Eastern Maine Medical Center Volunteers are community ambassadors for healthy lifestyles and compassionate living. We serve patients, support families and assist the staff in striving to fulfill the Medical Center mission with caring, competence and dignity.
EMMC Adult Volunteer
Here are the steps to take to become an adult volunteer at Eastern Maine Medical Center:
1. Fill out an application. (View or print out an application form and file by mail OR contact us at 207-973-7850 to receive an application with a postage-paid envelope. )
2. Attend an Information/Orientation Session
3. Personal Interview: At your personal interview, we will discuss your time availability, skills, interests and goals. Together, we will identify positions you may be qualified to consider. Some positions require second interviews. The personal interview takes about one hour of your time.
4. Health Screening Tests: In addition to filling out a health history, EMMC Volunteers will submit to these screenings free of charge to the volunteer: The tuberculosis screening requires 3 visits to the medical center to complete. Most TB screenings result in a normal reading, however, if the TB screen is abnormal, or if the volunteer is unable to have a TB skin test, a chest x-ray will be required. The rubella and rubeola titers will be drawn only on individuals born on or after Jan 1, 1957. If the blood test indicates that you are not immune to either rubella or rubeola, the medical center will provide the immunization free of charge. If the volunteer is uncertain whether or not they have had the chicken pox, a titer will be drawn to verify immunity status.
5. Current Opportunities for Volunteering
EMMC Student Volunteer Program
"The little things, such as getting an older patient to smile, or playing Legos with a sick child, sometimes make all the difference in the world." - 1996
More information about the Student Volunteer Program.
Volunteer Ethics
Standing by Each Other: Volunteer Ethics Ethics provide a framework of decency for relationships.
The Ethics of Volunteering: Volunteers agree to: 1. Hold confidential all types of information they may obtain. 2. Donate their services without contemplation of compensation or future employment. 3. Not sell goods or services, request contributions or solicit people concerning political or religious groups. 4. Be punctual, conscientious and to conduct themselves with dignity, courtesy and consideration. 5. Work out problems with their Volunteer Leaders. 6. Accept training opportunities to enhance volunteer service. 7. Follow health and life safety guidelines.
Expect It from Volunteer Services: Volunteer Services provides: 1. Timely and professional interview. Volunteers are not discriminated against due to political affiliation, sex, race, religion, age or disability. The Medical Center reserves the right to screen applicants and to provide reasonable accommodation as needed. 2. Information about the volunteer program and access to appropriate training opportunities to enhance the volunteer's service. 3. Timely answers to questions. 4. Serious consideration of ideas volunteers may present for new programs. 5. Records of volunteer service. 6. Respect for volunteer's right to privacy. 7. Support for volunteers and additional opportunities as desired and appropriate.
Expect It Where You Serve: What can be expected from The Volunteer's Department of Service: 1. Respect for volunteers' skills, interests and concerns. 2. Clear Volunteer Role assignments. 3. Adequate supervision. 4. Training and on-going inservice opportunities. 5. Feedback on volunteer performance of role. 6. To be treated as one of the service team, focused on filling the mission of the medical center.