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Volunteer With Us

We collaborate with our community partners and engage volunteers to support our patients and their families. You too, can play an important role in their journey to recovery.

Yishun Health’s volunteer programme taps on the community’s resources to enhance patients’ recuperation and help smooth their transition back to home and into the community.

As Friends of Yishun Health, you will be introduced to a wide range of volunteer opportunities for you to sign up to contribute into the community.

There are many ways you can make a difference to the lives of our patients and the community.

For Individuals

Have extra time and want to spend it meaningfully? You can choose how you want to spend your time with our patients. You do not need special skills as you will be guided by staff and fellow volunteers.

For a meaningful experience, we hope you will be able to contribute at least two hours per session, for a period of six months. Of course, you can discuss with us to work out a schedule that suits you.

How you can help

Advance Care Planning

You will help to spread awareness of ACP and encourage people to do ACP.

You will man the ACP booth in the KTPH Lobby and interact with patients and the public when they approach the booth, and give out flyers.

Training on ACP will be provided.

ACP Booth Opening Hours: Weekdays 10am – 2pm

Caring Spoons

  • Serve meals and clear food trays
  • Assist with feeding patients

Training will be provided.

Daily
Lunch: 11am - 1pm
Dinner: 5pm - 7pm

Art & Craft

Art & craft making keeps the mind active and may improve our patients’ motor skills.

Patients can express their creativity through various forms of artwork.

Art & craft includes paper quilling, Japanese pastel art, painting, colouring, origami, tote bag painting, calligraphy etc.

Volunteers can assist and guide patients during the art & craft sessions.

Volunteers can also form their groups to conduct art & craft sessions for our patients.

Requirements
Any day of the week

Care Support

  • Assist patients with wayfinding and general enquiries, may require basic translations 
  • Chaperon patients who require assistance in the hospital
  • Serve the needs of patients waiting for consult, lab/test result or admission (e.g. providing blankets, light snacks & drinks)
  • Engage patients to alleviate patients’ anxiousness while waiting
  • Help to ensure patients' waiting area is tidy
  • Clear vacated wheelchairs and arrange them neatly at designated holding area
  • Facilitate with crowd management at registration area
  • Assist patients on wheelchairs if necessary

Training will be provided.

Requirements
Mondays to Sundays
Morning: 10am to 1pm
Afternoon: 1pm to 4pm
Evening: 4pm to 7pm
Night: 7pm to 10pm

Care Support @ AdMC

  • Assist patients with self kiosk registration
  • Monitor patient’s vital signs such as blood pressure
  • Assist patients with height and weight measurements
  • Address basic queries from patients/visitors at the centre

Training will be provided.

Requirements
Monday, Tuesday & Friday: 9am - 12pm

Gardening

This is a group of volunteers who enjoys gardening and enjoys being outdoors. The volunteers will help maintain the rooftop gardens and small gardens in Yishun Health. We will plant various types of vegetables, herbs and/or fruits.

The harvested crop such as eggplant, sweet potato leaf and mugwort etc. may be used by Yishun Health Kitchen Service.

Requirements
Any day of the weekday
Time: 9am-11am

Hair Cutting

The hair-cutting programme is a bi-weekly session (including ad hoc requests from palliative ward) where volunteer hair stylists provide basic hair-cutting services for our patients at Yishun Community Hospital.

We hope to make the stay of our patients more comfortable, bring cheer to our patients and bring a smile to their faces by providing a basic hair-cutting service.

These volunteer hair stylists help our patients look and feel their best! Feeling good about their appearance may help to boost our patients' mood and morale!

If you can help make our patients look good, please reach out to us!

Horticulture

The horticulture programme allows patients to learn new skills or regain those that are lost. Horticulture group sessions may help to improve memory, cognitive abilities, task initiation, language skills, and socialization.

During the horticulture session, volunteers will support the facilitators and share with patients about plants and herbs and guide them in planting their pot of herbs.

Requirements
Every Tuesday, 3 - 5 pm
Every Friday, 2 - 4pm

Mobile Horticulture

Volunteers will engage patients by the bedside. Share with patients about plants and herbs and guide them in planting their pot of plants.

Training will be provided.

Requirements
Monday to Sunday, 2 - 4pm

Melodies from the Heart

Music helps to lift the spirit.

You can play familiar tunes on the piano or other musical instruments for patients during their mealtimes.

Music is a universal language and we hope to bring cheer and comfort to our patients. Live music can provide a lively atmosphere in the hospital and bring joy to our patients. A happy mood may aid in the recovery process off our patients.

Volunteer musicians can perform live music with musical instruments such as guitar, piano, ukulele, etc.

Volunteer singers/choirs can also perform at our wards or at patients’ bedside.

Requirements
Any day of the week

Mobile Library

Library on the move. Bringing books to our patients' bedsides for them to enjoy reading while recovering in the hospital.

Volunteers engage patients through various ways such as book borrowing, reading to patients, chatting, playing games etc.

Requirements
Any day of the week

Patient Buddy

Interact and engage with our patients. Keep our patients’ company.

Engage in stimulating games.

Help watch over our patients to prevent falls in the wards.

Requirements
Any day of the week
Ability to speak dialect will be an advantage

Exercise Buddy

Facilitate basic chair exercises for our patients.

Requirements
Any day of the week
Ability to speak dialect will be an advantage

Therapy Buddy

As a patient advocate and an ambassador of Yishun Health, you will:

  • Assist Therapist/Therapist Assistant with group or individual therapy
  • Help to set up common area for exercise 
  • Prepare equipment for use of exercise 
  • Working on exercise with patients 
  • Encourage and guide patients to perform exercises

Training will be provided.

Tuesday or Thursday
9am - 12pm

 To Volunteer

To volunteer, please contact us at 6807 8964 or fill out the Volunteer Application Form

For more information, please email volunteers@yishunhospital.com.sg