Nonprofit
Published 7/21/25 8:00PM

Want to help patients and their families? Interested in health care?

On-site, Volunteer must be in or near San Diego, CA
I Want to Volunteer


  • Details

    Available Times:
    Weekdays (daytime, evenings), Weekends (daytime, evenings)
    Commitment Details:
    6 months and 100 hours/at least one shift a week
    Recurrence:
    Recurring
    Volunteers Needed:
    500
    Cause Areas:
    Community Development, Health & Medicine, Seniors & Retirement
    Good For:
    Teens, Age 55+
    Participation Requirements:
    Background Check, Attend Orientation
    Age Requirement:
    15+
    Other Requirements:
    Health Screening, New Volunteer Orientation, TB test & Background check (provided by Scripps)

    Description

    Want to help patients and their families?  Interested in health care?

    Whether guiding visitors to their loved one's room, providing comfort items to patients or helping staff with provide excellent patient care, Scripps volunteers touch lives of our patients in may ways. Volunteers greet patients and visitors, assist patients at the bedside, support patient’s family members in the waiting rooms, and assist staff members in clinical areas.

    Volunteers are assigned to shifts in the Intensive Care Units, Emergency Department, Nursing Units, Volunteer Office, Gift Shop, Canine Therapy, Waiting Rooms, Information desk and much more.

    Our volunteers give thousands of hours of service each year in many different ways. Our volunteers’ efforts are appreciated by staff, physicians, patients and their families and enhance the overall level of care we provide.

    Volunteers must be willing to make a commitment to volunteering for six months and 100 hours and serve in at least one four-hour shift a week and be at least 15 years of age. Volunteers must provide copies of required immunizations.

    We have opportunities throughout the Scripps system and at various locations. Please let us know what area of town you wish to volunteer. Please visit our website: www.Scripps.org.

    https://www.scripps.org/about-us/volunteer

    Location

    On-site
    San Diego, California, US

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