For only four hours a week, you can share the gift of time and touch the lives of patients, their families and staff at University Medical Center at Brackenridge .
Since 1952, the UMC Brackenridge Volunteers have organized the staffing and support of all volunteer areas of University Medical Center at Brackenridge. The Volunteer Program consists of a dedicated and diverse group of more than 300 students and adults. Their interests and skills are as diverse as the cultures they represent, yet they share a common bond - a genuine love of volunteering and a sincere desire to serve.
Our adult program offers clinical and non-clinical positions in more than 20 areas throughout the hospital, from the ER to our Great Habits Gift Shop. In addition, we offer unique volunteer opportunities for those gifted with the ability to sew. Volunteers gather in the Irma Nielsen Sewing Room to make baby blankets, caps for neonatal babies, stuffed animals for children, and bibs and other items for the nursery and maternity unit.
If you are a student attending a University and you are studying at the undergraduate level, you are required to volunteer with our College Student Volunteer Program.
How to Become a Volunteer
*To become a volunteer, you must complete the forms below and mail or bring them to the Volunteer Service Office, 2nd Floor, University Medical Center at Brackenridge, 601 East 15th Street, Austin, TX 78701. In addition, you must submit proof of immunizations: 2 measles/mumps (you do not need the vaccine if you were born before January 1, 1957), 1 rubella (all Volunteers are required to present proof of this test) and a current tuberculosis screening test (this expires every year). If it has been over a year since your last TB skin test, you will need to get 2. You may complete your health requirements through Employee Health at no cost after orientation.
After we receive and process your application, we will contact you about orientation. At that time you will purchase your uniform ($20-$35), and we will explore your interests and schedule your desired service area and time to volunteer.
You may park in the parking garage just west of the hospital (unfortunately, until you are an active volunteer we are not able to validate tickets).In the garage, go to Level 4 and take the crosswalk to the 2nd floor lobby. At the 2nd floor information desk, turn left. Our office is just beyond the pay phones, first door on the left.
Volunteer Orientation Dates and Times
For your convenience we have provided an orientation schedule below. Please note, however, that we must receive and process your application and contact you before you can attend. Please allow 3 hours for completion. Volunteer orientations will be held in the 2 North Conference Room or the Volunteer Services Office, 2nd Floor on the following dates:
2008
- July 8th, 11am-1pm
- August 12th, 11am-1pm
- September 9th, 11am-1pm
- October 14th, 11am-1pm
- November 11th, 11am-1pm
- December 9th, 11am-1pm
Contact
(512) 324-7584, Volunteer Services Office
Taylor Fry
Erica Otero-Pena
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