Volunteer at North Memorial Health

With countless ways to get involved, North Memorial Health has an opportunity to fit nearly every interest. Provide companionship to chemo patients, assist imaging and lab patients to their appointments, or support team members. And that’s just the start.

Fill out an application to be considered for a volunteer position. We will be in touch with volunteer opportunities after we receive it.

Please choose the application that best fits your description:

• Adults, age 18 and older, out of high school
• Current North Memorial Health team members

Our junior volunteers are 15–17-year-old high school students who are interested in healthcare and/or the medical field.

Once accepted, junior applicants will complete and submit a background check.

Benefits

• Scholarship eligibility
• $8 meal allowance with every shift, plus free parking
• Possible placements into Emergency Department at age 18
• Hear about job openings at North Memorial Health and how to apply
• Letters of recommendation for college applications
• Networking – and so much more!

Questions? Call 763-581-3932

Apply to be a junior volunteer

Junior Summer Program applications are closed. All positions are filled.

Our Junior Summer Program is available to high schoolers age 16 or 17 who are interested in healthcare and/or the medical field. The 2023 application period for the Junior Summer Program closed on April 13, 2023.

Benefits

• Rotations in various departments
• Scholarship eligibility
• $8 meal allowance with every shift, plus free parking
• Possible placements into Emergency Department at age 18
• Hear about job openings at North Memorial Health and how to apply
• Letters of recommendation for college applications
• Celebration luncheon with educational speakers
• Networking – and so much more!

Investment

• 60-75 hours of reliable attendance this summer: Two 4-hour daytime shifts per week from June 19, 2023, through August 4, 2023
• Option to continue volunteering in the fall, with one 3-4 hour shift weekly

Questions? Call 763-581-3932

Emergency Department (ED) volunteers are here to enhance quality patient care by assisting the ED team members, patients and families.

• Help to facilitate smooth and proper patient flow through their ED visit.
• Provide an area and atmosphere conducive to comfort while waiting.
• Serve as Greeter at Emergency Department walk-in entrance. Direct people to appropriate service areas in the ER.
• Escort patients to other locations such as: coffee shop, elevators, cafeteria, lab, restrooms, telephones, admitting/registration, etc.
• If asked, explain that the Triage nurse sets priority of when patients are seen by how ill the patients are based on triage criteria.
• If directed by the Triage nurse, transport non-critical customers (by wheelchair or ambulatory) to assigned room in the Emergency Department.

Learn more and apply

For information about volunteering for our Hospice Program, please contact Meagan Brostrom, Hospice Volunteer Manager, at 763-581-9365 or meagan.brostrom@northmemorial.com.

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