Volunteer
Good Samaritan would not be able to offer excellent care on a sliding fee scale to its patients were it not for its volunteers. Volunteers serve regularly as healthcare professionals and support staff, business and front office assistants, interpreters and other positions. Good Samaritan estimates its volunteer hours to be worth more than $400,000 annually. In 2008: 152 Volunteers served at GSHC, 7,521 Volunteer hours were logged and Volunteer services valued at $219,842. Educational opportunities are available on a case by case basis for students. Group volunteer opportunities are available throughout the year.
Volunteer Orientations for 2010 will take place every other month during normal business hours. The volunteer orientation lasts approximately 60-90 minutes. Orientations will be held May 17th-21st, July 12th-16th, September 6th-10th, and November 15th-19th. Volunteers should submit their volunteer applications prior to attending orientation.
For volunteer opportunities, please call Delise White, Director of Volunteers, at
(678) 553-4904 or e-mail her at
delise@goodsamatlanta.org -
Click here to download a Volunteer Application.
URGENT VOLUNTEER NEEDS OF THE CENTER:
All health care professionals interested in volunteering, please contact Delise White at delise@goodsamatlanta.org with your completed volunteer application.
Other needs of the center include: Toiletry items and socks, Spanish and English Bibles, reading material for the waiting room (children's books and magazines), and baby products for new mothers
Prayer
The Center's staff begins each morning with a devotion followed by a time of prayer. It would be our privilege to pray for your needs. Prayer requests may be submitted to info@goodsamatlanta.org.
-
Would you like to be on our prayer team? If so, please email us at info@goodsamatlanta.org and put in the subject line Prayer Team. We will keep you posted as to the needs of the Center and the needs of our patients that we would like you to lift up in prayer. Thank you for your support!
Prayer Room Ministry Begins
Good Samaritan Health Center has launched a prayer room ministry, a special opportunity for volunteers to pray for and pray with our patients in our new facility's Prayer Room. Training opportunities for prayer room ministry volunteers will be offered on a quarterly basis. For a Prayer Room application, click here. If you are interested in more information, contact Delise White, delise@goodsamatlanta.org.
Professional Volunteers and Continuing Education Credit
The Medical and Dental Boards have recently adopted rule changes for continuing education credits for volunteers.
- The Medical Board voted to waive one hour CME requirement for physicians for each four hours of documented work volunteering at a non-profit agency which provides medical services to indigent patients, such as charitable clinics. Physicians may earn up to ten hours of CME credits per two years.
- The Dental Board approved up to ten hours of continuing education per two years. Dentists may receive one hour of CE for every four hours of volunteer work.
In order to receive the waiver, the physicians and dentists shall submit to the appropriate Boards, the documentation of the work at the time of their license renewal. Click here to see the Press Release about the rule changes.
