Volunteer Opportunities

Looking for an interesting, rewarding volunteering experience?

More than 230 individuals volunteer over 30,000 hours of service a year to Hospital for Special Surgery in these and other exciting and challenging roles:

• Surgical Liaison Program: Ensures smooth communication and delivery of services among the holding area and medical staff, patients, and the family atrium.
  
  
• Manage Your Care/VOICES Program: Educates and advocates for patients' chronic care issues and patient entitlements, and assists patients with related tasks, such as applying for Medicaid.
  
  
• Physical and Occupational Therapy: Observes therapists, assists with maintenance of equipment,  and supports the rehabilitation department in some administrative matters.
  
  
• Patients' Library: Delivers library books and magazines to our in-patients, and assists with book sales and maintaining the library collection.
  
  
• Ambassador's Program: Greets patients and provides escort and directions to hospital visitors.
  
  
• Pediatric Recreation: Oversees play programs for pediatric patients in a range of clinics.
  
  
• Office Management Assistance in a variety of areas including: Medical Records, Cardio-Pulmonary, Nursing Administration, Rheumatology, and more.

Volunteers are required to donate at least 100 total hours of their time to the hospital.

For more information, or to set up an interview, please call Wendy Yondorf or Shahan Hafiz at 212.606.1228.