We are a University Hospital with 900+ beds. The majority of our volunteers are University students. We have about 2400 volunteers annually. We conduct group interview/placement appointments. Prior to the placement interview all students must collect their own immunization records (university students can get copies from the Student Health Center as they are required upon enrollment) and be cleared through Occupational Health. Occ Health does a TB Screen. Volunteers complete an online orientation which addresses the standards required for our Privacy office.

All placement interviews are scheduled through Volgistics/VicNet after the online application is complete. Students must bring all completed documents to the placement interview. This includes: copies of immunization records, clearance forms from Occ Health,  Certificate of completion for online orientation and signed Compliance and Security form.

At the Placement Interview, students are given volunteer assignments, scheduled for any department trainings that are required, and given a copy of the Service Area Agreement. Volunteers are given nametags. Volunteer nametags are preprinted with the hospital logo and "VOLUNTEER" and we use a label maker to print the names. We order nametags from Kilbourne & Kilbourne. Due to the volume of student volunteers, only adult volunteers have photo nametags similar to staff. Volunteers purchase an official volunteer polo as a uniform. 

As we activate the volunteer in Volgistics, we complete two free online background screens: the national sex offender registry, and the Florida career criminal offender registry. We do not require professional references. We require students volunteer for a minimum of one semester, weekly with 3 hour shifts. Some areas require a 2 semester commitment. We allow 2 absences per semester that must be reported. Students are only placed at the beginning of a semester.

Our Adult volunteer process requires the same paperwork, but we place on a rolling basis and conduct one on one interviews. You can find more information about our process on our website www.ufhealth.org/volunteering, or feel free to give me a call.