospice patients and their families, we invite you to join our team as a Hospice Volunteer.

What makes Westminster-Canterbury on Chesapeake Bay unique?

Founded in 1982, Westminster-Canterbury on Chesapeake Bay is a faith based, not-for-profit, Life Plan Continuing Care Community to serve older adults of all beliefs, their families and the broader community.

Our waterfront community, located on the southern shore of Chesapeake Bay in Virginia Beach, in a beautiful, resort-like setting, provides innovative and comprehensive services designed to offer independent living, assisted living, and nursing care solutions.

Our employees, residents and guests carry out our mission daily: Creating community to foster joy and well-being. We maintain a close and friendly culture for our staff and residents by adhering to our Values of achieving excellence by giving and expecting:

RESPECT for each Person.

PASSION for what we do.

PROFESSIONALISM in all we do.

Westminster-Canterbury on Chesapeake Bay is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability or veteran status. Candidates are screened, in accordance with the Code of Virginia, with the State Police criminal background check including sex offender crimes. All new hires are subject to a Pre-Employment Drug Screen and receiving the flu shot.