Volunteer
Thank you for your interest in becoming a volunteer at the Walt Disney Pavilion at Florida Hospital for Children. We are very pleased that you want to contribute to our efforts to provide superior care in the community. We are proud to offer our volunteers some unique and highly rewarding opportunities
Below is a list of potential roles for our volunteers throughout the hospital:
- Artist in motion
- Parent snack cart
- Patient companion
- Comfort rounding
- Pet therapy leader
- Special events assistant
- Holiday events and festivals assistant
- Activity time assistant
- Music volunteer
- Sibling clubhouse
- Sibling watch
- Pediatric surgery concierge
- Pediatric Emergency Department Concierge
- Radiology concierge
- Walt Disney Pavilion walking concierge
- Homework helper
- Infant cuddler
- Administrative assistant
- And many more!
To learn more about the many volunteer opportunities available, please register to attend one of our two-hour orientation sessions.
Session dates and times are below.
Before signing up for an orientation, thoughtfully consider the following:
1. Can you follow our mission to extend the healing ministry of Christ to children and their families?
2. Do you agree with our vision to be a global pacesetter delivering preeminent, faith-based healthcare?
3. Is the Walt Disney Pavilion at Florida Hospital for Children the best fit for me to volunteer?
4. Are you able to give the gift of self (adults 18 years and up: 100 hours per year; four hours one day per week; teens 15 to 17 years of age: 72 hours per year, three hours one day per week; pet therapist: 36 hours per year, two hours per month)?
Volunteer Orientation Locations and Times:
2012 Volunteer Orientations:
Tuesday’s (3:00pm - 5:00pm)
January 24, 2012
February 21, 2012 - FULL
March 20, 2012
April 24, 2012
May 15, 2012
June 5, 2012
July 21, 2012
August 21, 2012
September 18, 2012
October 23, 2012
Saturday’s (10:00am - 12:00pm)
January 14, 2012
February 11, 2012 - FULL
March 10, 2012
April 14, 2012
May 26, 2012
June 23, 2012
July 14, 2012
August 11, 2012
September 8, 2012
October 6, 2012
November 3, 2012
Call (407) 303-5600 ext. 1106392 or email fhfc.volunteers@flhosp.org to register and confirm your meeting location.
Walt Disney Pavilion at Florida Hospital for Children
601 East Rollins Street Orlando, FL 32803
What to expect at the initial orientation at the hospital’s campus:
- Meet and greet with your volunteer manager
- Review our Florida Hospital for Children’s Policy and Procedure manual
- Virtual tour of the Walt Disney Pavilion at Florida Hospital for Children
- Most of all, have fun!
Pet therapy volunteers only:
Before you can begin the volunteer process at the hospital as a pet owner, you and your dog must be licensed and bonded through one of the following agencies:
- Be an Angel Therapy Dogs Ministry- June Feezel (407) 920-0146
- SPCA of Central Florida: (407) 248-1748 www.ohs-spca.org
- Delta Society: (425) 679-5500 www.deltasociety.org
- Therapy Dogs, Inc. www.therapydogs.com
- Therapy Dogs International www.tdi-dog.org
Once you have completed the licensing and bonding procedure and Florida Hospital for Children volunteer services requirements, we will contact you to set up a day to come and observe pet therapy. Pet therapy is scheduled on Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to12:30 p.m.).
You will be asked to observe without your dog in order to become familiar with the units and pet-therapy guidelines. You will need to provide copies of your dog’s most recent medical records and both you and your dog’s therapy license. We will decide together which day you and your dog will come each month to volunteer.
Important Information
- Prospective Emergency Department volunteers will need proof of hepatitis B vaccine series or will need to begin the series.
- Prospective volunteers will need proof of vaccinations for mumps, measles, and rubella. Volunteers that are not immune will be responsible for obtaining the necessary vaccinations prior to start date.
After Orientation
Contact the volunteer manager via email to fhfc.volunteers@flhosp.org. You will be informed at that time if you have been accepted to interview for a volunteer position at the Walt Disney Pavilion at Florida Hospital for Children. If you are being considered to join our team, additional steps will be necessary prior to your start date.
1. Interview with the volunteer manager. Please bring the following items to your interview:
- Your Social Security Card
- Your picture ID
- Proof of vaccinations (you can obtain your vaccination records from your college, your high school, the Health Department in the state where you were born, or your doctor's office)
- A copy of your birth certificate (if you are 17 years of age and under)
- Two letters of recommendation
You may also want to fill out the forms ahead of time so you don’t have to do it later. Download the forms here.
Note: Please make sure that you arrive to your interview on time. Anyone who is more than 15 minutes late will have to reschedule. Any missing documents from the above list will result in having to reschedule your interview.
2. Two-part tuberculosis/PPD test and drug screen (volunteer manager will provide paper work)
3. Final appointment:
- Collect remaining volunteer documents
- Discuss your area of service
- Establish volunteer schedule location, day and time of volunteering
- Provide your staff and training contact information
- Provide departmental guidelines
- Review additional important issues
- Purchase volunteer shirt ($20)
- Obtain badge
Steps to take for your tuberculosis TB test:
The whole process takes 10 days. Additionally, there will be no cost to you for your TB testing.
1. For your first TB test injection, make an appointment at any Centra Care location (www.centracare.org) or Florida Hospital Employee Clinic (407)303-7135 (call ahead for hours of operation). Please take your Centra Care authorization form that you received from the volunteer office. The registered nurse will use this form.
2. For your second TB test injection, seven days later, you can walk in at any Centra Care location or Florida Hospital Employee Clinic (407)303-7135 (call ahead for hours of operation). Note: you do not need to make an appointment.
3. Forty-eight to 72 hours after your second TB test injection administered, you must have it read by a registered nurse and have them complete the form. You can walk in to any Centra Care location or Florida Hospital Employee Clinic (407)303-7135 (call ahead for hours of operation) without an appointment to have the final TB test read. There may be a wait to see a nurse.
4. Deliver a copy of your test results to the volunteer office.
