Volunteering at UPMC Passavant

Volunteers provide emotional and spiritual support by serving as Eucharistic Ministers, making bereavement calls, and sitting vigils with dying patients.

Volunteers greet and help visitors and families find their way throughout the hospital.

Volunteers can becoming a part of the Legacy Music program where they can play music for patients, families, and staff in the main lobby at the McCandless campus.

Nursing Unit Volunteers will assist in various ways including checking in on patients, restocking medical supplies, providing comfort items to families and patients, etc.

Volunteers help patients, visitors, and families navigate the hospital at key entry points; as well as from department waiting rooms to treatment areas.

Trained and certified Pet Therapy animals and their owners visit patients and staff throughout the hospital. Our Pet Therapy dogs always bring a smile to everyone who sees them!

If you want to combine exercise with community service, become a physical therapy volunteer. Escorts take patients to therapy via wheelchair. These volunteers are able to provide a friendly visit with patients on the way to therapy.

Learn more about job shadowing and facility tour opportunities at UPMC. 

Externships are arranged through affiliation agreements between UPMC and local colleges and universities to provide hospital-based training for course credit. Once the externship has been arranged through your school, the required paperwork will be coordinated by the hosting department and the Volunteer Services Department.