Contact Information:

Volunteer and Guest Services

601-288-4449

sanderson@forrestgeneral.com

www.forrestgeneral.com

Description:

Reaching out and touching lives.

Volunteers carry out many important roles and are highly valued members of the hospital community. As a volunteer, you help to enhance patient care by assisting staff, patients and their families in accordance with the mission of Forrest General Hospital: To provide high quality health services accessible and available to the residents of South Mississippi.

Whether you’re a retiree wanting to give back to the community, a student hoping to fulfill a service requirement or you simply desire helping others during your free time, there’s a wide array of opportunities for volunteering at Forrest General Hospital. (excerpt: http://www.forrestgeneral.com/fgh_and_you/volunteer/index.php)

Volunteer Opportunities:

Volunteering at the Hospital can include anything from data entry, filing, stocking (nothing heavy!), and room checks/ “courtesy carts”.  Opportunities expand with level of commitment and amount of time volunteer is willing to put into it.

Application required through agency: Yes

Background Check: Yes

Hours: 6:30-5:00, Mon – Friday (Preferably Mon-Thurs) , lunch hours are fine.

Additional Requirements: 2 references, preferably professors, cannot be family. Students must be prepared to familiarize themselves with HIPA (Confidentiality) and follow dress code.