Note: Reading Hospital is currently accepting volunteer applications.
Our Volunteer Program encompasses all of our in-service volunteer opportunities. As a volunteer, you can provide a range of services to our patients, visitors, and staff, from office support to helping hands to compassionate care. Choose from a variety of departments and programs in which to serve.
Application Onboarding Requirements
Please see the following requirements and terms before applying to volunteer:
- Apply online
- Applicants must be at least 16 years of age
- The time is given in regularly scheduled shifts on a weekly basis
- Must provide two reference forms
- Must provide proof of immunizations
- Must provide proof of COVID vaccination
- Must provide proof of Influenza vaccine annually
- Must provide criminal background clearances
- Must sign a confidentiality form annually
- Must complete annual online education
- Volunteers are not involved in patients' direct medical care
- Placement in a specific department cannot be guaranteed
- Applications are valid for 30 days
The process of becoming a volunteer, from application to actual placement in a department, can take anywhere from four to six weeks depending upon circumstances.