Thank you for considering Michael Garron Hospital (MGH) for your donation of volunteer time. We are recruiting for the following volunteer positions at the hospital. Please note, due to the high interest, we have closed the waiting list and are not accepting new applicants for our Baby Cuddling Volunteer Program.
This position is available in various departments, including the Fracture Clinic, Exercise Lab, Oncology, Information Desk, and Ange & Adrian Rocca Patient Registration Department. Volunteers in this position:
The General Store is the volunteer-run gift shop and one of the hospital's retail vendors. Evening and weekend shifts are available. Volunteers in this position:
Patient Experience Partners are volunteers who use their lived healthcare experiences to help improve care at Michael Garron Hospital. They work with hospital staff by joining meetings, sharing their opinions in small groups, helping interview new employees, creating information materials for patients, and giving advice on hospital panels. Partners use their own experiences as patients or family members to help the hospital improve care and services for everyone.
It is important to note that not all applicants will be contacted and interviewed. Applications will remain active for a six-month period and applicants will be called based on vacancies and applicant availability.
Volunteering does not directly lead to employment at MGH. Volunteers are considered external applicants when applying for a job and do not receive preferential treatment over other external candidates.
Please complete the Adult Volunteer Program Application Form.
Of course. We have many different areas that volunteers support. We try to accommodate all placement preferences whenever possible. We encourage you to remain in the same placement for a minimum of one year, but if you desire, a placement change can be arranged.
It can be extremely beneficial in certain job markets. You are entitled to a reference letter after volunteering for a period of six months.
If you are sick, we ask that you contact us as soon as possible to ensure that a replacement can be found to cover your designated area. If you are going on holidays, we require a minimum of two weeks notice to ensure that volunteer coverage is arranged for your absence. If you are continually missing shifts, we will ask that you resign from your duties.
On a weekly basis, we have 500 volunteers assisting over 40 different service areas in the hospital. Each volunteer participates in their service a minimum of two hours per week.
Most definitely. The majority of our volunteer placements involve direct patient and staff contact.
Yes. Each MGH volunteer receives a written volunteer position description outlining the duties and responsibilities of the service they are assigned to.
