Volunteer Requirements

• Excellent customer service skills, the ability to communicate compassion and comfort
• Physical and skill requirement for the desired volunteer program
• Dependability
• Attendance of Orientation and occasional mandatory meetings
• Availability for one four-hour shift per week. To maintain active status, volunteers must work a minimum of eight hours per month.
• A Social Security Number is required for a background check .
• All hospital volunteers must have a two-step Tuberculosis (TB) skin test or chest x-ray if positive. Hospital will provide screening testing at no expense to you.
• A deposit is required and will be returned after 150 hours of service is completed.
• Letters of recommendation and verification of hours are available after 100 hours of service.

Download an Application

You can submit your application in several ways:

• Email the PDF to volunteerservices@methodisthospital.org
• Fax it to 626-821-6922
• Mail it to Volunteer Office, Methodist Hospital, 300 W. Huntington Drive, Arcadia, CA 91007
• Or by delivering it in person

Student Volunteers - High School Students

Volunteer Requirements:

• Graduated from the eighth grade but not yet a senior in high school.
• Commit to 9.5 hours of training and a minimum of 100 hours of service. There is no maximum.
• Attend mandatory meetings.
• Once training has begun, obtain TB test clearance either from the hospital (at no cost to you) or from a medical office of your choice (your cost).
• Attend an annual Methodist Hospital skills day training session.
• Be able to perform the essential requirements of the position assigned.
• We will be accepting applications on Monday, October 2^nd from 4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m. in the North Lobby. The applicant must be the one turning in the application in person.

Download Student Volunteer Letter

Download Student Volunteer Application