Medical / Health

Volunteer Opportunities

Volunteering at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

If you decide to work directly with patients then you would :

• Play board games with the patient
• Reading to them (needs 10 hours of training)
• Help in hospital playrooms (sometimes at their bedside)

If you decide to volunteer outside of the hospital you can:

• Start an online fundraising page
• Create a fundraising event

Volunteer Requirements must be:

• 15 years old
• 18 years old to work directly with patients
• Good mental health and physical
• Need to communicate in English
• Need to volunteer one 3-4 hour shifts for 8 weeks as a patients or family escort

Commitment needed would be:

• Need to complete 100 hours in less than six months of the service
• Need to go to training,testing and orientations for each volunteer

Personal Interview and Competency Test Completion:

• Related to Confidentiality Policy
• Work with hospitalized patients

Health Clearance Examination includes:

• 2 vaccinations for measles, mumps, and rubella  given as a child for people born after 1957, or one MMR received after the age of 17
• TB skin test for tuberculosis
• Alcohol and Drug screening

Volunteer Uniform:

• Need to buy and wear a uniform that’s the price of $15

Before you volunteer you need to schedule a completion of:

• Purchase of a volunteer uniform
• Two-hour patient care orientation by the Child Life Department
• Health Clearance of the Employee Health Services Department
• Three-hour General Orientation
• Personal interview with the Volunteer Coordinator

Contact Them:

Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Volunteer Department
4650 Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90027
United States

Phone: 323-361-2371

Student Success Statement

" It may make a difference to all eternity whether we do right or wrong today."

~James Freeman Clarke

Your today is what makes tomorrow if you do the right thing then you will have a good day. If you do something bad then it changes up your entire life. For example, if you see a man who dropped a $20 bill and if you can still catch up to him you decision if you choose right or wrong will determine the future. If you decided to give the money to the man then you will have good karma and you'll have a good day. But if you decided to keep the money then you will get bad karma and you'll receive the consequences for the actions you took. 

“The best way to predict your future is to create it.”

~Charles Ketterer

I agree with Charles Ketterer. This is an amazing statement. When you think about life you also think about your future. For example what are you going be when you grow up. Well that is your decision to make. You are able to be what you want. You can create your own future. You can list your dreams and goals and you will be able to accomplish them. Do not hesitate, always be confident about yourself.

Opthalmologist

Ophthalmologist

Duties and Responsibilities: Perform and conduct various tests to determine vision loss, prescribes needed information and performs needed surgery, take good care of patients and monitors them, and diagnose and treat eye problems they perform minor or major operations all for a good functioning of our eyes
Salary: $103,900 $49.95 per hour
Education: O.D degree may take up to 4 years of education, doctoral or professional degree
Demand: 27% much faster than average as the population grows they will need more optometrist
Reflection: I would not want to become an ophthalmologist because you need lots of patience. Also you have to be extremely careful when you perform an eye exam, you have to make sure your patient isn't allergic to the medications used to numb your eye to get a better view up close.

Operating Room Technician

Duties and Responsibilities: They function in a non-sterile and sterile capacities by creating an optimal environment for surgical patients. There are three types of operating room technicians or surgical technologists. These positions are scrub surgical technologists, circulation surgical technologist and second assisting technologist. Each is responsible for different duties. They are responsible for various pre-, intra and post-surgery duties within the hospital. Surgeons and registered nurses supervise their work.

Salary: $45,940

Education: You may need to take a certified exam. You also must complete a 9- to 24-month degree program from an institution. You need to undergo a 2-year hospital training program, or earn seven years of professional experience in the field to be qualified for the certification exam. The certifications must be renewed ever four and five years.

Demand:  The BLS expects the rate of growth for surgical technologist to be faster than average, at 15%, during the 2014 to 2024 decade; the median annual salary for this career was $44,330 according to the BLS in May 2015.

Reflection: No i think i would not like to become a Operating Room Technician because I believe I wouldn’t be able to do the operation procedures on people. Also i believe i wouldn’t be able to handle intense situations. I am also not comfortable around blood and intense injuries.