Roper St. Francis Healthcare is blessed with a team of more than 500 active and dedicated healthcare volunteers. If you are energetic, positive, compassionate and available to serve on a continuing basis, please consider contacting us about our current opportunities.
Programs and Resources
Available positions change frequently, so contact the volunteer manager in the facility of your choice to discuss volunteer opportunities before completing your application paperwork. Because of the processing involved, healthcare volunteering is best suited to applicants available to participate on a regular basis. Although many volunteers come two or three days a week, we ask that you plan to serve a four-hour weekly shift. Contact a volunteer manager to get started.
There are limited roles available for youth volunteers who are at least 15. Most of our opportunities are during daytime hours and summer break. Because of the training and orientation process involved, we don’t recommend hospital volunteering as a place to earn short term assigned community service hours. Contact a volunteer manager for further information about available positions or for an interview.
We have a variety of career exploration programs at Roper St. Francis Healthcare. Our mentorship program is for students interested in one-to-two-day job shadowing experiences or who are enrolled in clinical programs. To find other volunteer opportunities in the Charleston region we recommend the Trident United Way volunteer database.
The Arts in Medicine program offers regular art events at each hospital. This program is looking for visual artists of all kinds, musicians, performing artists, poets, writers, and other creatives to volunteer their time. If you are interested in volunteering as an artist at one of our hospitals, please contact a volunteer manager.
Pet Therapy dogs bring so much joy to patients, caregivers and visitors. Not only do these dogs and their volunteer handlers make patients feel good, but they also are linked to health benefits; including decreasing depression, pain and anxiety. Pet Therapy handlers must become a Roper St. Francis Healthcare volunteer and pet therapy dogs must have a great disposition, certification or license, immunization and vet records. Contact a volunteer manager to get started.
