The Johns Hopkins Oncology Center's Office of Volunteer Services was established to manage the recruitment, placement, training, and retention of the volunteers who serve the needs of patients and their families at The Johns Hopkins Oncology Center. Volunteers perform many different roles in a variety of programs designed to help patients and families adjust to living with cancer.
Volunteers also aid the faculty and staff in several important ways.
Partial Listing of Volunteer Opportunities Clinic Aide Volunteers support nursing and medical staff in the radiation and chemotherapy outpatient clinics. Volunteers provide comfort and companionship to patients and families who are in the clinics for consultations, treatments, and follow-ups. Resident Volunteers support cancer patients and their families at The Joanne Rockwell Memorial and Hackerman-Patz Houses, temporary residences maintained on The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions campus. Volunteers work evenings, greeting patients and families, answering telephone calls, and assisting patients and families with various tasks. New Patient Orientation Volunteers assist newly diagnosed patients and families by providing a structured orientation to The Oncology Center.