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Volunteering at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center

Currently recruiting volunteers for limited departments only. E-mail absmcvolunteer@sutterhealth.org for more information.

Volunteers serve in a wide range of areas, from greeting visitors approaching the Surgery Reception desk and Comprehensive Cancer Center to assisting patients in the Carol Ann Read Breast Center. They discharge new mothers and babies in the Nursing Family Care Center, complete lab runs in the Volunteer Department, speak to cancer survivors in the Markstein Cancer Clinic, make wellness check calls to senior patients and much more.

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Volunteer Resources

  • General Volunteer Application
  • General Volunteer Program Requirements
  • Volunteer Health Clearance Information
  • Observational Hours Program Requirements
  • Information Center for Active Volunteers

Volunteering Opportunities

Volunteers have more than forty areas of service to choose from. Here are just a few ways in which volunteers can spend their time.

  • Volunteer Department
  • Family Resource Center
  • Carol Ann Read Breast Center
  • Guides Program (Surgery Day Care Reception and Admitting Areas)
  • Telecare
  • Markstein Cancer Center
  • Comprehensive Cancer Center
  • Preoperative Clinic
  • Diabetes Center
  • DCHC Disabled Community Health & Spasticity Clinic Outpatient Office

Physician Shadowing Program

This program is a reward program for volunteers who have completed 200+ hours. The shadowing experience includes accompanying one physician on patient visits in the units or observing procedures conducted by the physician on his/her patients. Physicians from various disciplines have offered to participate in this program, so each volunteer’s experience will be varied and unique.

Please Note: Volunteers who hold or have held a certification or license for which he or she is normally paid may not volunteer in the clinical departments. 

Benefits of Volunteering

Smiling volunteers

"There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up."  — John Andrew Holmes

Volunteering is a wonderful gift that can be given to patients and the community. Volunteers meet people, make new friends, use their skills and acquire new ones. They feel a sense of accomplishment and perhaps the most important benefit is satisfaction of knowing they are contributing to their community and making a difference.

Contact

Alta Bates Summit Medical Center
Volunteer Department
2450 Ashby Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94705
absmcstudentvol@sutterhealth.org

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