Please complete this application form if you are interested in becoming a Charleston Area Medical Center volunteer. Once you complete the form, click the Continue button at the bottom.
Make sure you opt IN to email notifications. E-mail is the primary method of communicating to our volunteers. Please allow us to send you e-mails. You will not receive e-mails from anyone other than CAMC Volunteer Services. No one else will have access to your e-mail address.
Volgistics Volunteer Alerts sends reminders, alerts, and custom messages from System Operators and Coordinators. Use this section to opt-in and opt-out of text messaging (also known as "SMS"), and initially set how you would like to receive messages. Your messages can be delivered as emails, text messages, or none. You can change this at any time through VicNet. View supported phone carriers.
Message and Data Rates May Apply. For help or information on this program send "HELP" to 28344. You can send "STOP" to 28344 at any time to opt out. For additional assistance, call 888-891-6978 or click here. Message frequency based on account settings. Messages are not guaranteed to be delivered. All messages will be sent by email until you respond "YES" to the welcome text message sent after the application form is submitted. Message preferences can be changed in VicNet on the Account tab.
You may optionally provide the following information. It is used only to help us get a better idea of the demographic make-up of our volunteers.
Are you on Facebook? We have a private CAMC Volunteer Facebook group. This group is used as an additional method of communication to our volunteers. Would you like to be included in this group?
In the event of an emergency, whom should we notify?
What would you be interested in doing as a volunteer? Office role? Patient interaction? Hospitality role? Arts activities? Other?
What kind of skills do you have that could be utilized as a volunteer at CAMC? Computer? Arts and Crafts? Interpersonal? Planning and Organization?
Please indicate the days and times you are usually available to volunteer. An important part of volunteering is commitment. Our volunteers play an important role in service to our patients, families, and staff. In order to provide the best service, we need our volunteers to be here on a regularly scheduled basis. Typically, we would like our volunteers to commit to at least 3 - 4 hours per week.
Every CAMC volunteer is required to complete a group interview/orientation session. This session is called CAMC Volunteer 101. We will work with you to schedule this session.
As a prerequisite to acceptance as a volunteer is the completion of a criminal background check.
Have you ever plead guilty or 'no contest' to or been convicted of, violating any law with the exception of minor traffic violations?
I certify that the answers given by me in the foregoing questions and statements are true and correct without consequential omissions. I understand and agree that any misrepresentation in my application will be sufficient cause for cancellation of the application and/or separation from the organization.
I understand that this is an application for volunteer services and not a contract to provide those services.
I will hold absolutely confidential all information which I may obtain directly or indirectly concerning patients, doctors or personnel. I will not seek confidential information in regard to a patient.
I give Charleston Area Medical Center, Inc. permission to make a thorough investigation that may include the following: past employment, past volunteer experiences, education, and criminal history. I authorize and release from liability or responsibility all persons, companies, schools and municipalities supplying any information regarding me whether or not it is a matter of record.
If selected as a volunteer, I understand that my services will be donated to CAMC Health System, Inc. without contemplation of compensation or future employment and given with humanitarian or charitable reasons.
I authorize CAMC Health System, Inc. to use and disclose information such as my name and photographs for the purposes of marketing, media and education.
As part of the volunteer onboarding process, I will be required to visit Employee Health for a health review and review of vaccinations. I understand I have to be fully vaccinated against COVID -19 before starting my volunteer service and I will also be required to receive a flu shot annually. If you do not agree to these please do not submit this application.