Volunteer Services – Ambulatory Care

KP retirees are now able volunteer their time in KPNW clinics! We invite you to bring your experience and compassion to join our clinic volunteer teams to help provide our members and patients with excellent care experiences, every time they visit. More. ...

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Volunteer Services – Sunnyside Hospital

KP retirees and Community volunteers have been a cherished and important part of what makes Sunnyside Hospital what it has come to be. KaPeRs members, friends and family are invited to share in the fun, camaraderie and   contribution critical to the patient / family comfort during hospital stays and daytime appointments. 

Among the most notable services volunteers provide are working in the gift shop that contributed over $100,000 toward patient comfort supplies and gifts and assisting with patient transportation at the point of discharge. More ...

Volunteers also help with flower delivery, appointment reminder calls, individual station requests, folding towels, and admitting office requests. They even need sewing and knitters for things like baby quilts, mastectomy pillows, chemo and baby hats and toe warmers!

The need is ongoing and unmet. Sunnyside periodically advertises in small local newspapers like the Clackamas Review and community fairs in the surrounding area and still has an open need. Give a grandchild, 16 or over, a great line on a job resume that may be in progress. Find a friend or neighbor to partner with and multiply the enjoyment of helping others. 

Eligible volunteers must be at least 16 years old and be able to commit to hours to allow predictable scheduling. Adult volunteers must submit to a background check and drug screen, while all volunteers must pass a Health Screen for immunization to common communicable infections.

Per the KP Volunteer Policy, KP retirees and current employees must volunteer in activities unrelated to their former or current roles.

Contact Sunnyside Volunteer Services                             503-571-4155.

- Need links to application form and program brochure 

KAISER HOSPICE VOLUNTEER PROGRAM

Offer respite for family caregivers or friendly visitor to hospice patients. Flexible to your schedule. Training provided. Other areas include, weekly outreach calls, bereavement, help with program clerical needs and FIDO: Hospice Volunteers with Dogs. Registered owner/dog teams visit hospice patients residing in care homes and facilities. 

After you complete the 28-hour training, we ask that you be available for up to four hours a week to help families, and make a one year commitment to our program. 

Volunteers must be 21 years or older. 

Your first step to becoming a hospice volunteer is to request an application. Call the hospice volunteer program at   503-499-5168 or email us at: HospiceVolunteerNW@kp.org.

RETIRED RNS NEEDED!!  FILL THE ROLE OF MENTOR FOR NEW RN GRADS

Leave a legacy to nursing with an opportunity to influence a new grad for the rest of their professional career. Our next class launches in September 2018. Please contact Nick Socotch RN, with your interest and questions.

You will spend a morning learning about mentorship and then during a catered lunch if you decide to commit to mentoring one of our new grads you’ll spend a couple of hours in the afternoon selecting your potential mentee (new grad RN). We are asking for a commitment of 1-2 hours per month meeting with your new grad RN via in person, skype, phone, etc. from February – July 2017. 

Mentorship will be driven by the new grad and facilitated by the mentor. That means the new grad is responsible for setting up meetings, deciding what to discuss/share, and the mentor is to attend the meetings and coach/facilitate the conversations. Mentorship will focus on professional development/growth not RN practice. As the mentor will may be working with the new grad RN’s professional growth by helping them navigate the professional, social, and/or political environment found at any workplace. My role is helping support you in the mentor role.

Mentor Day: September 2018-Kaiser Permanente Building

Please let me know if you have any questions or want to participate.

Melody Routley, MSN, RN
RN Transition to Practice Program Manager

Office: 503-813-3627 / tie-line 49-3627
Mobile: 503-360-3315
Kaiser Permanente Ambulatory Nursing and Optimization
500 NE Multnomah Ave
Portland, OR 97232

Villages Northwest

Villages NW is a program that has been featured in past KaPeRs Newsletters.